| F3 | |
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| Directed by | Anil Ravipudi |
| Written by | Anil Ravipudi |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sai Sriram |
| Edited by | Tammiraju |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Dil Raju Production |
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Running time | 148 minutes[citation needed] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹60crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹110 crore[2] |
F3: Fun and Frustration is a2022 IndianTelugu-languagecomedy film written and directed byAnil Ravipudi and produced byDil Raju and Sirish under the bannerSri Venkateswara Creations. It is astandalone sequel toF2: Fun and Frustration (2019). The film starsVenkatesh,Varun Tej,Tamannaah Bhatia andMehreen Pirzada reprising their roles from the prequel.Devi Sri Prasad composed the music.
Principal photography commenced in December 2020 and ended in January 2022; filming took place inHyderabad. The film was released on 27 May 2022. A critical and commercial success,F3 has grossed a total of₹900 million (US$11 million) in worldwide markets.
Venky, who works as an agent at aRTO inHyderabad, struggles to meet his ends and suffers fromnight blindness but hides his disability from everyone. His friend Varun Yadav, an orphan whostutter plans various schemes to make money, but to no avail. After investing in Harika's family restaurant, Venky and his friend lose much of their money. In a search for cash, Varun mistakes Harika's sister Honey for a rich woman and plans to marry her. Venky agrees to fund Varun's plan, failing to recognize Honey due to his disability. Venky and Varun take a vast loan from Pala Baby, a local landlord, by pledging their property. After spendinglakhs ofrupees by giving expensive gifts and cash to Honey, they realize their mistake while Harika's family loses all their money inshares.
Pala Baby, who worships women, drops his plans to waive off the loan after realizing the guile methods of Harika's family. They all reach the police station to settle their issue, whereCI Nagaraju, an honest policeman who is on the brink of losing his job, hatches a plan to raidcommissioner Dileep Chandra's house with them to steal the illegally acquired cash and diamonds. They successfully execute their plan and hide the valuables in the boot of a scrap car. While doing so, they also rescue a kidnapped girl. The following morning, they confess their robbery to Dileep out of fear. However, the car goes missing, and Dileep threatens their life if they fail to return the stolen amount. When Venky, Varun, Harika, and Nagaraju are about to commit suicide, they receive news that billionaire Anand Sharma is looking for hisprodigal son.
They decide to go to his place and claim themselves as his son to steal his wealth. However, they almost die because of their plans of committing suicide. Thankfully, they get saved on rare occasions. They all reach his place inVizianagaram. Venky, Varun, Harika (in a male disguise), and ajunior artist hired by Nagaraju present themselves as Anand's son. Unsure of who the right person is, Anand lets everyone stay in his palace. They scheme against each other and utterly fail to impress Anand. All the contenders endure the toughest of the tests given by Anand. As a final effort, Anand announces that whoever brings his F3 toy factory to profits shall be declared his heir. Putting their differences aside, all the contenders collaborate to create a new toy to achieve profit. They develop a set of interactive toys by merchandisingTelugu film characters, namely,Amarendra Baahubali,Gabbar Singh,Ajay Krishna,Veera Raghava,Chitti Babu andBantu.
The sales skyrocket, and the factory earns a bumper profit. Together, they elect Varun and present him as his rightful heir to Anand. However, Anand reveals that his son died by suicide several years ago after earning money by fraudulent means. Since they rescued his granddaughter, Anand allows them to prove themselves and offers them the profit they earned. Venky and Varun realize their mistakes and give up the money. Later, subordinates abduct Anand, who demands a ransom of₹100 crore (US$12 million). Venky, Varun, and others arrive at the place, but the goons attack them. Initially, they try to confuse them, but when the plan fails, Venky dresses up asNarappa and Varun asVakeel Saab and thrashes the goons together. When they are trying to leave, the police arrive and arrest everyone.
Meanwhile, the thief who stole the car reveals to Dileep that he sold all the diamonds at a cheap rate, mistaking them for regular gemstones, and later gets elected as anMLA with the support of his buyers, and Dileep, ousts from his job join him as an assistant. Finally, the movie ends happily by showing the troop proceeding on a jolly trip toGoa, which director Anil Ravipudi diverts to a new destination, F4.
