| Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila | |
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| Directed by | Srinivasa Reddy |
| Produced by | Bekkam Venugopal |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Santosh Srinivas |
| Edited by | V. Nagireddy |
| Music by | M. M. Srilekha |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹3.8 croredistributors' share[1] |
Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila (transl. Tata and Birla with Laila in the middle) is a 2006 IndianTelugu-language film produced byBekkam Venugopal, in his film debut and directed by Srinivasa Reddy. The film starsSivaji,Krishna Bhagavan, andLaya in lead roles. The film is a remake of the 1996 Tamil movieTata Birla and was a commercial success at the box office.
Tata (Sivaji) and Birla (Krishna Bhagavan) are 2 petty thieves who dream of planning a big robbery one day. Their dreams come true when they overhear a deal involving hundreds of crores. They lock up the original man who's hired for the deal and head to the home of Mahalakshmi (Laya), a wealthy heiress. They gradually realize the happiness of life and decide to quit being thieves. But it is then revealed that the deal was to kill Mahalakshmi and that the man responsible for the deal was Mahalakshmi's uncle Gajapathi (Tanikella Bharani). Soon Mahalakshmi even falls in love with Tata and he too falls for her eventually. Meanwhile, another mysterious man disguised as a lady (Ali) enters their household to kill Mahalakshmi as well. The rest of the story depicts on how Tata and Birla save Mahalakshmi from Gajapathi's plans and who the strange man really is.
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Soundtrack was composed byM. M. Srilekha.[3]
A critic fromIdlebrain.com wrote that "Overall, this movie can be summed as a musical comedy entertainer and lives to its tagline 'Saradaga navvukundam randi' (transl. Come let's have fun!)".[2] A critic fromFull Hyderabad wrote "The comedy inTBML is more situational and contextual rather than plot-driven – it is more like a book of jokes by a cartoonist rather than a Wodehouse novel. The dialogues range from witty to hilarious, the performances from deadpan to hyper-active, and your expressions from self-conscious happiness to thigh-slapping rollicking. And at the end of it all, you won’t ask yourself any stupid questions".[4] A critic fromIndiaglitz wrote that " The film has good entertainment values and the theatres would attract more audiences after mouth publicity about the comedy and entertainment values in the film".[5]Telugu Cinema wrote "Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila is primarily a comedy film and thankfully the focus is more on comedy than the heroism. Despite its formulaic story and below average technical values, the film entertains because of its fine comic scenes".[6]
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