The Girlfriend
172nd of 443 in Tollywood
- Out-grossed 47% of Tollywood releases with reported figures ($3M).
- Returned 0.7× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
- Momentum in the 79th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.6 from 19 votes, the 64th percentile.
- Cost
- $5M
- Took
- $3M
Against a Tollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 0.5 times what a typical release there does.
Audience 10.0 from 1 person
The money says flop. What do you say?
Bhooma Devi, a studious postgraduate student of English Literature, moves to Hyderabad where she enters a relationship with Vikram, a popular engineering student. What begins as a charming romance soon takes a psychological turn as Vikram's affection evolves into stifling possessiveness and gaslighting. As Bhooma loses her identity, she finds a path to self-discovery and resistance through a college theatre club. The film serves as a poignant critique of toxic relationship dynamics and alpha-male entitlement, highlighting the importance of female agency and emotional maturity.
- Released
- 7 November 2025
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Language
- Telugu
- Industry
- Tollywood
- Rashmika MandannaBhooma
- Dheekshith ShettyVikram
- Anu EmmanuelDurga
- Rao RameshBhooma's Father
- RohiniVicky's Mother
- Rahul RavindranSudhir
- Director
- Rahul Ravindran
- Writer
- Rahul Ravindran
- Original Music Composer
- Prashanth R Vihari
- Director of Photography
- Krishnan Vasanth
- Producer
- Vidya Koppineedi, Dheeraj Mogilineni