''Baava'' ( ''Brother-in-law'') is a 2010 Telugu-language romantic

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, produced by M. L. Padma Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by Rambabu. The film stars Siddharth, Pranitha, and

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. The music is composed by Chakri. The film was a big Hit at the box office.

Plot

Veerababu ( Siddharth) is a carefree youth who lives in a village with his parents. His father Seetharamudu (

) marries a girl (

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) from a big family against her family's wishes, and they do not accept them as part of their family. All his life, Seetharam spends time regretting that he separated his wife from her family and yearns to be part of a big family. Seetharam wants his son Veerababu to marry a girl from a big family and have a status of a son-in-law. Meanwhile, Veerababu falls in love with Varalakshmi ( Pranitha), a girl from the nearby village. Later it is revealed that she is Veerababu's maternal relative, and they do not agree to their marriage. Seetharam worries that his son's fate is going to be just like theirs and tries to dissuade him from marrying Varalakshmi. However, he later helps his son, and the story. The rest of the story revolves around how Veerababu wins the hearts of his girlfriend's family members and ends with their family accepting both the couples as part of their family.

Cast

* Siddharth as Veerababu and young Seetharamudu * Pranitha as Varalakshmi *

as Seetharamudu, Veerababu's father *

as Veerababu's mother *

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* Surekha Vani *

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* Ahuti Prasad *

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* Praveen *

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* Narsing Yadav * Samrat Reddy * Bharat *

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* Jogi Naidu *

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* Ushasri * Jaya Murali

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakri.

Release

Serish Nanisetti of ''The Hindu'' gave a negative review and opined that "The dénouement is a dressed up feudal drama masquerading as a cycle race. Even before the beginning you can predict the contrived end". A critic from ''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Although, the village backdrop is captivating, but the plot of childhood friends who later re-unite as lovers, has been done-to-death by T-Town dream merchants". Radhika Rajamani of ''Rediff'' gave the film the same rating and stated that "All in all, ''Baava'' is rather pedestrian fare. It's quite disappointing to see performances by the artistes go waste in a script like this".

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2010 films 2010s Telugu-language films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by Chakri