Bhookailas

Bhookailas is a 2007 Telugu comedy directed by Shiva Nageswara Rao, starring the comedian Venu Madhav in the lead with Gowri Munjal. Set against the real-estate boom around Hyderabad, it has a large comic supporting cast and music by M. M. Keeravani with Rohit Raj. It was released on 25 May 2007.

What the story is about

Kailasam is an honest, hard-working milkman who delivers milk around his village and lives a simple life with his family. Nearby, Bhuvaneswari runs the local toddy shop, where her regulars try to pay for their drinks with odd offers of free services instead of cash.

Then real-estate agents arrive and persuade the villagers to sign their land over to them. Flush with quick money they do not know how to handle, people start flaunting it on parties, massages and trips. When Kailasam helps a swami who has fainted, the holy man sees something unusual in him and makes a few predictions, and Kailasam begins to suspect that the land deals are not what they seem. The comedy follows his stand on behalf of the village.

Cast and crew

• Venu Madhav as Kailasam
• Gowri Munjal
• Bhuvaneswari as the toddy shop owner
• Rallapalli as an astrologer
• M. S. Narayana as a doctor
• Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao as a tailor
• Brahmanandam, Ali, Sunil, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Krishna Bhagavaan
• Mumaith Khan in the item number “Venu Madhava”

Director: Shiva Nageswara Rao. Music: M. M. Keeravani and Rohit Raj.

Making the film

The film’s muhurat was held at Annapurna Studios on 21 January 2007, with Anushka Shetty, Ileana D’Cruz and Charmme Kaur present. The soundtrack was launched in Hyderabad on 6 May 2007, as Idlebrain reported.

Release and reviews

A critic from Sify was unimpressed: “Despite fielding a popular comedian Venu Madhav, you have very little comedy offered here.” Wikipedia states that Bhookailas was a commercial success but gives no source for it, and we have not found a named outlet reporting its collections.

Where to watch Bhookailas

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