''Kabaddi Kabaddi'' is a 2003 Indian

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film produced by Valluripally Ramesh Babu for Maharshi Cinema, and directed by Venky. Starring

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

, Kalyani and music composed by Chakri.

Plot

The film begins in the village Venkannapalem where Rambabu a typical village bloke is the son of a weaver Veerabhadrayah. He spends most of his time with his gang from different age groups. Kaveri is the sister of Nagendra head of the adjacent village Sakhinetipally. Nagendra is the coach of the Sakhinetipally Kabaddi team which has won 99 matches continuously all over the state. Rambabu crushes Kaveri at the first sight, and after a while, she too responds. Nagendra objects to it as Rambabu is wayward. In the clash, Rambabu challenges to defeat the Sakhinetipally Kabaddi team and asks for Kaveri's hand in bonus, Nagendra agrees to it. Now, Rambabu is in the process of gathering his team, he requires 11 members to play, but no one comes to his aid. So, he makes out his team with help of his friends Bosu, Seenu, Appa Rao, President, Krishna Rao, and Sastry respectively. After strenuous training, D-day arrives. The rest of the story is about Rambabu & his team triumphing in the finale and gaining his fiancée.

Cast

as Rambabu * Kalyani as Kaveri *

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 perfor ...

as Bachi Baba *

Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright and director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked as an actor in more than 750 films, including some in Tamil and Hindi; while he was ...

as Veerabhadrayah *

M. S. Narayana M. S. Narayana (16 April 1951–23 January 2015) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu cinema. He died on 23 January 2015 due to organ failure in Hyderabad, India. Career Narayana has over 750 films to his credit. His debut film ...

as Kabaddi Coach Appa Rao *

Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...

as Head Constable *

Kondavalasa Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao (10 August 1946 – 2 November 2015), popularly known as Kondavalasa, was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. Background Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao was born on 10 August 1946 in ...

as Krishna Rao * Krishna Bhagawan as Bosu *

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as Seenu *

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as Sastry *

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as Nagendra * Chinna as Madman * Poti Prasad as Villager * Sarika Ramachandra Rao as Anjineelu *

Gundu Sudarshan Gundu Sudarshan (born Surampudi Sudarshan Rao) is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Telugu films. He acted in more than 350 films. He also has stage experience from the age of 10. He entered the film industry with ''Mister Pellam'' in ...

as Priest *

Gautam Raju Gautam Raju is an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh predominantly acted in Telugu films. He acted in more than 200 films. He got two Nandi Awards as a Best Male Comedian. He also received Rajababu award. Early and personal life Gautam Raju was ...

as Villager * Jeeva as President Rama Rao *

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as Kabaddi Refinery Chinna Rao *

Rajitha Rajitha is an Indian actress who works in Telugu films. She has been active since the late 1980s. Career Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, ''Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Akkineni Nage ...

as Rani *

Preeti Nigam Preeti Nigam is an Indian actress who is known for her negative roles in Telugu-language television serials. Career Her career began when a Telugu short filmmaker noticed her while she was giving a dance performance. The maker insisted that s ...

as Nagendra's wife

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Chakri and released by Aditya Music Company.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' said that "The most difficult aspect of a comedy film is that it should make the audience laugh. Kabaddi Kabaddi is meant to be a laugh riot and to a certain extent the director has succeeded in achieving that".https://web.archive.org/web/20030221153808/http://movies.sify.com/cgi-bin/sifymovies/movies/content/movies_Reviews.jsp?category_oid=-21347&langcode=-21347&catName=Telugu&subcategory_oid=-21361&subCatName=Reviews

References

External links

* 2003 films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian romantic comedy films Indian sports comedy films 2003 romantic comedy films 2000s sports comedy films Films scored by Chakri {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub