''Tadakha'' () is a 2013 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Kishore Kumar Pardasani Kishore Kumar Pardasani (also known as Dolly) is an Indian film director known for his Telugu films ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam'', ''Tadakha'', '' Gopala Gopala'' and ''Katamarayudu''. Early life and career Kishore was born in Vijayawada a ...

. A remake of the 2012 Tamil film ''

Vettai ''Vettai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action comedy film co-produced, written and directed by N. Linguswamy. The film stars Arya (actor), Arya and R. Madhavan in the lead roles, while Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul, Ashutosh R ...

'', the film stars

Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (; born 23 November 1986) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. Chaitanya is a recipient of several accolades including one Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award South and one Nandi Award for his work. Born in ...

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and

Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985), known professionally as Andrea Jeremiah, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Film ...

Ashutosh Rana Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (born 10 November 1967), known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, producer, author and television personality. He has worked in predominantly Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films along with working in var ...

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and Vettai Muthukumar reprise their roles from the original film, while

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and

Vennela Kishore Bokkala Kishore Kumar (born 19 September 1980), known professionally as Vennela Kishore, is an Indian actor and director who works in Telugu cinema. Known for his comedic roles, he earned the moniker "Vennela" after his first feature film ''Ven ...

play supporting roles. The music is composed by

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. The film was successful at the

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collecting a share of ₹21 crore. It won a

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and two

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, with Sunil receiving Best Supporting Actor at both ceremonies. The film received positive reviews, with critics appreciating the performances of Chaitanya and Sunil.

Plot

Sivarama Krishna and Karthik are brothers. Siva is a timid fellow, whereas Karthik is the tough guy. Siva's father used to worry about his elder son because he was very foolish and scared. After Siva's father died, Siva inherits the former's job and is transferred to Vizag, where Bagga and Kaasi are gangsters ruling the roost. When assigned to various cases, Siva seeks help from Karthik but does not reveal it to anyone. When a marriage proposal arrives for Siva, Karthik goes to see the bride and is surprised to find the same girl whose grandmother's veena he broke in front of their music shop. Upon meeting the bride's younger sister Pallavi, Karthik falls for her. However, he is hurt when Siva's wife Nandini reveals that her childhood friend is coming to India to see Pallavi. Karthik tricks him to send him back to America. Subsequently, a violent attack on Siva and Karthik occurs, leaving Siva seriously injured. However, the attack teaches him to fight back. In the end, the two brothers join forces to finish off Bagga together.

Cast

Music

Music for the film was composed by

. The film's audio was launched on 24 April 2013 at

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through

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label.

Release

The movie was released on 10 May 2013 after being given a U/A Certificate by The Censor Board.

Reception

Box office

''Tadakha'' was made with a budget of and collected a share of ₹21 crore at the box office. Tamannaah Bhatia took a pay cheque of for Tadakha and Chaitanya took satellite rights as remuneration. Andrea took and Sunil took as their remunerations.

Critical response

Tadakha received good reviews from critics, ''now running'' gave it the rating 3/5 ''Idle brain'' gave a review of rating 3.25/5 stating "Tadakha has all ingredients to satisfy masses." ''apherald.com'' gave a review of rating 3.5/5 stating "Don't Wait For Its DVD." ''123telugu.com'' gave a review of rating 3.25/5 stating "Tadakha makes for a decent summer watch." ''Oneindia Entertainment'' gave a review stating "Tadakha is a good commercial entertainer and the director has nicely adopted Vettai in Telugu with few changes to suit the tastes of Telugu audience. It has some sentimental scenes to woo family audience. If you have not watched Vettai, don't miss this film." ''way2movies.com'' gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "Thadaka has all the right commercial elements including action, humor, romance, glamour with good technical values, also sticks to the Telugu audiences nativity factor. The film has all the needed elements to set the cash registers ringing at the Box-Office." ''Telugucinema.com'' gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "Tadakha is a decent mass entertainer. Time pass flick. Entertaining first half and glamour quotient are its strong points."

Accolades

;

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

* Won -

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2002, with Praka ...

- Sunil ;

* Won - SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) - Sunil * Won - Best Actress (Critics) - Tamannaah Bhatia * Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu) - Tamannaah Bhatia * Nominated - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Andrea Jeremiah * Nominated - Best Actor in a Negative Role - Ashutosh Rana

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2398340 2010s Telugu-language films 2010s masala films Telugu remakes of Tamil films 2013 films Films scored by Thaman S