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Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu

2012 film by Puri Jagannadh

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5026025
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Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu (transl. Rambabu with Cameraman Ganga) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language political action film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Gabriela Bertante, Prakash Raj and Kota Srinivasa Rao. Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack and background score, while Shyam K. Naidu and S. R. Shekhar handled the cinematography and editing. It was the second collaboration between Pawan and Puri after 12 years since Badri (2000).

Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu was theatrically released worldwide on 18 October 2012, garnering positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Rambabu is a short-tempered mechanic who has a kind heart as well as a tendency to react to various social incidents shown or published in the electronic media. After studying and observing his personality, Ganga, a cameraman from NC Channel, offers him a job as a journalist, which he accepts. Jawahar Naidu, who is the state's ex-CM, tries to collapse the current government headed by Chandrasekhar Reddy and regain the post of CM, where he is strongly supported by his son, Rana "Ranababu" Naidu, a newbie to politics.

Dasaradh Ram is a reputed journalist who supplies proof of the scams and atrocities committed by Jawahar Naidu to NC channel, only to be brutally murdered by Ranababu. Although everyone, including the police, is aware that Ranababu is behind this, they remain silent out if fear.

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