''Baladoor'' is a 2008 Indian

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directed by K. R. Udhayashankar and produced by

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under

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. The film stars

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, and

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while Chandra Mohan, Pradeep Rawat, Sunil and

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play supporting roles. The film has music composed by

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with editing performed by

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. The film was released on 14 August 2008. The film was later dubbed in

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as ''Dhamkee'' in 2011 and remade into Oriya as ''Mu Kana Ete Khara''.

Premise

Chanti respects his uncle Rama Krishna more than his father, Purushotham. Rama Krishna has enmity with Umapathi because of something that happened 20 years ago. Later, Chanti is kicked out of their house because of some misunderstandings, and Umapathi is ready to put Rama Krishna down. How Chanti secretly helps Rama Krishna in bringing the enemy down and reunites with his family forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

composed the soundtrack album, which is released on 30 July 2008 by

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. Chandrabose, Peddada Murthy, and

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gave the lyrics whereas actor

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released the album CD.

Reception

Radhika Rajmani of ''

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'' rated the film stars out of 5 and wrote: "Uday Shankar takes up a stereotypical storyline in ''Baladoor'' and manages to entertain with a satisfactory screenplay in a formulaic way with a mix of action, comedy and romance." ''

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'' Alluru Rahim in criticized the film's "lackluster screenplay" and added that the director did not handle sentiment properly. In an other negative review, Y. Sunita Chowdhary of ''

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'' stated, "Baladoor is an average film, as the banner doesn’t offer nothing new in narration."

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, baladoor 2000s Telugu-language films 2008 action drama films 2008 films Films shot in Uzbekistan Indian action drama films 2000s masala films Suresh Productions films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by K. M. Radha Krishnan