Jabardasth (film)

Jabardasth
Directed byB.V. Nandini Reddy
Screenplay byB.V. Nandini Reddy
Story byManeesh Sharma
Produced byBellamkonda Suresh
Starring
CinematographyMahesh Muthuswami
Sanjay Loknath
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byS. Thaman
Production
company
Sri Sai Ganesh Productions
Distributed by7SEAS Inc (Overseas) [1]
Release date
  • 22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Jabardasth is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Nandini Reddy under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions.[2] It stars Siddharth, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen in lead roles.[3][4][5] The film released on 22 February 2013 and was commercially successful at the box office.[6][7]

The film is inspired by 2010 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat.[8] Yash Raj Films, producers of the Hindi film, claimed that Jabardasth is an unofficial remake and planned to take legal action against its makers.[9][10]

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

Jabardasth
Soundtrack album to Jabardasth by
S. Thaman
Released1 February 2013
Recorded2012–2013
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length21:06
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
S. Thaman chronology
Settai
(2013) 		Jabardasth
(2013) 		Shadow
(2013)

The film's audio was launched on 1 February 2013. It was attended by Surender, Samantha, Thaman, Siddharth, Srihari and Sunil with V. V. Vinayak being the chief guest.[11]

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Arere Arere"Nithya Menon05:11
2."Allah Allah"Shreya Ghoshal, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav04:25
3."Meghamala"Muralidhar, Rahul, Vandana, Rita, Megha05:34
4."Tees Maar Khan"Naveen Madhu03:12
5."Lashkar Pori"Muralidhar03:30
Total length:21:06

Release

The film's satellite and audio telecast rights were sold for ₹ 5.25 crores.[12][13]

Critical reception

Reception

Idlebrain.com's Jeevi gave a rating of 3/5 for the film.[14] Rediff wrote:"First half was fun but second half was dragged".[8]

References

  1. ^ "Jabardasth overseas rights by 7SEAS Inc". idlebrain.com. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Surender Reddy ropes in Sid-Sam". IndiaGlitz. 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Sid and Sunil join hands for Surender Reddy's film". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ^ "'Jabardasth' year-end for Siddharth". The Times of India. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  5. ^ "It's official, Sid and Sam's film is on". Deccan Chronicle. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  6. ^ "'Jabardasth' film got 'U/A' certificate rating". APHerald.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Is Samantha Ruth Prabhu the new style icon of Southern cinema?". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Review: Jabardasth is inspired by Band Baaja Baraat".
  9. ^ "YRF to sue makers of Jabardasth". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Telugu Remake of Band Baaja Baaraat Barred by High Court for Copyright Infringement".
  11. ^ "'Jabardasth 'Audio Launch". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Sid leaks Jabardasth collections | New Telugu News". Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Jabardasth Review, Rating : Jabardasth Movie Review - Telugu Mirchi". www.telugumirchi.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Jabardasth review". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 22 February 2013.