Following the success ofF2: Fun and Frustration (2019), studio owner Dil Raju announced its sequel in February 2019. He added that a third lead actor will be cast for the sequel.[3][4] However, in April 2020, director Ravipudi clarified that there was little space for a third protagonist.[5] In an interview in March 2021, Ravipudi said: "F3 is not a [direct] sequel toF2. It is completely a new story where the leads are seen getting frustrated caused by money."[6]
Venkatesh, Tej, Prasad, Tamannaah and Pirzada are reprising their roles in the sequel.Devi Sri Prasad, who scored the music forF2, is retained as the music composer.[7]Sunil andMurali Sharma signed to play a key roles in the film.[8][9] In April 2021, it was reported thatAnjali was cast in the film, though there is no official communication yet.[10]Rajendra Prasad was also set to return with a different role.[11] Venkatesh plays anight blind while Tej's character would be suffering fromstuttering.[9]Sonal Chauhan confirmed that her appearance in the film in October 2021, describing her role as a "surprise".[12] In April 2022,Pooja Hegde was signed on for a special song.[13][14]
F3 was formally launched on 6 December 2020.[15] Principal photography of the film began on 26 December 2020 inHyderabad.[16][17] Varun Tej has joined the production in January 2021.[18][19] Due toCOVID-19 pandemic in India, filming was paused from April to June. Filming was planned to be resumed in July 2021 with 10-day long schedule.[20] However, the filming resumed in September 2021.[21] In December 2021, filming took place atCharminar and nearly 85% of the shoot is completed.[22] The talkie portions were wrapped in January 2022 with only a song left to shoot.[23] A special song featuring Hegde was filmed in April 2022 at a specially constructed set at theAnnapurna Studios.[24]
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| Released | 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) | ||||
| Recorded | 2021–2022 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 13:56 | ||||
| Language | Telugu | ||||
| Label | Aditya Music | ||||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | ||||
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The soundtrack and score of the film is composed byDevi Sri Prasad. The audio rights were acquired byAditya Music. First single "Lab Dab Dabboo" was released in February 2021.[25] The second single "Woo Aaa Aha Aha" was released on 22 April 2022.[citation needed]
On 17 May 2022, the third single track "Life Ante Itta Vundaala" was launched, which had vocals byGeetha Madhuri andRahul Sipligunj.[26] The song featuringPooja Hegde received positive response.[27]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lab Dab Lab Dab Dabboo" | Bhaskarabhatla | Ram Miriyala | 4:19 |
| 2. | "Woo Aaa Aha Aha" | Kasarla Shyam | Sagar,Sunidhi Chauhan, Lavita Lobo, S.P. Abhishek | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Life Ante Itta Vundaala" | Kasarla Shyam | Geetha Madhuri,Rahul Sipligunj | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Ningi Nela" | Kasarla Shyam | Chinnaponnu | 1:18 |
| Total length: | 13:56 | |||
F3 was released on 27 May 2022.[28] Earlier, it was scheduled to be released on 27 August 2021,[29] but was deferred due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[30] It was later scheduled to release theatrically on 25 February 2022, but was postponed to avoid clash withBheemla Nayak which released on that date.[31] Its release date was scheduled as 28 April 2022 but it was again delayed and moved to the current date to avoid clash withAcharya.[32]
The film's pre-release theatrical business stood at₹72 crore, and needs a worldwide gross over₹130 crore in order to be a profitable venture.[citation needed]
The satellite rights of the film were sold toZee Telugu while thedigital distribution rights were acquired bySony LIV andNetflix.F3 was made available for streaming from 22 July 2022 on Sony LIV and on Netflix.[33]
F3 received generally favourable reviews from the critics with praise for the cast and direction.[34][35]
Writing forCinema Express, Murali Krishna Ch calledF3 a "laugh-riot." Considering it an improvement over its predecessor, Krishna praised Anil Ravipudi's direction and performances, particularly Venkatesh and Tej.[36] Echoing the same, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo ofThe Hindu stated: "the comedy franchise, though uneven, elicits ample laughter, and Venkatesh shines."[37] Balakrishna Ganeshan ofThe News Minute gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote "'F3' does not have much of a plot but a series of comedy events keeps the audience engaged".[38]
Neeshitha Nyayapati ofThe Times of India gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and comparedF3 with theGolmaal franchise, terming it: "loud, messy, sometimes funny".[39] In his review forDeccan Herald, Karthik Keramalu, opined it's a "half-hearted comedy" which Ravipudi got partly correct while praising the comic timing of the lead actors.[40]
Firstpost reviewer Sankeertana Varma criticized the film's logic and story, calling it a "laughable attempt at comedy and entertainment."[41] Manoj Kumar R ofThe Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1/5 and wrote "Anil is really scraping the bottom of the barrel with the Venkatesh, Varun Tej starrer. His attempts at comedy lack both sincerity and originality".[42]
F3 grossed₹23 crore (US$2.7 million) worldwide on its opening day, including₹17 crore (US$2.0 million) from the states ofAndhra Pradesh andTelangana.[43] The opening day share of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana together stood at₹10.37 crore (US$1.2 million).[34] The film grossed₹58.08 crore (US$6.9 million) in its opening weekend.[44] In its first week, the film grossed₹80.4 crore (US$9.5 million), with a distributor's share of₹48.17 crore (US$5.7 million).[45] After theatrical run ends, the film's total gross collection stood at₹134 crore (US$16 million) worldwide.[46][47]
The hilarious family movie receives positive reviews with an outstanding cast and direction.
The movie has also managed to get positive reviews.
