Gudumba Shankar is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Veera Shankar and produced by Nagendra Babu under Anjana Productions banner. Pawan Kalyan plays the title role, wrote the screenplay, and choreographed three songs and the action scenes. The film also stars Meera Jasmine and Ashish Vidyarthi while Sayaji Shinde, Brahmanandam, and Ali play supporting roles. The music was scored by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu.[1]
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| Directed by | Veera Shankar |
| Screenplay by | Pawan Kalyan |
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| Story by | Satyanand |
| Based on | Kanyasulkam by Gurajada Apparao |
| Produced by | Nagendra Babu |
| Starring | Pawan Kalyan Meera Jasmine Ashish Vidyarthi |
| Cinematography | Chota K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Yusuf Khan |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
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Running time | 176 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
editGudumba Shankar is a small-time thief who makes a living by arresting people. On his way to Mumbai, he accidentally meets Gowri. Both of them are forced to travel together. A few more incidents make them good friends. Shankar realizes that Gowri is a girl who ran away from her house. By then, they start having feelings for each other. A rowdy named Kumaraswamy wants to marry Gowri forcibly, as her astrology is auspicious for him, and this is why she runs away from her home. Soon, Kumarasamy takes Gowri back to the house.
Kumaraswamy is extremely superstitious and heavily depends on the astrology of Parabrahma Swamy. Shankar blackmails Parabrahma (to disclose his illicit affair) and joins the wedding house as the wedding planner along with Paidiraju and two other buddies. Shankar later tricks Kumaraswamy into thinking that Gowri is inauspicious to him and that if he marries her he will be destroyed. He plans elaborate tricks by burning or hurting someone wherever Gowri is involved. After Kumaraswamy leaves, Shankar marries Gowri, but Kumaraswamy comes and beats up Shankar and kidnaps Gowri. Shankar miraculously wakes up, beats up everyone, and takes Gowri back.
Cast
edit- Pawan Kalyan as Shankar Deekshithulu / Gudumba Shankar / Kalyanji Anandji
- Meera Jasmine as Gowri / Mangatayaru
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Kumaraswamy
- Sayaji Shinde as 'Bejawada' Narayana
- Brahmanandam as Parabrahma Swamy
- Ali as Paidiraju / Katrina Knife
- Sunil as Prabhu
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Devudu
- Rajan P. Dev as Kumaraswamy's uncle
- Sudeepa Pinky as Pinky, Gowri's sister
- Bhuvaneswari
- Kavitha
- Venu Madhav
- Ponnambalam
- Raghu Babu
- L. B. Sriram
- Tirupathi Prakash
- Natanya Singh in an item song "Killi Killi"
Production
editIn March 2004, Idlebrain reported that the title Gudumba Shankar was confirmed for Pawan Kalyan's film directed by Veera Shankar. At that time, 50% of the shooting was completed and the film was scheduled for release in July 2004.[2]
Music
editThe film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma. Aditya Music acquired the audio rights.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Le Le Le Le" | Chandrabose | KK | 05:00 |
| 2. | "Chiguraaku Chaatu Chiluka" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Sunitha, S. P. B. Charan | 04:50 |
| 3. | "Chilakamma" | Chandrabose | Karthik, Sri vardhini | 05:13 |
| 4. | "Chitti Nadumune" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Mallikarjun, Premgi Amaren | 04:54 |
| 5. | "Emantaro" | Chandrabose | S. P. B. Charan, Harini | 06:07 |
| 6. | "Kili Kili" | Masterji | Muralidhar , Pawan Kalyan | 05:20 |
Reception
editThe film received mixed reviews and was an average performer at the box office but managed to entertain audiences, largely due to Kalyan's popularity. Pawan Kalyan's choreography of the realistic action scenes was praised.[1] His unique style, including wearing double pants, was a major trendsetter at the time.[3][4][5]
Sify rated the film 3/5 and called it "disappointing." The reviewer wrote, "You desperately want to like the film for the maddeningly zany characters played out by Pawan, Meera, Ali, Brahmanandam and others. Alas but nobody can improve on this script full of scenes, inspired from half a dozen Hollywood and Bollywood films of yesteryears!"[6] Griddaluru Goplarao of Zamin Ryot also criticized the weak storyline and screenplay.[7]
Re-release
editGudumba Shankar was re-released after 19 years. The initial date was fixed as August 31, 2023. Then it got postponed and was re-released on September 2, on Pawan Kalyan's birthday, marked as one of the highest grosser amongst the recent re-releases.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "'Gudumba Shankar' completes 14 years: Take a look at the highlights of the Pawan Kalyan starrer". The Times of India. 10 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "News Today: Gudumba Shankar title confirmed". Idlebrain.com. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Pawan Kalyan : పవన్ కళ్యాణ్ తన స్టైలిష్ ప్యాంట్స్ను ఏ హీరోకి గిఫ్ట్గా ఇచ్చారో తెలుసా..?". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). 2 September 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Pawan stretches himself for a pant". IndiaGlitz.com. 7 December 2004. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Some 'power' dressing this!". The Times of India. 26 May 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Gudumba Shankar". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Gopalrao, Griddaluru (24 September 2004). "చితా సమీక్ష: బుడుంగుమన్న గుడుంబా శంకర్" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Meera Jasmine says 'Gudumba Shankar' was instrumental in shaping her journey as an artist". Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.