''Dhee'' () is a 2007 Indian

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-language action comedy film directed by

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and produced by Siri Venkateswara Films. The film stars

Vishnu Manchu Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu (born 23 November 1982) is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and television. Manchu had a brief stint as a child artist with the 1985 film ''Ragile Gundelu''. Years later, he starred in ...

and

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while Srihari and

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic performa ...

play supporting roles. It was released on 13 April 2007. The film was remade into Oriya as ''Tu Mo Girlfriend'' (2011), in Tamil under the title '' Mirattal'' and in Bengali as ''

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'' (2012). A sequel titled ''D and D: Double Dose'' has been announced in 2020. The film won two

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. Nani worked as an assistant director in this film before making his acting debut 2 years later in '' Ashta Chamma''.

Plot

Srinivas "Babloo" Rao (

) is a happy-go-lucky guy who likes to have fun with his friends and always gets into trouble. Because of this, his father Narayana Rao ( Chandra Mohan) gets him a job with Shankar Goud ( Srihari), a local mafia head don leader. Shankar and Ballu (

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), a dreaded local goon, are rivals, and Ballu is determined to kill Shankar's sister Pooja (

) to avenge his brother's ( Ajay) death because he murdered the couple, and now he is killed by Shankar. Babloo falls in love with Pooja, but Shankar is planning an arranged marriage for her with Ajay ( Jai Akash), an NRI doctor. Babloo and Pooja elope to get married, and Babloo later saves Pooja from Ballu. The rest of the story tells how Babloo marries Pooja and how Shankar finishes Ballu to protect his sister. In the end, Shankar lets Ajay marry another girl, and Ajay agrees and goes back to the USA. When Shankar finds out that Babloo and Pooja are falling in love with each other, Shankar and his henchmen badly beat Babloo. Srirangam Sheshadri Chary (

), one of Shankar's employees, calls Narayana and tells him that Shankar is trying to kill Babloo. Narayana comes and tells the goons to let Babloo go. One of Shankar's henchmen, who is also his right hand ( Brahmaji), cheats him. Shankar fires Babloo and tells him to never come back because he thinks that Babloo and Pooja fell in love with each other. On the way to the wedding, one of Ballu's henchmen blocks five cars of Shankar's henchmen, and now Shankar, Pooja, and Brahmaji are trapped. When Ballu and his henchmen are there, Brahmaji gives Shankar a gun to shoot him, and he does. However, the gun does not have bullets, and Shankar is shocked to see that Brahmaji has been working for Ballu all along. Ballu tricks Shankar, and according to his plan, he planned to handover Shankar & pooja. Shankar, in a fit of rage, kills almost all of Ballu's henchmen, including Brahmaji, but he is brutally injured, and Ballu finally kidnaps Pooja. Chary knows about this and tells Babloo that Shankar is injured and Pooja is abducted by Ballu. Ballu calls Shankar on the phone and tells them that he will kill Pooja if he couldn’t find a way to rescue pooja in three hours. Shankar tells Babloo that Babloo could marry Pooja if he kills all of Ballu's henchmen, to which he agrees. Shankar and Babloo find out that Pooja is held captive in an almost abandoned building. Babloo fights Ballu's henchmen, while Shankar fights Ballu. Shankar finally defeats Ballu. The film ends with Shankar letting Pooja marry Babloo and them doing so. Pooja also gives birth to a first child.

Cast

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as Srinivas "Babloo" Rao *

as Pooja (Voice dubbed by Savitha Reddy) * Srihari as Shankar Goud *

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as Srirangam Sheshadri Chary * Chandra Mohan as Narayana Rao, Babloo's father * Akash as Ajay *

as Ballu * Ajay as Ballu's brother *

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as Katthi *

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as Kumari * Delhi Rajeswari as Babloo's mother * Chatrapathi Sekhar as Shankar Goud's Henchman *

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as Shankar Goud's Henchman's Wife * Brahmaji as Shankar Gowd's right hand who is revealed to be Ballu's henchmen *

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as Corporator Krishna *

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as Pedhanarayana * Prema as Shankar Gowd's wife * Shafi as Professional Killer * Srinivasa Reddy as Babloo's friend * Bharath Raju as Ballu's henchmen *

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as Mani Ratnam *

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Sequel

Director Vaitla announced the sequel of the film with Vishnu reprising his character in November 2020. The film is titled as ''D and D: Double Dose.''

Awards

;

- 2007(in

) * Best Screenplay Writer -

* Best Fight Master -

Ram Lakshman ''Ram Lakshman'' is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. It was released on 28 February 1981, and remade in Telugu as ''Rama Lakshmanulu'' in the same year. Plot Ram and ...

References

External links

* {{Srinu Vaitla 2007 films Telugu films remade in other languages Films directed by Srinu Vaitla 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by Chakri