Tollywood release

Balupu

Name: Balupu
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 2013-06-29
Duration: 149 min
Cast: Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Shruti Haasan, Anjali, Brahmanandam

Tollywood20132h 29mTeluguTop 42% of Tollywood budgets

57Standing

161st of 443 in Tollywood

Reported gross: 73
Return on budget: 69
Audience rating: 39
Momentum: 39

Out-grossed 73% of Tollywood releases with reported figures ($9M).
Returned 2.1× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
Momentum in the 39th percentile.
Audience rating 5.9 from 23 votes, the 39th percentile.

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Cost: $4M
Took: $9M

Against a Tollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 1.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says hit. What do you say?

The picture

Ravi, a collection agent for a bank, learns from his friend about a man and woman who cheat gullible people. Soon, he resolves to teach the couple a lesson.

Released: 29 June 2013
Runtime: 2h 29m
Language: Telugu
Industry: Tollywood

Top billedAll 19 credits

Ravi TejaRavi
Prakash RajNanaji
Shruti HaasanShruti
AnjaliDr. Anjali
BrahmanandamCrazy Mohan
Ashutosh RanaPoorna

Made by

Director: Gopichand Malineni
Screenplay: Gopichand Malineni
Original Music Composer: S. Thaman
Director of Photography: Jayanan Vincent
Producer: Prasad Vara Potluri, Param V Potluri

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ActionComedy

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