''Jhummandi Naadam'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film produced by

Lakshmi Manchu Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna (born 8 October 1977) is an Indian actress, producer, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema and worked in American television. The daughter of actor Mohan Babu, Manchu holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre fr ...

and directed by

K. Raghavendra Rao Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (born 23 May 1942) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema besides having directed a few Hindi films. He has garnered four state Nandi Awards and fiv ...

. The film stars

Manoj Manchu Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with ''Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He re ...

and debutant

Taapsee Pannu Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards. After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ' ...

and Mohan Babu in a supporting role. The film has music scored by

M.M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

. The film was released on 1 July 2010. This film is debut of the actress

in Indian film industry.

Plot

Balu (

) has only one goal in his life - to become a great playback singer like SP Balasubramanyam. He challenges a landlord in his village and comes to Hyderabad to become a singer. Captain Rao ( Mohan Babu) stays in the opposite house. He is an old-fashioned man who hates the lifestyle of new generation. Sravya (

) is an NRI girl who stays in her father's friend Captain Rao's house. She is in India to do documentary on traditional Telugu music. Balu acts ae to her and in the process, they fall in love. Captain Rao doesn't like them falling in love with each other. The rest of the story is all about Captain Rao's restrictions and how the lovers emerge unscathed.

Cast

as Balu/Hari *

as Sravya * Mohan Babu as Captain Rao * Suman as Sravya's Father *

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 Brahmi *

MS 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 ...

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* Dharmavarapu Subramanyam * Ahuti Prasad *

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 Balu's father * Sudha *

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* Pragathi * Vithika Sheru

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 28 May 2010 . It had music scored by composer M. M. Keeravani. S.P.Balasubramanyam sang 5 songs after a long time.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100606035201/http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/vedam-jhummandinaadam.html * http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-jhummandinaadam.html * http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/lakshmimanchu1.html * {{IMDb title, id=1582641, title=Jhummandi Nadam 2010 films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by M. M. Keeravani 2010s Telugu-language films