Dhada

Dhada is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Ajay Bhuyan and produced by D. Siva Prasad Reddy. The film features Naga Chaitanya and Kajal Aggarwal. The music composed by Devi Sri Prasad, cinematography by Gnana Shekar V.S of Vedam fame, editing by Dharmendra Kakarala of Prasthanam and LBW - Life Before Wedding fame.

The film was dubbed into Tamil as Tiger Vishva. The film has action scenes inspired from the 2009 film, Sherlock Holmes. In 2013 the movie was dubbed in Hindi under the same title and produced by Goldmines Telefilms. Dhada collected inr 500000000(gross) in its total run. The film received negative reviews and was a box office failure.

Plot
Viswa's (Naga Chaitanya) family members are introduced, namely his older brother Rajiv (Sriram) and his sister-in-law Preethi (Sameksha). Viswa meets Rhea (Kajal Aggarwal), who is the only daughter of a wealthy business tycoon (Mukesh Rishi) who is concerned about money and growth, but not about affection and love. While Viswa is trying to get Rhea's attention, he accidentally gets into a quarrel with a gang that does business with human trafficking. He fights and frees some girls who were kidnapped. The gang leader RD (Rahul Dev) tries to find Viswa and kill him. Rhea's father sets up a proposal with another business tycoon's son Amit (Eijaz Khan). Rhea is not interested. The gang's owner soon finds out that Rajiv works for him and tries to chase him down, but Viswa beats everybody up. He soon realizes that he has to save Rhea from Amit. Amit tries to kill her by locking her in a car and throwing the car into an ocean, but Viswa saves her. The film ends with Viswa bringing Rhea out of the ocean in a blanket and them talking.

Cast

 * Naga Chaitanya as Viswa
 * Kajal Aggarwal as Rhea
 * Sriram as Rajiv, Viswa's brother
 * Samiksha as Preethi, Viswa's sister-in-law
 * Brahmanandam
 * Rahul Dev as RD
 * Eijaz Khan as Amit
 * Kelly Dorji as Kelly
 * Mukesh Rishi as Rhea's father
 * Junaid Sheikh as Michael
 * Uttej
 * Venu Madhav
 * Tanikella Bharani as Preethi's father (cameo)
 * Satya Krishnan as Rhea's mother (cameo)
 * Aruna Shields as an item number "Bhoome Gundranga"

Production
Reports emerged in December 2009 that director Ajay Bhuyan would direct a film starring Naga Chaitanya in the lead role. The film soon began production works with Kajal Aggarwal being signed on in a leading role, with the producers announcing a release date of July 2010. The producers approached Arjun and Kamalinee Mukherjee to appear as the brother and the sister-in-law of Naga Chaitanya, although talks were unsuccessful. Subsequently, Srikanth and Anita Hassanandani were selected for the roles, but Anita opted out before her schedule began and was then replaced by Samiksha.

The film began shooting in May 2010 after delays. The film was completed in four schedules, with the climax being shot in Bangkok, Thailand.

Distribution
Dhada AP distribution rights were sold for inr 120000000 to RR Movie Makers.Its overseas rights were sold for inr 10000000. Its Hindi remake rights were sold for inr 8000000.

Satellite rights
Star Maa TV bought the satellite rights for inr 50000000. Its music rights were sold for inr 5000000 and home media rights were sold for inr 2000000

Box office
Dhada was released with 90 digital prints in 70 theatres (AP). The film was released in 20 theatres in Hyderabad itself Dhada collected inr 10000000(Share) and inr 12000000(gross) in its lifetime.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was released on 25 July 2011 at Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hyderabad. The soundtrack consists of seven tracks. It was released by Aditya Music. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Dr D Ramanaidu attended the function as chief guests.

Accolades

 * Filmfare Awards South
 * Nominated - Best Playback Singer - Female - Neha Bhasin – "Hello Hello"


 * SIIMA Awards
 * Nominated - Best Debutant Director - Ajay Bhuyan