Babayi-Abbayi
| Babai – Abbai | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jandhyala |
| Produced by | M. Sudhakar Reddy |
| Written by | Jandhyala |
| Based on |
Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon |
| Starring |
Nandamuri Balakrishna Anitha Reddy |
| Music by | Chakravarthy |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Production company |
Ushodhaya Movies [1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Babai – Abbai is a 1985 Telugu comedy film produced by M. Sudhakar Reddy under the Ushodhaya Movies banner and directed by Jandhyala. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna and Anitha Reddy in the lead roles, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is inspired by N. T. Rama Rao's old Telugu movie Vaddante Dabbu (1954), which itself was based on the English novel Brewster's Millions (1902).[2] The novel was adapted into the movie Brewster's Millions (1985 film) (1985), which eventually was remade in Tamil as Arunachalam (1997).
Plot
Bala alias Abbai (Nandamuri Balakrishna) and Veera, alias Babai (Suthi Veerabhadra Rao) meet in a very crazy situation and start living together, their lifestyle is to make debts for their survival and escape from lenders. Once Bala meets a girl Krishnaveni (Anitha Reddy) in an accident, daughter of a multimillionaire Vara Prasada Rao (Suthi Velu) and both of them fall in love. Rao assigns a task for Bala by giving a huge amount of 25 lakhs and asks him to spend it within the timeline of 30 days and also keeps some conditions that he should not donate or destroy the money. Bala starts the spending the money with the help of his Babai's ideas such as racing, gambling, making a movie, construction of house etc. But their income grows day by day and Bala gets fed-up with this money. Finally, he throws all the money into the sea, at the same time Rao arrives and explains to him that he has given this task to study Bala's character and he should also understand how dangerous the money is and the movie ends with the marriage of Bala & Krishnaveni.
Cast
- Nandamuri Balakrishna as Bala / Balasubramanyam
- Anitha Reddy as Krishna Veni
- Suthi Veerabhadra Rao as Babai / Veerabhadra Rao
- Suthi Velu as Vara Prasad Rao
- Rajendra Prasad as Taxi Driver
- Rallapalli as Babai's Father-in-law
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Vizag Prasad as Inspector Shyam Sundar / Akitabhuchar
- Malladi as Lawyer
- Potti Prasad as Madman
- KK Sarma
- Chitti Babu
- Satti Babu as Manager Jabar
- Chidatala Appa Rao
- Dham
- Jeet Mohan Mitra
- Sri Lakshmi as Aruna
- Kakinada Shyamala as Aruna's mother
- Radha Kumari as Subbulu
- Pavala Syamala as Sundari
- Nirmalamma as Godaramma
Soundtrack
| Babai – Abbai | ||||
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| Film score by Chakravarthy | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 18:41 | |||
| Label | Saptaswar Audio | |||
| Producer | Chakravarthy | |||
| Chakravarthy chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. The soundtrack was released by the Saptaswar Audio Company.
| S. No. | Song Title | Singers | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Telusa Neeku Telusa" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 3:20 |
| 2 | "Nee Choopu" | Srinivasamurthy, S. Janaki | 3:59 |
| 3 | "O Priyaa" | Anita Reddy | 3:50 |
| 4 | "Sommu Penchaku" | SP Balu, Madhavapeddi Ramesh | 3:27 |
| 5 | "Lady Lady" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:05 |
Other
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