Bachi is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Jagapathi Babu, Neelambari and Prakash Raj. The music was composed by Chakri with cinematography by V. Srinivasa Reddy and editing by V. Nagi Reddy. The film released on 9 November 2000.
| Bachi | |
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| Directed by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Written by | Chintapalli Ramana (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Story by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Produced by | Chanti Addala V. Srinivas Reddy |
| Starring | Jagapathi Babu Neelambari Prakash Raj |
| Cinematography | V. Srinivasa Reddy |
| Edited by | V. Nagi Reddy |
| Music by | Chakri |
Production company | Srinivasa Arts |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
editThe film begins with a cop, Bhaskar Chenmai / Bachi, the special branch. He falls for a beautiful ingénue Venkata Lakshmi. Suddenly, a piece of spectacular news rocks the country that a hick Tatineni Koteswara Rao wins ₹50 crore (US$6.0 million) in the Paris lottery. Accordingly, various gangsters and burglars behind him acquire the ticket. Since he has severe life threats, the government appoints Bachi as his chief security officer. A fat cat, Satyambabu, accounts him with all the facilities to snatch the ticket.
One day, Bachi receives a courier which delivers a boy named Habibi from Dubai. He proclaims himself as his father with the affirmation of his mother Parvati. From there, he makes his life forlorn, and Bachi whacks to dispose of him but fails. In addition, he creates a rift in his love. However, as time goes by, Bachi gets affectionate toward Habibi. Now, he starts unraveling when he is aware that another Bachi, a tomcat, had resided at his residence before. Parallelly, Parvati plays a hide-and-seek game with him; unbeknownst, he protects her from endangerment. Thus, he strives hard to capture both Parvati and Bachi-2. Ultimately, he cracks the whereabouts of Bachi-2 and ascertains that he has no bearing on Habibi.
Sundry elite groups, officials, and respectable in society bestow high amounts to Koteswara Rao on assurance of Satyambabu. One fine morning absconds announcing the lottery is a back fence talk, which leaves Satyambabu bankrupt. The incident takes aback, and the entire department is on Koteswara Rao's hunt. Afterward, a social welfare organization retrieves Habibi as he is wrongly delivered. However, Bachi bars them as they are strongly correlated. Eventually, via them, he traces Parvati lying in an ailing position in a hospital. At that point, surprisingly, she states herself as the sibling of Venkatalakshmi, who an impostor deceives. Further, Parvati professes that the reason behind nearing her boy to Bachi is that he will fasten him in the future. Here, Bachi tells Parvati to rear Habibi as his own, and she happily leaves her breath.
Meanwhile, Koteswara Rao rushes to change his face through cosmetic surgery. Venkata Lakshmi spots this and informs Bachi. Immediately, he rides, but Koteswara Rao flees using Habibi as a shield. Bachi backs him when, as a flabbergast, Bachi divulges that Koteswara Rao is the one who hoodwinked Parvati and Habibi is his progeny. Listening to it, he requests Bachi to maintain secrecy and let Habibi stay as his son only. At last, Koteswara Rao surrenders before the judiciary. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Bachi and Venkatalakshmi.
Cast
edit- Jagapathi Babu as Bhaskar Chimai / Baachi
- Neelambari as Venkatalakshmi
- Prakash Raj as Tatineni Koteswara Rao
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Satyambabu
- Ali
- Yamuna as Parvathi
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Special Branch Chief Gokarnam
- AVS as Quarter Narayana
- Babloo Prithiveeraj as Baachi-2
- Chinna as S.I.
- Raghu Kunche as Raghu
- Chitti Babu as Koyadora
- Uttej as Courier Boy
- Pruthviraj
- Gautam Raju
- Kadambari Kiran as Beggar
- Tirupati Prakash
- Ananth as Satyambabu's P.A.
- Krishna Chaitanya
- Junior Relangi as Constable
- Vidya as Jayamalini
- Kalpana Rai
- Master Sajja Teja as Habibi
Production
editNewcomer Nilambari made her debut with this film and dubbed for herself.[1]
Soundtrack
edit| Baachi | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:06 | |||
| Label | HMV Audio | |||
| Producer | Chakri | |||
| Chakri chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Chakri in his debut as a music director.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lachmi Lachmi" | Chandra Bose | Raghu Kunche, Smita | 4:51 |
| 2. | "He Kundanala" | Kula Shekar | Chakri, Swarnalatha | 4:50 |
| 3. | "O Chilaka" | Kula Shekar | Unni Krishnan, Kousalya | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Habibi" | Kula Shekar | Mano, Gopika Poornima, Usha | 5:12 |
| 5. | "Titanic" | Kula Shekar | Ravi Varma, Kousalya | 5:05 |
| Total length: | 25:06 | |||
Reception
editA critic from Sify wrote that "The plot is thoda hatke (transl. a little different), so is the treatment. Now only, if the music was as good".[2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Despite spending so much money and acquiring all the gloss, the film does not get anywhere".[3]
References
edit- ^ "Nilambari needs no dubbing lessons". Idlebrain.com. 27 October 2000.
- ^ "Review: Baachi". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 December 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Bachi Review". Full Hyderabad. Retrieved 10 August 2023.