Brochevarevarura

Brochevarevarura is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language crime comedy film written and directed by Vivek Athreya and produced by Vijay Kumar Manyam under the banner of Manyam Productions. The film features Sree Vishnu, Nivetha Thomas, Nivetha Pethuraj, and Satyadev while Priyadarshi and Rahul Ramakrishna play supporting roles. The music was composed by Vivek Sagar while the cinematography and editing were done by Sai Sriram and Ravi Teja Girijala, respectively.

The film released worldwide on 28 June 2019, and received positive reviews from critics. The film was remade in Kannada as Govinda Govinda (2021) and in Hindi as Velle (2021).

Plot
Vishal is an assistant director, who gets the opportunity to direct his debut film, for which he decides to approach actress Shalini for lead role. With his directorial debut being a low budget film and crew mostly new to the industry, he struggles to reach out to the big stars. However, Vishal manages to get Shalini's email info and sends her a short film of his script. She's impressed by his plot and gives an appointment to hear his story. They meet in a restaurant where Vishal narrates the plot.

College principal Radha Krishna has his only daughter Mitra admitted to his college. There she meets Rahul, Rambabu "Rambo", and Rakesh "Rocky", notorious as 'R3' batch who are back benchers and failing their grades for several years. One day they try to steal their answer sheets but they see Mitra sitting in front of the staff room and were scared as she is the principal's daughter, so Rahul makes up a story about his sick grandmother. But the next day when the lecturer is showing scores it's revealed that Rakesh kept Rahul's paper in the staff room so the lecturer would believe that they 3 didn't steal the papers, though the other two ironically thought the same thing and make a fool of themselves in the Physics class. Mitra is just like them, in the aspect that she doesn't have an interest in studying. Instead, she likes classical dance and wants to be a national level dancer. Her parents divorced when she was young and she chose to live with her mother. After her mother passed away she had no other option, but to live with her father. She takes a liking to the R3 gang and starts hanging out with them. Disappointed by her low grades, her father decides to enroll her in a tuition class, which is run by his friend. The tuition teacher takes advantage of her and molests her.

Horrified, she tells her father who dismisses it as a pathetic excuse for skipping tuition, telling her that the teacher is a very good friend of his who helped him when no one else had. Mitra is heartbroken that her father doesn't believe her, and starts to question her safety. Having no rapport with her father and not wanting to go back home, Mitra decides to run away to pursue training in dance. R3 batch supports her decision, and she devises a perfect plan for them to execute: to get herself kidnapped by R3 and use the ransom money from her father to learn dance and run away from home. The R3 gang follow the plan perfectly and secure ₹8 lakh from Mitra's father. Later Mitra runs away from home to Hyderabad to live her dream. Meanwhile, R3 gang thrashes the tuition teacher on Mitra's behalf, and unintentionally injure an innocent person. Radha informs his cop friend Srinu and asks him to investigate the R3. Srinu starts the investigation, but considers R3 as innocent. Mitra is excited to perform on stage and invites R3 to watch her performance. She forgets her phone while leaving for the dance studio. She is then kidnapped by real thugs who are even willing to sell her for money. The thugs contact R3 for money as Mitra tells them that they are her only point of contact. The R3 batch is worried and decides to beg/borrow/steal money to save Mitra.

Vishal narrates half of the plot to Shalini and promises to narrate the rest another day after making some minor developments. Later, Shalini starts travelling with Vishal for the film, and falls for him. One day while narrating to Shalini, Vishal receives a call from his mother, who tells him that his father is severely injured (the innocent person whom R3 injured). They need ₹10 lakh for the surgery, and Shalini helps him out with the money. She gets the money from the bank and drives Vishal to his father. Meanwhile, Rocky, who was at the same bank looking for potential withdrawals of high amounts of money so that they could steal, finds this as a good opportunity and follows the car to a petrol bunk. Determining the only possible route the car is going to continue on, the R3 pelt a stone at Shalini's car en route, which leads to a car crash and the trio steal the money. Later, Rahul drops his phone which had the thug's contact number on it at the crash scene (a mentally challenged person picks it up later). Vishal and Shalini are admitted to a local hospital and Vishal is hesitant to ask Shalini for more money for his father's surgery. Meanwhile, the thugs try to contact Rahul but to no avail. They decide to sell her and start moving her to a pick up point.

