Shankar Dada Zindabad

Shankar Dada Zindabad (transl. Long Live Shankar Dada) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film and a remake of the 2006 Hindi film Lage Raho Munnabhai. Rajkumar Hirani, the director and co-screenwriter of the Munna Bhai series, is one of the screenwriters for this film (along with the Paruchuri Brothers). In addition, Dilip Prabhavalkar reprised his role as Mahatma Gandhi. It is the sequel to the 2004 film, Shankar Dada MBBS.

Shankar Dada Zindabad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrabhu Deva
Produced byAkkineni Ravishankar
Gemini Kiran
Story byRajkumar Hirani
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
StarringChiranjeevi
Srikanth
Karishma Kotak
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Sayaji Shinde
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
CinematographyChota K. Naidu
Edited byMarthand K Venkatesh
Release date
  • 27 July 2007 (2007-07-27)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹12 crores
Box office₹25 crores

The film directed by Prabhu Deva, Cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. Stars of the film Chiranjeevi as Shankar Dada, Srikanth as A.T.M. (Any Time Murder), Sayaji Shinde, Karishma Kotak, Sadha and Raja. The music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad.[1][2] The movie, released on 27 July 2007 opened to overall mixed reviews.[3]

Plot

Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a local goon, and ATM (Any Time Murder) (Srikanth) is like his brother. Shankar is in love with Jahnavi (Karishma Kotak) who works at a radio station. She also owns the second innings house. The only problem is that she does not know that Shankar is a goon and believes that he is a professor. When Rajalingam (Sayaji Shinde) takes the second innings house, Jahnavi, Shankar, and the residents of the second innings decide to camp in front of his house. What happens when Jahnavi finds out who Shankar really is?

Cast

Soundtrack
Shankar Dada Zindabad
Soundtrack album by
Devi Sri Prasad
Released9 July 2007
Recorded2007
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length31:08
LabelAditya Music
ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Aata
(2007)		 Shankar Dada Zindabad
(2007)		 Tulasi
(2007)

The Soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and Released by Aditya Music.[4]

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Jagadeka Veerudu"ChandraboseMano5:54
2."Good Morning Hyderabad"Devi Sri PrasadShankar Mahadevan, Divya5:14
3."Akalesthey"SahithiNaveen, Mamta Mohandas4:20
4."Chandamama"Bhaskarabhatla Ravi KumarK. S. Chithra, Venugopal3:42
5."Bhoogolamamntha"SahithiAdnan Sami, Gopika Poornima4:19
6."O Bapu Nuvve"Suddala Ashok TejaDevi Sri Prasad3:14
7."Good Morning Hyderabad" (Devi Mix)Devi Sri PrasadSagar, Devi Sri Prasad4:25
Total length:31:08


Reception

Even though the movie opened to packed houses, it later on turned out to be only an above-average grosser. The movie did not go down well with all of the audiences, and the word of mouth was hampered by the mixed reviews.

References
  1. "indiaglitz.com". Devi Sri Prasad to give tunes to Shankar Dada Zindabad. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
  2. "nonstopcinema.com". Devi Sri Prasad music for Shankar Dada Zindabad. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
  3. "rediff.com". Chiranjeevi rocks in Shankardada Zindabad. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  4. "Shankardada Zindabad - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn".
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