Bangaru Bullodu

Bangaru Bullodu (transl. “Golden Guy”) is a 2021 Telugu comedy directed by P. V. Giri from a screenplay by Veligonda Srinivas, produced by Sunkara Ramabrahmam and Ajay Sunkara under AK Entertainments. Allari Naresh plays a bank’s gold appraiser from a family of goldsmiths, opposite Pooja Jhaveri. It was released in theatres on 23 January 2021 and was poorly received by critics.

What the story is about

Bhavani Prasad comes from a respected family of goldsmiths and works as a gold appraiser at a bank, where he sometimes helps his manager borrow customers’ pledged gold for personal use. He lives with his grandfather and two older brothers, both good-for-nothing gamblers, in a village known for a deity who is said to bring quick marriages to anyone who prays there. When the grandfather hears that the government is about to take over the temple, he has a stroke, and on recovering he tells Bhavani a secret from twenty years ago, involving the temple’s jewels. Putting that right becomes Bhavani’s mission, and his methods drag in a money-lender, Nagaraju, and his daughter Mahalakshmi. We will leave the scheme and its complications to the film.

Cast

• Allari Naresh as Bhavani Prasad
• Pooja Jhaveri as Boddu Kanaka Mahalakshmi
• Posani Krishna Murali as Boddu Nagaraju
• Tanikella Bharani as Bhavani’s grandfather
• Vennela Kishore as Mahalakshmi’s fiancé
• Ajay Ghosh as a police inspector
• Prabhas Sreenu and Satyam Rajesh as Bhavani’s brothers
• Prudhvi Raj as the bank manager

Music: Sai Karthik.

Reviews

Critics were unimpressed. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu called it an “unappealing gold rush” whose premise is squandered by cringe-inducing comedy, though her review’s headline says Allari Naresh shines. Thadhagath Pathi of The Times of India gave it 2 out of 5, writing that the story “has potential but reels under the weight of a lot of nonsensical elements”. The reviewer for Sakshi found the storyline routine apart from the climax and said the film fails to raise laughs. We have not found box-office figures from a named outlet.

Where to watch Bangaru Bullodu

According to the film’s Wikipedia article, Bangaru Bullodu streams on Sun NXT. We do not have a date or a platform listing on file, so check Sun NXT before you press play.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Bangaru Bullodu (2021 film) and the reviews it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.