Baanam

Baanam (transl. Arrow) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by the debutant Chaitanya Dantuluri, starring Nara Rohit and Vedhika in the lead roles. Produced by Priyanka Dutt under the banner Three Angels Studio Pvt Ltd, the film also marks Nara Rohith's debut as lead actor.

Baanam
Movie Poster
Directed by	Chaitanya Dantuluri
Produced by	Priyanka Dutt
Written by	Chaitanya Dantuluri Nagaraju Gandham
Starring	Nara Rohit Vedhika Sayaji Shinde Rajeev Kanakala
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Anil Bhandari
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by	Three Angels Studio Pvt Ltd
Release date	16 September 2009 (2009-09-16)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	unknown

Baanam was released theatrically on 16 September 2009. The film was moderate box office success but received positive reviews from critics.[1] It was also dubbed in Hindi-language under the title Jeo Aur Jeeno Do (transl. Live and let live).[2]

Plot

The story is set in the town of Ranasthali, in year 1989. Bhagat Panigrahi (Nara Rohit) is preparing to become an IPS officer. His father Chandrasekhar Panigrahi (Sayaji Shinde), a former Naxalite returns after 20 years before giving up his fight for the society because of his retirement. According to his ideology at a certain time every person want to retire in their works. He became the first person who retired in naxalism. He comes back home and questions his son's ambition of becoming an IPS because his wife was killed by a policeman. Bhagath convinces him with his point of logic and get the acceptance from his father. Meanwhile, a local don, Shakti Patnaik (Randhir Gattla) is slowly building his empire, terrorizing police and anyone who opposes him.

One day, Bhagat meets Subbalaxmi (Vedhika), a naive married Brahmin girl at a railway station she was abandoned by her in-laws because of insufficient dowry. Unable to pay the dowry her father commits suicide unknown of her. Then with the help of Bhagath she starts a new life to become an independent women. One day her husband sends a message to her for a secret meeting then Bhagath came with her to meet him in that meeting she ends her relationship with her husband. Then on urge of taking revenge on her, her ex-husband involves Shakti's gang to abduct her, it triggers a series of events between Bhagat and Shakti. After that Bhagath proposes Subbalakshmi for marriage she eventually accepts. Meanwhile Bhagath manages to qualify in UPSC and selected for training in the middle of the route Shakti and his gang interrupts him and severely injured him. Then angered Sr.panigrahi tries to kill Shakti but the attempt was missed and caught by Shakti then he kills him brutally. After knowing the facts Bhagath decides to destroy Shakti. He meets a senior IPS officer(S.Balachander) once who inspired Bhagath to become an IPS Officer in his childhood for asking trainees to stand up for the fight against the tyranny of Shakti. Earlier he refuses and later he accepts. Then all the gang attacks the gang members of Shakti and his businesses with solid evidence. Then Shakti tries to runaway to Hyderabad. Bhagath and his gang came to arrest Shakti along with police then Bhagath catches Shakti and a fight ensues between them in the fight Bhagath kills Shakti.

After that the trainees got their postings and Bhagath is ready to go for his training in the police academy. The film ends with a line "a new chapter begins".

Cast

• Nara Rohit as Bhagath Panigrahi
• Vedhika as Subha Lakshmi
• Sayaji Shinde as Chandrasekhar Panigrahi
• Rajeev Kanakala as Gudipudi Venkateswara Rao
• Randhir Gattla as Sakthi Patnaik
• Vishnuvardhan as an academy officer
• Bhanu Chander as an IPS officer who inspires Bhagath to become an IPS officer.
• AVS as Sriraju, Bhagath's neighbour
• Giri as Subha Lakshmi's husband
• Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Subha Lakshmi's father-in-law
• Ragini as Subha Lakshmi's mother-in-law
• Charandeep as a henchman

Soundtrack

Baanam
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	24 August 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:06
Language	Telugu
Label	Sony Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Rechipo (2009) Baanam (2009) Billa (2009)

The music for the film has been composed by Mani Sharma. The audio was launched on 24 August 2009 and also present during the event were Shyam Prasad Reddy, industrialist Dr Vasu. This was done with variety as five channels were taken for the coverage and biggies like Chandrababu Naidu, Dasari Narayana Rao, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Allu Aravind, NTR Junior unveiled the audio CD and released one song each in each channel.[3]

Track-List

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kadhile Paadham"	Vanamali	Shankar Mahadevan	5:09
2.	"Naalo Nenena"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Hemachandra, Saindhavi	5:49
3.	"Padhara Padhara"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Ranjith, Khushi Murali	3:38
4.	"Mogindhi Je Ganta"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Shreya Ghoshal	4:46
5.	"Baanam Theme Music"	Krishna Chaitanya	Khushi Murali, Ranjith, Naveen, Hanumantha Rao	3:34
Total length:				23:06

Release

• The film released on 16 September 2009.

Box-office and critical reception

• The film was a moderate success at Box-office
• The film got rave reviews from the critics for Chaitanya's work in dealing socially sensitive and long lasting stand that's going on between Police and Naxalism. Lead actors Nara Rohit and Vedhika were appreciated by critics. Idlebrain.com review said - Nara Rohit delivers what is needed for the character. Vedhika did the role of a traditional Brahmin girl and she is apt.[4]
• Winner "Silver Nandi" for the second best feature film of 2009 by the Andhra Pradesh state government.
• Nomination for Chaitanya Dantuluri, Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu).

References

1. "Hits and Flops of 2009 - Exclusive". way2movies.com. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
2. "Jeo Aur Jene Do-Battle(2009) - Nara Rohit, Vedhika, Sayaji Shinde". Zee Action Channel, YouTube.
3. "'Baanam' Audio Released". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
4. "Telugu Movie review - Baanam". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 16 September 2009.

External links

• Baanam on IMDb