Bunny (2005 film)

Bunny
Bunny
Soundtrack album to Bunny by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	25 February 2005
Recorded	2005uy
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	27:07
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology

Bunny
Bunny
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. V. Vinayak
Screenplay by	V. V. Vinayak
Story by	V. V. Vinayak
Produced by	Mallidi Satyanarayana Reddy
Starring	Allu Arjun; Gowri Munjal; Prakash Raj; Mukesh Rishi;
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production; company	Siri Venkateswara Productions
Release date	6 April 2005;
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bunny is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by V. V. Vinayak, with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. The film was produced by Mallidi Satyanarayana Reddy. This film stars Allu Arjun and Gowri Munjal, while Prakash Raj and Mukesh Rishi play supporting roles with Sarath Kumar in a guest appearance. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with editing done by Gautham Raju and cinematography by Chota K. Naidu.^[1]^[2] The film released on 6 April 2005 and was received mixed-to-positive reviews, and was commercially successful.^[3]^[4] Later the film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as Bunny: The Lion was also commercial success.^[5]

The film was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Tomar Jonno Morte Pari (2007) starring Shakib Khan. The 2009 Bengali film Challenge, also has some plot elements from this film.

Plot

Somaraju is a leading businessman and crime boss in Visakhapatnam. Mysamma is a close member of Somaraju and his right-hand handles his criminal deals in Hyderabad. Mahalakshmi is Somaraju's daughter, and he dearly loves her. Bunny alias Raja joins the same college as Mahalakshmi. He impresses her on the first day itself. Slowly, she falls in love with him. Somaraju, though reluctant initially, agrees to the marriage. Now, Raja has a condition that Somaraju should give his entire property to Raja as a dowry. The rest of the story explains why Raja asks for Somaraju's property.

Raja's birth father, a king, Ranga Rao Bhupathi Raja, is Mahalakshmi's maternal uncle. Bhupathi Raja was a great man with much land and property, as well as much regard from the government and other people. In the area where he lives, there is a shortage of water for farming. As a result, Bhupathi Raja starts a rally to initiate the Polavaram Project. The rally becomes so widespread, that the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, decides to meet with Bhupathi Raja. Bhupathi Raja decides to give away all of his land, 4,000 acres, to the people who lose land when the project gets initiated. When Mahalakshmi is born, her mother asks Bhupathi Raja to perform the baby naming ceremony and such. On Bhupathi Raja's way there, however, Somaraju attacks him with the help of a bunch of rowdies. Somaraju fraudulently transfers Bhupathi Raju's property to himself. They pretty much kill Bhupathi Raja and leave him to die in the forest. However, Bhupathi Raja manages to live and perform Mahalakshmi's ceremony, but he dies minutes after without telling anyone what happened.

Raja learns of this when his so-called father, Rangaswamy, explains to him that he is his godfather and not his father. While trying to save him, his godfather and godmother give up their son to keep him alive. To regain his rightful property, Raja fights Mysamma and wins his girl.

Cast

Allu Arjun as Raja alias Bunny
Gowri Munjal as Mahalakshmi
- Baby Kavya as Young Mahalakshmi
Prakash Raj as Somaraju
Mukesh Rishi as Maisamma
Sharat Saxena as Rangaswamy, Raja's foster father
Sudha as Raja's foster mother
Seetha as Bunny's aunt
Raghu Babu as Suri, Somaraju's henchman
Ahuti Prasad as DCP Venkhayya
Rajan P. Dev as Chief Minister Gudumba Chatti
M. S. Narayana as Daiva Sahayam and Daiva Sahayam's father
Chalapathi Rao as Advocate Suryanarayana
Venu Madhav as Daiva Sahayam's assistant
Fish Venkat as Somaraju's henchman
L. B. Sriram as Doctor
Jenny as Lecturer
Chitram Seenu as Bunny's friend
Dil Ramesh as Somaraju's henchman
Sravan as Tarun
Sarath Kumar as Ranga Rao Bhupathi (guest appearance)

Production

Bunny is Allu Arjun's third film as the lead actor after Gangotri (2003) and Arya (2004).^[6]

Music

All music was scored by Devi Sri Prasad and released by Aditya Music.

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Maro Maro"	Chandrabose	Tippu	5:08
2.	"Jabilammavo"	Chandrabose	Sagar, Malathy Lakshman	4:34
3.	"Va Va Vareva"	Viswa	Karthik, Sumangali	4:08
4.	"Mayilu Mayilu"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Devi Sri Prasad	4:57
5.	"Kana Padaleda"	Suddala Ashok Teja	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:33
6.	"Bunny Bunny"	Chandrabose	Srilekha Parthasarathy, Murali,	4:47
Total length:				27:07

Reception

B Anuradha of Rediff.com criticized the plot for being a "age-old revenge drama" while praising Allu Arjun's performance. "Allu Arjun's effortless dancing and fights could be in vain, thanks to the boring theme," she added.^[7] A reviewer from Sify who rated 3/5 also echoed the same. "The story and presentation is old wine in a new bottle, but the performance of Allu Arjun, Prakash Raj and Raghu Babu saves the film to a very large extent," the reviewer stated.^[8]

Release

Sagar was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu at 53rd Filmfare Awards South.^[9]

References

^ "Bunny The Hero Movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ M. L., Narasimham (30 December 2005). "Dubbed films rule yet again". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Junior N.T.R's two attempts (Naa Alludu and Narasimhudu) proved disasters.
^ "Bunny The Hero Movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ M. L., Narasimham (30 December 2005). "Dubbed films rule yet again". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Junior N.T.R's two attempts (Naa Alludu and Narasimhudu) proved disasters.
^ "Bunny The Hero Movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ Jeevi (19 August 2012). "Interview with Allu Arjun". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ Anuradha, B (12 April 2005). "The plot killed Bunny!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "Bunny". Sify. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-South Winners". Cinegoer. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2020.