Gaddam Gang

Gaddam Gang
Gaddam Gang
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Santhosh P. Jayakumar
Screenplay by	Santhosh P. Jaykumar
Based on	Soodhu Kavvum; by Nalan Kumarasamy
Produced by	Jeevitha Rajasekhar
Starring	Rajasekhar; Sheena;
Cinematography	Demel X. Edwards
Edited by	Richard Kevin
Music by	Achu Rajamani
Production; company	Shiva Shivatmika Movies
Release date	6 February 2015;
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Gaddam Gang (transl. Bearded Gang) is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film directed by debutant Santhosh P. Jayakumar. The film stars Rajasekhar and Sheena in the lead roles with Satyam Rajesh, Achu (in his acting debut) and Deepak in supportive roles. The film is a remake of the 2013 Tamil film Soodhu Kavvum.^[1]

Cast

Rajasekhar as Daasu
Sheena as Shailu
Satyam Rajesh as Ramesh
Achu as Suresh
Deepak as Pandu
Noel Sean
Yog Japee as Gabbar Singh, a police officer
Naresh as Dharmaraju
Seetha
Nagendra Babu as a rowdy director
Chitram Basha as a police officer
Giri Babu as a politician
Mippu
Saptagiri in a cameo appearance
Raghu Babu in a cameo appearance
Mumaith Khan as an item number in "Kasu Cashu Dabbu"

Production

Rajasekhar expressed interest in remaking the Tamil film Soodhu Kavvum as he felt that the film would suit him.^[2] The lead actress was revealed to be Anjali Lavania of Panjaa fame.^[1] However, Lavania was replaced by Sheena Shahabadi, who portrays Rajasekhar's imaginary girlfriend. The film is co-produced by his wife Jeevitha, who previously produced Aptudu (2004). Achu Rajamani, the film's music composer, signed to portray a supporting role in his acting debut.^[3]^[4] Rajasekhar started smoking for his role in the film. The film was titled Gaddam Gang as the film revolves around a group of people who engage in negative activities and don't shave.^[2]

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Achu Rajamani.^[5] The songs were released on 13 November.^[6]

"My Dear Sweety" - Achu
"Vastava Vaddantava" - Deva
"Kasu Cashu Dabbu" - Achu, Monisha
"Oh Go Nuvvu" - Achu
"Vedi Indlo" - M. M. Manasi

Reception

The Times of India gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Gaddam Gang turns out to be the kind of film where the characters have more fun than the audience it is made for".^[7]