''Orey Bujjiga'' ( ''Hey Bujji'') is a 2020 Indian

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film starring

Raj Tarun Raj Tarun (born 11 May 1992) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu language, Telugu films. Tarun debuted with the 2013 film ''Uyyala Jampala'' for which won South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Award for SIIMA Award for Best Male Deb ...

Malavika Nair Malvika Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Malayalam-language films. Her notable works include '' Black Butterfly'' (2013) and ''Cuckoo'' (2014). Early life Malvika Nair was born in Delhi. Her family soon moved to Kerala and ...

and

Hebah Patel Hebah Patel (born 6 January 1989) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu films. After working as a model, Patel made her acting debut with the Kannada film ''Adyaksha'' and then made her Tamil film debut ''Thirumanam Enum Nikka ...

in the lead roles. The film is directed by Vijay Kumar Konda and produced by

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. The film was initially scheduled to release on 25 March 2020, but was postponed due to

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. The film is released directly on Aha on 2 October 2020.

Plot

The film starts in

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Town in West Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh State as Bujji's parents fix a match for him. Upset with this, he leaves his town and goes to Hyderabad for his girlfriend Srujana. Meanwhile, Krishnaveni also flees to Hyderabad for the same reason. But the entire town feels that Bujji has eloped with Krishnaveni. When Krishnaveni discovers this, she is upset with Bujji. The twist in the tale arises when Krishnaveni gets to meet Bujji as Seenu. Bujju eventually understands that Srujana is just using him and break up with her. Love blossoms between Bujji and Swathi and one fine day, Bujji learns that Krishnaveni is the girl who has run away from her town and hates him. The rest of the story is as to how Bujji sets things right and wins his love.

Cast

as Srinivas alias "Bujji" *

as Krishnaveni alias "Swathi" *

as Srujana *

Posani Krishna Murali Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also conte ...

as Koteswara Rao, Srinivas' father *

Vani Viswanath Vani Viswanath (born 13 May 1971) is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Malayalam and Telugu films. In 2000, Vani won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performance in '' Susanna'', directed by T. V. Chandra ...

as Chamundeswari, Krishnaveni's mother * Naresh as Krishnaveni's father *

Raja Ravindra Raja Ravindra is an Indian actor predominantly appears in Telugu films and TV serials. Apart from Telugu films, he has acted in several Tamil films and a few Kannada and Malayalam movies. He started his career with TV serials and entered into fi ...

as Krishnaveni's uncle *

Anish Kuruvilla Anish Yohan Kuruvilla is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry. Before becoming a director, he was an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, played the lead role in ''Dollar Dreams'' (2000), and play ...

as Project Manager *

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as Saptagiri *

Madhunandan Madhunandan is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. He began his film career with the 2001 Telugu film, ''Nuvvu Nenu''. He has been in the film industry since he was 19 years old. He did a Masters in Business Administration from Osmani ...

as Srinivas's friend * Annapoorna as Krishnaveni's grandmother *

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as Gopi * Siri Hanmanth as Sweety, Krishnaveni's friend * Jayalakshmi as Srinivas' mother *

Ajay Ghosh Ajay Ghosh is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil-language films in negative roles. He is known for his roles in ''Jyothi Lakshmi'' (2015) and ''Visaranai'' (2016), '' Mookuthi Amman'' (2020) and '' Pushpa: The Rise'' (2021 ...

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* Varsha * Pammi Sai * Bhadram * Riya

Soundtrack

The film's sound track consists of five songs which were released on YouTube. The songs are composed by

Anup Rubens Anup Rubens, born Enoch Rubens, is an Indian film music composer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He has received the South Filmfare Awards and Nandhi Awards by Government of Andra pradesh. Rubens works include ''Seetharama Kalyana'' ...

. Track listing

Reception

Thadhagath Pathi of ''

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'' rated the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Dull, predictable and cliched, ''Orey Bujjiga'' falters on many levels and truly tests your patience." A review of ''

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'' gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated that "sloppy screenplay will test the patience of the audience." ''

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'' also criticized the film for its weak screenplay, opining that it is devoid of any "twists and turns." The reviewer also added that the film's score by Rubens is forgettable. ''

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'''s Sangeetha Devi wrote that "The Telugu rom-com rides on an old, predictable tale", and added "Apart from a few comic segments that overstay their welcome, the lack of depth to some of the characters makes the film disappointing."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt11854074
''Orey Bujjiga''
on Aha 2020s Telugu-language films 2020 films 2020 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 direct-to-video films Films set in Andhra Pradesh Films set in Konaseema Aha (streaming service) original films Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic