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Alludu Seenu (2014)

Alludu Seenu poster
Original title
అల్లుడు శీను
Directed by
V. V. Vinayak
Genre
action thriller, Masala film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 31m
Rated
UA
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A young man named Seenu gets into trouble after a misunderstanding with a crime boss. He tries to win over his love interest while dealing with the dangerous situation.

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What happens

Alludu Seenu (transl. Son-in-law Seenu) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak. Produced by Bellamkonda Suresh on his banner Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions, the film marks the debut of his son Bellamkonda Sreenivas as the titular character, with Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Pradeep Rawat, and Brahmanandam in lead roles, while Tamannaah makes a special appearance. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music for this film while Chota K. Naidu and Gautham Raju handled the cinematography and editing of the film, respectively. The film was officially launched on 15 February 2013 in Hyderabad. After altering the bound script twice, the film's principal photography commenced at Annapoorna Studios in Hyderabad in October 2013. Majority of the film was shot in and around Hyderabad while significant portions were shot at Alleppey in Kerala. The songs were shot in the locales of Japan, Dubai and Italy apart from the sets built in Hyderabad. After completion of a few action sequences at Gachibowli Aluminium Factory in Hyderabad, the film's principal photography came to an end on 14 June 2014. The film was released worldwide on 25 July 2014. Upon release, the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics calling it a commercial entertainer and praising the principal cast's performances, although they were unsupportive of the film's predictable narrative and placement of the song numbers. While the distributors recovered most if not all of their respective distribution costs with the film collecting a distributor's share of ₹24.55 crore at the box office, the film was a cost failure for its producers due to its expensive budget of ₹40 crore which made it the most expensive film for a debutante and one of the most expensive Telugu films at the time of release. Regardless, Alludu Seenu was the second highest grossing Telugu film for a debutante behind Chirutha at the time of its release. Later the film was dubbed in Hindi as Mard Ka Badla (2019). Sai Srinivas won Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. Later the film was dubbed into Malayalam as Aliyan Sreeni and Tamil as Mappilai Seenu. It also won the state Gaddar Award for Third Best Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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