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film directed by

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. It is produced by Bheemineni Sunitha under her production company Good Will Cinema, ''Speedunnodu'' features

Bellamkonda Sreenivas Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas (born 3 January 1993) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Son of film producer Bellamkonda Suresh, he made his debut with the action comedy film ''Alludu Seenu'' (2014) which won him Filmfare Award for Best ...

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, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles while

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plays the antagonist. Production commenced in April 2015, and the film's

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was completed by January 2016. The film released worldwide on 5 February 2016. This film is a remake of the 2012 Tamil movie ''

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''.

Plot

Sobhan is the son of the president of Rapthaadu, Veerabhadrappa, who leads a happy life and spends all his time with his friends. Sobhan ensures that he is always of some help to his friends. He goes to any extent to help his friends. He tries to help his friends woo Vasanthi, the daughter of Ramachandrappa, after she rejected his love proposal when she was in tenth. As it happens, she falls for Sobhan again by seeing his deeds to help his friend. He, too, reciprocates, but trouble comes as Vasanthi's father fixes her marriage with his relative Jagan. A murder happens, and the blame falls on Sobhan. Things get further complicated when Shobhan and Vasanthi's parents turning to be rivals.

Cast

as Sobhan *

as Vasanti * Prakash Raj as Veerabhadrappa (Sobhan's father) *

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as Ramachandrappa (Vasanti's father) *

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as Lakshmi *

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as Vasanti's mother *

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as Wifi Vaikuntam *

as Jagan *

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as Krishnappa * Pruthviraj as Sobhan's brother-in-law *

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as Suri *

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as Giri *

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as Madhan * Satya as Babu *

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as Vasanti's aunt *

Vidyullekha Raman Vidyullekha Raman (born 4 November 1991), also known as Vidyu Raman, is an Indian actress and comedienne who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. The daughter of actor Mohan Raman, Vidyullekha made her debut in Gautham Vasudev Menon's 2012 ''Ne ...

as Vasanti's friend *

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as Qadir *

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(

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) ''Bachelor Babu''

Production

The film was launched officially in April 2015.

was signed in as a lead actress in May 2015. Later in last October 2015, popular actress

was signed in to make a (

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) in a song. Filming of this song was completed by mid November 2015 and it was reported that she charged half of her remuneration to appear in the movie. That song, titled "Bachelor Babu" was made on a budget of . The film's title was announced as ''Speedunnodu'' in December 2015.

Music

The audio of the movie was released on 22 January 2016.

Release

In January 2016, Sreenivas announced the film's release date as 5 February 2016 in a press meet.

Reception

The film received mixed critical response.

References

External links

* {{Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao 2016 films 2010s masala films 2010s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Indian romantic action films Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films shot in Switzerland Films shot at Ramoji Film City Films directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao 2016 action films