Rahul and Vishal realise that the phone was dropped at the crash site, both race to the crash site and deduce that the mentally challenged must've picked up the phone and start hunting for him in the city. Meanwhile, one of the thugs gifts Mitra's bag to his daughter. R3 and thug's daughter end up in the same auto-rickshaw and the boy realise that it is Mitra's bag. They question his daughter for his whereabouts and track him down. Meanwhile, Vishal manages to track down the mentally challenged person and chases after him. They all run into each other and on realising it try to disperse. Rahul contacts the kidnappers to save Mitra, but the kidnappers do not respond. While transporting Mitra to their place, Mitra creates havoc in the car of thugs which leads them to hit a motorcycle and end up creating a ruckus in public. This then leads to the police trying to document the issue for insurance purposes. They are surprised to discover Mitra and save her. Meanwhile, Vishal's mother informs him that their father's operation was completed successfully. He realises that Shalini arranged the money again for his father and comes to thank her.

Shalini proposes to Vishal, who is confused and she agrees to do his film even if he was not ready to accept her marriage proposal. Vishal asks her for some time to think. Then they receive a parcel in the hospital which contains the ₹10 lakh that were stolen by R3. Srinu makes Radha realise his mistakes regarding his parenting. Radha then decides to get Mitra back and wholeheartedly apologise to her. Later in the police station Mitra contacts Rahul to pick her up. But Rahul refuses and tells her to call her father, because they have realised that it was a big mistake by not talking to him and make him understand that Mitra was hurt. Rahul wishes her well and tells her to call him once she's home. Mitra calls Radha, who picks her up from the station, then visits the tuition teacher to hit him for molesting his daughter. Radha supports his daughter's decision by enrolling her in a classical dance academy. Mitra realises she fell for Rahul and proposes to him indirectly but he does not understand her intention. Vishal starts his film with Shalini. The R3 gang discusses their useless goals in life.

Cast

 * Sree Vishnu as Rahul
 * Nivetha Thomas as Mithra
 * Nivetha Pethuraj as Shalini
 * Satyadev as Vishal
 * Priyadarshi as Rakesh "Rocky"
 * Rahul Ramakrishna as Rambabu "Rambo"
 * Srikanth Iyyengar as Radha Krishna, Mitra's father
 * Harsha Vardhan as CI Srinu, Radha Krishna's friend
 * Sivaji Raja as Rahul's father
 * Shafee as Constable Ashok Kumar
 * Dinesh Koushika as Soori
 * Jhansi as Physics teacher
 * Raj Madiraju as a film producer
 * Ajay Ghosh as a kidnapper
 * Chevella Ravi as a beggar
 * Ajitesh Josyula as Patient in Clinic
 * Amolkar Peerla as Angry Nurse in Clinic
 * Satvik Gurram as Lazy Compounder in Clinic
 * Teja Silaparasetty as Skeleton in Clinic
 * Rajesh Khanna
 * Appaji Ambarisha Darbha as Vishal's father

Production
The film was officially launched in August 2018, with Sree Vishnu playing the lead role, marking his second collaboration with director Vivek Athreya after Mental Madhilo (2017). Principal photography commenced very soon after the launch. Later, Nivetha Thomas confirmed her presence in the project, along with Nivetha Pethuraj, who worked with Vishnu in the director's previous film. The production unit completed the first schedule at Guntur in November 2018, and moved to Tenali for the second schedule. The film wrapped up shooting in early March 2019.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack album featured seven songs composed by Vivek Sagar with lyrics by Ramajogayya Sastry, Hasith Goli, Bharadwaj and Krishna Kanth. The film's first single "Vagalaadi" was released on 30 April 2019. The second single track "Doragiri" was released later on 5 May 2019. The third single track "Putukku Zara Zara" which released on 15 May 2019, features traditional lyrics from "Pannendu Metla Kinnera" written by Shri Dasari Ranga in Kalaa Telanganam. The fourth song "Talapu Talupu" was released on 20 May 2019. The full soundtrack album was released by Aditya Music on 24 May 2019.

