Thammudu is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language sportsaction film produced by Burugupalli Sivaramakrishna under the Sri Venkateswara Art Films banner, written and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. The movie was loosely based on the 1992Hindi filmJo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar which itself was a remake of the 1979 movieBreaking Away. ThammudustarsPawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani and Aditi Govitrikar in the lead roles, while Bhupinder Singh, Achyuth, Brahmanandam, Ali, and Kitty play supporting roles. The music is composed by Ramana Gogula with cinematography by Madhu Ambat and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film released on 15 July 1999 and went on to become a blockbuster with the movie's soundtrack by Ramana Gogula becoming a trendsetter. The film was remade in Tamil as Badri, in Kannada as Yuvaraja and in Bengali as Champion.
Plot
The movie begins with the rivalry between Model College and Government College. Subrahmanyam, the youngest son of a family, is a wastrel, gypsy, and ladies man. He has a bunch of friends, including Kodandarama Manoharam. His father Vishwanadh always scolds him for his attitude, but his brother Chakri, who is a determined boxer, and friend Jaanu dote on him. Meanwhile, Subbu falls in love with a rich diva, Lovely, who is from the rival college, and for this, he keeps on telling lies to her that he is very rich. His brother Chakri and Rohit are rivals and are pro boxers. Chakri eventually loses the much-hyped university boxing championship to Rohit. Meanwhile, Jaanu truly loves Subrahmanyam and gives him everything he asks her for, thinking that he is doing these for her, but he does it for Lovely. While the final of the next boxing tournament is coming up against his former opponent Chakri, Rohit realises that Subbu is behind his crush Lovely, beats up Chakri, and injures him fatally, thereby seeking his revenge on Subbu and aborting Chakri's match against him in the next week. The incidents that led Subrahmanyam to change, the way he realized the true love of Jaanu, and the final twist of him becoming a boxing champion by beating Rohit is the real plot to be seen.
Deccan Herald wrote "While the first half is full of fun-frolic situations, the second half of the movie brims with heart-wringing moments" but criticized the dubbing of film's actresses and called Ramana Gogula's score "Finger-snapping and peppy".
Remake
This film was inspired from the Hindi film "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar". It was remade in Tamil as Badri with Vijay in the lead roles and in Kannada as Yuvaraja with Shivaraj Kumar in the lead role.
