''Tadakha'' () is a 2013 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Kishore Kumar Pardasani Kishore Kumar Pardasani (also known as Dolly) is an Indian film director known for his Telugu language, Telugu films ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam'', ''Tadakha'', ''Gopala Gopala (2015 film), Gopala Gopala'' and ''Katamarayudu''. Early life ...

. A remake of the 2012 Tamil film ''

Vettai ''Vettai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co produced, written and directed by N. Linguswamy. The film stars Arya, Madhavan, Sameera Reddy, and Amala Paul while Ashutosh Rana, Thambi Ramaiah and Nassar played supporting ...

''. The film stars

Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (born 23 November 1986) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut with ''Josh'' (2009) and his breakthrough came with Gautham Vasudev Menon-directed ''Ye Maaya Chesave'' (2010). He ...

, Sunil,

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, and

Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah is an Indian actress, playback singer, and a musician, who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Malayalam language films. She made her acting debut in Tamil language, Tamil film ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007 ...

with the music composed by

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Nagendra Babu Konidela Nagendra "Naga" Babu (born 29 October 1961) is an Indian actor and producer who works in Telugu cinema. As a producer, he won one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards. Acting career Nagendra Babu acts mainly in supporting roles ...

reprises his role from the original film. The film was successful at the

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. The film won a

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and two

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, with Sunil receiving Best Supporting Actor at both the award, The film received positive reviews, who appreciated performances of Chaitanya and Sunil.

Plot

Sivarama Krishna ( Sunil) and Karthik (

) are brothers . Siva is a timid fellow whereas Karthik is the tough guy. Siva's father often used to worry about his elder son as he was very foolish and scared. After, Siva 's father died, Siva gets his Father's (

) job after his death and is transferred to Vizag where Bagga (

Ashutosh Rana Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (born 10 November 1967), known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, producer, author and television personality. He has worked in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi films. He has also worked ...

) and Kaasi are gangsters ruling the roost . After joining, Siva when send to various cases, takes help of Karthik but doesn't reveal it to anyone . When a marriage proposal arrives for Siva. Karthik goes to see the bride, is surprised to see the same girl whose grandmother's veena he broke in front of their music shop. When Karthik meets the bride's younger sister Pallavi he falls for her. But is hurt when Nandini ( Siva's wife) reveal that her childhood friend is going to visit India to see Pallavi (Tamannaah). Karthik tricks him to send him back to America. After that, that is a violent attack on Siva and Karthik where Siva is seriously injured but the attack teaches him to fight back and at the end the two brothers finish Bagga together.

Cast

as Karthik * Sunil as Sivarama Krishna IPS *

as Pallavi *

as Nandini *

as Bagga *

as Siva and Karthik's father *

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as Neighbour of Nandu *

Vennela Kishore Bokkala Kishore Kumar (born 19 September 1977), known professionally as Vennela Kishore, is an Indian actor and director who works in Telugu-language films. Known for his comic roles, he was given the moniker "Vennela" after his first feature f ...

as Ganesh *

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as Police Officer Hanumantha Rao *

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as Nandu and Pallavi's Grand Mother *

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 Commissioner *

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as Reddy, Karthik's friend * Vettai Muthukumar as Kaasi

Release

The movie was released on 10 May 2013 after being given a U/A Certificate by The Censor Board.

Reception

Tadakha received good reviews from critics, now running gave it the rating 3/5 Idle brain gave a review of rating 3.25/5 stating "Tadakha has all ingredients to satisfy masses. apherald.com gave a review of rating 3.5/5 stating Don't Wait For Its DVD." 123telugu.com gave a review of rating 3.25/5 stating "Tadakha makes for a decent summer watch." Oneindia Entertainment gave a review stating "Tadakha is a good commercial entertainer and the director has nicely adopted Vettai in Telugu with few changes to suit the tastes of Telugu audience. It has some sentimental scenes to woo family audience. If you have not watched Vettai, don't miss this film." way2movies.com gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "Thadaka has all the right commercial elements including action, humor, romance, glamour with good technical values, also sticks to the Telugu audiences nativity factor. The film has all the needed elements to set the cash registers ringing at the Box-Office." Telugucinema.com gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "Tadakha is a decent mass entertainer. Time pass flick. Entertaining first half and glamour quotient are its strong points."

Box office

Budget

Tadakha was made with a budget of Collected 15 Crores In 15 Days Declared as Blockbuster] Tamannaah Bhatia took a pay cheque of for Tadakha and Chaitanya took satellite rights as remuneration. Andrea took and Sunil took as their remunerations.

Soundtrack

Music for the film was composed by

. The film's audio was launched on 24 April 2013 at

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Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

through

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label.

Accolades

;

Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing ...

* Won -

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu The Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2002, with Prakash Raj being t ...

- Sunil ;

* Won - SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) - Sunil * Won - Best Actress (Critics) - Tamannaah Bhatia * Nominated -

SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu) South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreci ...

- Tamannaah Bhatia * Nominated - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Andrea Jeremiah * Nominated - Best Actor in a Negative Role - Ashutosh Rana

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2398340 2010s Telugu-language films 2010s masala films Telugu remakes of Tamil films 2013 films Films scored by Thaman S