The album received positive reviews, with critics noting the mix of folksy-street tunes with the classical-contemporary notes. Neetishta Nyayapati of The Times of India, stated that "The album of Brochevarevarura has something for everyone for sure. The OST doesn’t just serve the purpose of delivering hummable songs; it also gives an insight into the kind of film it’s going to be. Apart from the vocalists, Vivek Sagar’s guitar sets the tone for most of the numbers and effectively so. While Vagalaadi is a crowd favourite and will remain so, give the rest of the numbers a chance this weekend if you’re in the mood for some good music."

Release
The official title logo was released on 31 December 2018, on New Year's Eve. On 15 March 2019, the team released the 1-minute video teaser, titled Visual Tale, which reveals the plot line and characters through caricatures. The film's first look poster which features Sree Vishnu, Rahul Ramakrishna and Priyadarshi Pullikonda, was released on 21 March 2019, coinciding with Holi. Another first look poster featuring Nivetha Thomas, was released on 30 March 2019. The official teaser was unveiled on 20 April 2019. The film's pre-release event was held in Hyderabad on 22 June 2019, with the cast and crew along with Ram Pothineni and Nara Rohit as the chief guests. The film released worldwide on 28 June 2019.

Reception
Brochevaruevarura received positive response from critics. The News Minute gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Brochevarevaru Ra floats on impossible coincidences, and plays with incidents, which probably would play out in real life in one in a million circumstances. Things end conveniently, as they are likely to happen in such high-stakes-plan-gone-wrong kind of stories. However, this shouldn't be a cause for concern. The director doesn't dig a hole too deep for logic and makes sure the narrative pans out as a freakish set of events that are nevertheless, a lot of fun to follow." Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu wrote "This simple, light-hearted story of friends is worth the time and money." Neetishta Nyayapati of The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "Go watch Brochevarevaru Ra if crime comedy, coming-of-age films and comic capers are your cup of tea because Vivek Athreya’s film delivers all that and more. Just don’t expect the usual commercial elements or even a love story thrown in, for you will be left disappointed. Watch this one for the freshness and laidback-ness of it all and you will love it."

Sankeerthana Varma of Film Companion wrote "Brochevarevarura populates itself with great characters and places them in circumstances where they can shine their eclectic light at us". Cinema Express gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and stated "This is a well-written and a well-rounded film, which plays around in the sandbox of human emotions." Venkat Arikatla from Greatandhra gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Brochevarevura is a pretty simple crime comedy that is peppered with interesting screenplay and offers some genuine laughs." 123Telugu gave the film 3.25 out of 5 and stated "Brochevarevarura is a crime comedy which has good fun and entertaining thrills. The fun is generated in a simple manner and keeps you hooked for the most part of the film. The lead cast performance will surely win your hearts. However, things become a bit slow and predictable in the second half but that does not stop you from having a good time watching this film." Indiaglitz gave the film a rating of 2.75 out of 5 and stated 'Brochevarevaru Ra' is a crime comedy. Situational comedy, characterizations, breezy screenplay in the first half are its assets. On the other hand, the second half comes undone with convenient, half-baked writing."

It is considered as one of the "25 Greatest Telugu films of the decade" by Film Companion. It was also listed in the Top 7 best Telugu films of the year 2019 by India Today.

Remake
Brochevarevarura has been remade in two languages. In Kannada it is titled as Govinda Govinda directed by debut director Tilak and produced by Shailendra Babu and Ravi R Garini, and stars Sumanth Shailendra, Bhavana and Kavitha Gowda. The Hindi remake rights were bought by Sunny Deol, and stars his son Karan Deol as lead actor. The film is titled Velle, directed by Deven Munjal and featuring Karan Deol, Anya Singh, Abhay Deol and Mouni Roy.