Balupu
2013 film by Gopichand Malineni
Balupu (transl. Arrogance) is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Gopichand Malineni. The film is produced by Prasad Vara Potluri under his PVP cinema banner. The film stars Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Anjali, and Prakash Raj along with Adivi Sesh, Ashutosh Rana, and Brahmanandam in supporting roles.
Released on 28 June 2013, the film went on to become a major commercial success at the box office, grossing over ₹61 crore with a distributor's share of ₹30 crore. It was the seventh highest-grossing Telugu film of 2013 and became Ravi Teja's highest-grossing movie up until that point until the release of Krack, which was also directed by Mallineni and also had Haasan alongside Teja. S. Thaman also returned to compose the music.
Balupu was remade in Bengali as Herogiri (2015). Balupu is currently set to be remade in Kannada as Trishulam.
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Ravi works as a collection agent of ICICI bank in Bangalore and leads a happy life along with his friends and his father Mohan Rao. Mohan Rao wishes to see Ravi married soon although Ravi is against it.
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