Tholu Bommalata (transl. Puppetry) is a 2019 Telugu comedy drama film, produced by Maganti Durga Prasad on Suma Durga Creations banner[2] and directed by Viswanath Maganti.[3] It stars Rajendra Prasad, Vennela Kishore, Viswant Duddumpudi, Harshitha Chowdary in the lead roles[4][5] and music composed by Suresh Bobbili.[6][7][8]

Tholu Bommalata
Theatrical release poster
Directed byViswanath Maganti
Screenplay byViswanath Maganti
Story byViswanath Maganti
Produced byMaganti Durga Prasad
StarringRajendra Prasad
Vennela Kishore
Viswant Duddumpudi
Harshitha Chowdary
CinematographySatish Mutyala
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music bySuresh Bobbili
Production
company
Suma Durga Creations[1]
Release date
  • 22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
Running time
140 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget5.5 crore

Plot edit

The film begins on Somaraju / Sodala Raju (Rajendra Prasad) a top-tier, holding high-esteem in a village. He leads a delightful life with the entire villagers and his son Murali (Devi Prasad) & daughter Janaki (Kalpana) seldom visit him. Once, his grandson Rushi (Viswant duddumpudi) & granddaughter Varsha (Harshita) arrive claiming that they are in love and seeks his help for their espousal as the respective families despise each other. Here, Somaraju promises them to couple up which he determines as his last wish and even convinces his children. But suddenly, Somaraju passes away when turbulence occurs in between the elders for the property. Parallelly, the ego clashes split Rishi & Varsha too. Right now, Somaraju’s soul moving around them until the completion of the 12th-day ceremony goes into despondency learning the real appearance of his family. During that plight, Somaraju teams up with his distant relative Santosh (Vennela Kishore) who has the power of talking with sprits. With his support, he makes a play and disappears the discord in the family and also the rift between Rishi & Varsha. Finally, the movie ends Somaraju’s soul is happily freed on the 12th-day affirming the values of human relations.

Cast edit

Soundtrack edit

Tholu Bommalata
Soundtrack album by
Suresh Bobbili
Released18 November 2019
Recorded2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length19:50
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
ProducerSuresh Bobbili
External audio
  Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Music composed by Suresh Bobbili. Lyrics were written by Chaitanya Prasad. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.[9]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Goppadira Manishi Puttuka"Vijay Yesudas4:19
2."Manasara Mansara (M)"Sid Sriram3:14
3."Aakasamaa"Hemachandra3:58
4."Manasara Mansara (F)"Chinmayi3:13
5."Netho Poti Paduthu"Yazin Nizar2:56
6."Manasara Mansara (Duet)"Sid Sriram, Chinmayi3:12
7."Yennenno Anandalu"Anurag Kulkarni3:54
Total length:19:50

References edit

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  7. ^ "తోలుబొమ్మలాట మూవీ రివ్యూ". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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