Shankar Dada MBBS
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| Shankala Dada MBBS | |
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| Directed by | Jayanth C. Paranjee |
| Produced by | Akkineni Ravi Shankara Prasad |
| Written by | Rajkumar Hirani (story), Paruchuri Brothers (dialogue) |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, Paresh Rawal, Srikanth, Girish Karnad |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Cinematography | K. Dattu |
| Editing by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Distributed by | Gemini Film Circiut |
| Release date(s) | October 15 , 2004 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Followed by | Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007) |
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Shankala Dada MBBS is a 2004 Telugu film which was a remake of Hindi blockbuster Munnabhai MBBS. This film stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Paresh Rawal, Sonali Bendre, Girish Karnad, and Srikanth. in supporting roles. Jayanth C. Paranjee directs this flick.This film is one of the most highly grossed film in 2004.
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[edit] Plot
Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a good hearted don in Hyderabad who runs away from home at a young age. He extorts money, kidnaps and roughs up people for money. But, he lies to his old age father (Girish Karnad) that he is a doctor in the city. Every year when they come to the city to visit him, he pretends to be a doctor and makes them happy. Finally the drama comes to an end, as one of the doctors in the locality Lingam (Paresh Rawal) tells Shankala’s parents the truth when the try to strike an alliance between their son and his daughter Sunitha (Sonali Bendre). Shankar decides to complete MBBS and become a doctor to live up to his parent’s wishes. He joins the college at which Paresh Rawal is the principal, and turns into a menace to him. There is a parallel track where he cures the patients in the hospital, not through medicine, but by showing love and affection towards them. How lives up to his parent’s dream and makes Sunitha fall in love with him, while gaining the principal’s acceptance forms the story’s crux.
[edit] Cast
- Chiranjeevi as ... Shankala Prasad alias Shankar Dada
- Sonali Bendre as ... Dr. Sunita/Chitti
- Paresh Rawal as ... "Lingam Mama"
- Girish Karnad as ... Satya Prasad (Father of Shankar Prasad)
- Srikanth as ... ATM
[edit] Crew
- Director: Jayanth C. Paranjee
- Screenplay: Jayanth C. Paranjee
- Story: Rajkumari Hirani
- Dialogue: Paruchuri Brothers
- Producer: Gemini Film Circuit
- Music: Devi Sri Prasad
- Cinematography: K. Dattu
- Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh
- Choreography: Harrish Pai, Ashok Raj & Raju Sundaram
- Stunts: Vijayan
[edit] Box-office performance
- The film had collected a distributors' share of Rs.280 million.
[edit] Trivia
- This film collected 15 crores in 35 days which is a very rare achievement.
- Chiranjeevi's star actor brother Pawan Kalyan makes a special appearance in the song "Naa Pere Kanchanamala".
- In the film, the kid who played the comatose vegetable Chiranjeevi took care of is Chiranjeevi's real-life nephew.
- In the film, Srikanth plays the role of ATM (Any Time Murder). However, he does not kill anyone in the film.
- Music director Devi Sri Prasad makes a cameo in the film during the song, Chaila Chaila.
- Anjala Jhaveri makes a special appearance in Chaila Chaila song.
- The character of ATM was originally given to Ravi Teja,but later it was given to Srikanth
[edit] External links
Films inspired by the Munna Bhai series |
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| First Generation: Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (Hindi) • Vasool Raja MBBS (Tamil) • Shankar Dada MBBS (Telugu) • Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. (Kannada) • Gangsta M.D. (English) Second Generation: Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Hindi) • Shankar Dada Zindabad (Telugu) Third Generation: Munna Bhai Chale Amerika (Hindi) & (English) |
