Allari Pidugu

Allari Pidugu (“Naughty Thunderbolt”) is a 2005 Telugu action film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by M. R. V. Prasad under the P. B. R. Art Productions banner. Nandamuri Balakrishna plays twin brothers, opposite Katrina Kaif and Charmy Kaur, with Puneet Issar and Mukesh Rishi in key roles. Mani Sharma composed the music, Ajayan Vincent shot it and Marthand K. Venkatesh edited it. It was released on 5 October 2005 and runs 171 minutes.

What the story is about

Major Chakravarthy has twin sons: the studious Ranjith, his favourite, and the mischievous Giri, whom he writes off as useless. Chakravarthy is taken prisoner of war by Pakistan, and the years pass. Ranjith grows up to be a fearless police officer who takes on GK, a gangster laundering money for terrorists with the help of big shots and politicians. Giri, a brawler living in the countryside with his mother, fights GK’s men in his own way and is fond of his cousin Subbalakshmi, though he falls for the charming Swati. Then Chakravarthy is released from prison branded a traitor, proud of one son and contemptuous of the other, and old secrets about his past and GK begin to surface.

Cast and crew

• Nandamuri Balakrishna as ACP Ranjith Kumar and Giri
• Katrina Kaif as Swati
• Charmy Kaur as Subbalakshmi
• Puneet Issar as Major Chakravarthy
• Mukesh Rishi as GK and Rahul Dev as JK
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Subbalakshmi’s father and Tanikella Bharani as Swati’s father
• Brahmanandam, Subbaraju, Raghu Babu, AVS, Ahuti Prasad and Banerjee

Director: Jayanth C. Paranjee. Producer: M. R. V. Prasad. Music: Mani Sharma (soundtrack on Aditya Music). Cinematography: Ajayan Vincent. Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh.

Box office

Allari Pidugu was a box-office flop, according to IndiaGlitz and The Hindu’s review of Telugu cinema in 2005; no figures are given.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Allari Pidugu and the review and report it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.