Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu

Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu (“Bheemili’s Kabaddi Team”) is a 2010 Telugu sports drama directed by newcomer Tatineni Satya, starring Nani and Saranya Mohan with a cast of mostly new faces. A remake of the 2009 Tamil film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, it was released on 9 July 2010, won warm reviews and was a hit.

What the story is about

In Bheemili, a remote village near Vizag, Suri is a poor young man who falls quietly for a girl who has come to the village. With his childhood friends he dreams of winning a kabaddi tournament, though their team is known for never having won one. By chance they find themselves in a state-level tournament, expected to go out in the first round, and with the help of a professional coach this mismatched group of young men starts to win, despite injuries and trouble from gangsters who are looking for Suri. The film builds to the final, and its ending is best left unspoiled.

Cast and crew

• Nani as Suri
• Saranya Mohan as the girl Suri loves
• Kishore as Prakash, the coach
• Dhanraj as Paidithalli
• Ramesh as Devudu
• Krishneswara Rao as the girl’s father
• A young Siddhu Jonnalagadda as Dhinesh

Director: Tatineni Satya, in his debut. Production: Megaa Super Good Films. Music: V. Selvaganesh, who reused all his songs from the Tamil original, with Telugu lyrics by Vanamali; the audio was released by Aditya Music.

Making the film

Shooting ran from August 2009 to January 2010 across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, at locations including Antarvedi, Bheemili, Pochampalli and Polavaram.

Reviews and box office

Critics were won over. Sify said the realistic match scenes keep you “glued to your seat”, calling it “a sports film in the true spirit” and “a nice film”. Rediff felt it “scores high marks as it’s a realistic and touching tale”, adding: “It’s not often one gets to see such films!” Wikipedia records that it completed 100 days at the Kinnera complex and Chandramahal theatres in Srikakulam and was a hit.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu and the reviews it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.