Bobby (2002 film)


Bobby is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Sobhan and produced by K. Krishna Mohan Rao. The movie stars Mahesh Babu, Aarthi Agarwal, Raghuvaran, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles, while Brahmanandam, Sunil, Pragathi, Ravi Babu, and Meher Ramesh play supporting roles. This movie is a modern version of Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet. It is an official remake of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 1995 film Zamana Deewana. The soundtrack of the movie was scored by Mani Sharma, cinematography was done by Venkat R. Prasad, and editing was handled by S. Sudhakar Reddy. The film released on 31 October 2002 and was a critical and commercial failure.
In 2010, the film was dubbed into Hindi as Daag - The Burning Fire. Shobu Yarlagadda of Arka Media Works was Executive producer for the movie.

Plot

Yadagiri is a handicapped mafia leader in Hyderabad, and KR is a rich businessman. Bhagyamati is Yadagiri's daughter, and Bobby is KR's son. The story of this film deals with what happens when these two people fall in love with each other. Bobby meets Bhagyamati in a club and falls in love with her. They later find out that their fathers are arch rivals. Bhagyamati's mother was killed in an accident involving their fathers. Knowing this, Bobby and Bhagyamati elope, but due to unavoidable circumstances, they come back and are injured in a bomb blast. Then, their fathers apologize and make up. In the end Bobby and Bhagyamati are married.

Cast

Jeevi from Idlebrain gave a modest 3.25 out of 5 and praised Mahesh Babu for his acting. The movie was a failure at the boxoffice.

Alternate ending

On release, the film climax was such that both the lead actors are killed. With the film receiving negative reviews and to bolster revenues, the climax was changed such that it was a happy ending as Telugu audiences in general do not like anti-climaxes. In spite of this change, the film could not recover and was termed as a box office bomb.

Music

The film has 6 songs composed by Mani Sharma.