''Baladoor'' is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by K. R. Udhayashankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu under

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. The film stars

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Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

, and Anushka Shetty while Chandra Mohan, Pradeep Rawat, Sunil and

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play supporting roles. The film has music composed by K. M. Radha Krishnan with editing performed by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on 14 August 2008. The film was later dubbed in

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as ''Dhamkee'' in 2011 and remade into Oriya as ''Mu Kana Ete Khara''.

Premise

Chanti (Ravi Teja) holds his elder father Ramakrishna (Krishna) in higher regard than his father Purushottam (Chandra Mohan). Ramakrishna has a longstanding enmity with Umapathi (Pradeep Rawat) due to an incident that occurred 20 years ago. Later, due to some misunderstandings, Chanti is expelled from their house. Umapathi is determined to overpower Ramakrishna. The rest of the story unfolds as Chanti secretly aids Ramakrishna in defeating their enemies and eventually reunites with his family.

Cast

Soundtrack

K. M. Radha Krishnan composed the soundtrack album, which is released on 30 July 2008 by

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. Chandrabose, Peddada Murthy, and Ananta Sriram gave the lyrics whereas actor Venkatesh released the album CD.

Reception

Radhika Rajmani of '' Rediff.com'' rated the film stars out of 5 and wrote: "Uday Shankar takes up a stereotypical storyline in ''Baladoor'' and manages to entertain with a satisfactory screenplay in a formulaic way with a mix of action, comedy and romance." '' Zamin Ryot'' Alluru Rahim in criticized the film's "lackluster screenplay" and added that the director did not handle sentiment properly. In an other negative review, Y. Sunita Chowdhary of ''

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'' stated, "Baladoor is an average film, as the banner doesn’t offer nothing new in narration."

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* * {{K. R. Udayasankar 2000s Indian films 2000s Telugu-language films 2008 action drama films 2008 films Films shot in Uzbekistan Indian action drama films 2000s masala films Suresh Productions films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by K. M. Radha Krishnan Films directed by K. R. Udayasankar