''Bus Stop'' is a 2012 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language

romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by

Maruthi Maruthi Dasari, known mononymously as Maruthi, is an Indian director, screenwriter, producer who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is known for directing low budget films like ''Ee Rojullo'' and ''Bus Stop''. Maruthi is associated with Mar ...

, starring

Prince Cecil Prince Cecil is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. He is best known for his film '' Bus Stop''. He was one of the contestants on the reality TV show ''Bigg Boss Telugu''. Career Prince Cecil was studying B.Tech at Baba institute of t ...

and

Sri Divya Sri Divya (born 1 April 1993) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. She won Nandi Award for Best Child Actress for ''Bharati'', a Telugu film in 2006. Early life Sri Divya was born in Hyderabad of present-day ...

. The film was produced was by

Bellamkonda Suresh Bellamkonda Suresh is an Indian film producer in the Telugu film industry. Biography Bellamkonda Suresh is married to Bellamkonda Padmavathi and has two sons named Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas and Bellamkonda Ganesh Babu. Sreenivas made his deb ...

and J.B. produced the music. The movie was planned for release on 9 November 2012, but was released on 11 November 2012 due to issues with the Indian censor board. The film was a commercial success.

Plot

Cast

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

as Seenu *

as Shailaja * Sai Kumar Pampana as Muthu * Khanna as Khanna *

Anandhi Anandhi (born Rakshita; 10 December 1996) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. After her debut in the Telugu film ''Bus Stop'' (2012), she appeared in Vetrimaaran's Tamil production ''Poriyaalan'' and ...

as Seema * Abhi * Gopal Sai *

Rao Ramesh Raavu Ramesh Rao (born 25 May 1968) is an Indian actor known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, and television. He is the son of veteran actor Rao Gopal Rao. Rao Ramesh initially appeared in ''Seema Simham'' (2002), ''Okk ...

* Koteswara Rao

Release

The movie's producer Bellamkonda Suresh announced that the film will be released across the state on 11 November 2012. But earlier on 10 November, he told the media that a few multiplexes will begin screening the film from today itself and the bookings for the evenings shows of Bus Stop are expected to open shortly.

Reception

Critical reception

''123Telugu'' gave a review stating "If you liked 'Ee Rojullo', you will like 'Bus Stop'. The film is an entertaining youth comedy with a nice message in the end. The good emotional quotient in the second half will strike a chord with parents as well as students. Some may find the vulgarity in the film a little uncomfortable, but hey, this is an A rated comedy. So you should know what you are going to watch." ''

Rediff.com Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 e ...

'' gave a review stating "Bus Stop is an urban take on what love means to different people just time-pass or a commitment or just fun. Whatever it is, the urban youth could connect with Bus Stop."

Box office

Bus Stop was made with a budget of just and had no stars. But the film had a collection of statewide with an aggregate of 4.4 million in Nizam Area itself. It had a good start in A centers and above average start in B&C Centers and was declared a "Hit" within one week of its release. The film completed a successful 50 day run on 30 December 2012.

Soundtrack

Bus Stop movie audio release function was held on 14 October 2012 at

Shilpakala Vedika Shilpakala Vedika is a terracotta auditorium and convention centre located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The auditorium is in area. "Shilpa" means sculpture, ''kala'' means art, and ''vedika'' means platform. Hence it is an art sculpture pl ...

in Hyderabad. Prince, Sri Divya, Sunil,

Samantha Samantha (or the alternatively Samanta) is primarily used as a feminine given name. It was recorded in England in 1633 in Newton Regis, Warwickshire. It was also recorded in the 18th century in New England, but its etymology is uncertain. Specu ...

, M. M. Keeravani, Nandini Reddy,

, Sunil and Naga Sudhir Babu graced the event. Jeevan Babu and Anil R. composed the music. It marked Babu's second collaboration with Maruthi, after

Ee Rojullo ''Ee Rojullo'' ( en, In These Days) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by debutant director Maruthi. It stars debutants Srinivas, Reshma and Saikumar Pampana. The film is produced by Good Friends group on a low budget ...

. The audio got good response from the public.

References

{{Maruthi 2012 films 2010s Telugu-language films Films directed by Maruthi 2012 romantic comedy films 2012 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films set in Hyderabad, India