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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2025 Indian Telugu-language film by Daya}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = Baapu poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = Daya<br />
| writer = Daya<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| producer = {{plain list|<br />
* Raju<br />
* Ch Bhanu Prasad Reddy<br />
}}<br />
| starring = {{plain list|<br />
* [[Brahmaji]]<br />
* [[Aamani]]<br />
* Kethiri Sudhakar Reddy<br />
* [[Dhanya Balakrishna]]<br />
}}<br />
| cinematography = Vasu Pendem<br />
| editing = Aalayam Anil<br />
| music = RR Dhruvan<br />
| studio = {{plain list|<br />
* Comrade Film Factory<br />
* Atheera Productions<br />
}}<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2025|2|21|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 120 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Baapu''''' is a 2025 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy drama]] film written and directed by Daya. The film features [[Brahmaji]], [[Aamani]], Kethiri Sudhakar Reddy and [[Dhanya Balakrishna]] in important roles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=బాపు అరుదైన సినిమా: రానా దగ్గుబాటి {{!}} Baapu Movie Trailer Launch Event {{!}} Sakshi |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/baapu-movie-trailer-launch-event-2362033 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=www.sakshi.com |language=te |archive-date=16 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216102850/https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/baapu-movie-trailer-launch-event-2362033 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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The film was released on 21 February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sistu |first=Suhas |date=2025-01-28 |title=Rashmika unveils 'Baapu' teaser; a dark comedy-drama with Brahmaji's comeback |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/rashmika-unveils-baapu-teaser-a-dark-comedy-drama-with-brahmajis-comeback-940397 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Mallanna ([[Brahmaji]]) is a marginal farmer with neck-deep debt after his cotton crop gets damaged, leaving him with no other go to repay his debt. His wife Saroja suggests him to kill his old father for the insurance amount deposited on his name. Will he take the unimaginable step and what happens at the end, is the story.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Brahmaji]] as Mallanna<br />
* [[Aamani]] as Saroja<br />
* Kethiri Sudhakar Reddy as Rajayya<br />
* [[Dhanya Balakrishna]] as Varalakshmi<br />
* Racha Ravi as Chanti<br />
* [[Srinivas Avasarala]]<br />
* Mani Aegurla<br />
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== Music ==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| all_music = RR Dhruvan<br />
| title1 = Allo Neredallo Pilla<br />
| length1 = 3:20<br />
| lyrics1 = Raghuram<br />
| extra1 = [[Ram Miriyala]]<br />
| title2 = Re Rela<br />
| length2 = 3:15<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Kasarla Shyam]]<br />
| extra2 = [[Madhu Priya]]<br />
| title3 = Kangaree Padaku Ra<br />
| length3 = 4:08<br />
| lyrics3 = Ala Raju<br />
| extra3 = [[Anurag Kulkarni]]<br />
| title4 = Saami Soodaraa<br />
| length4 = 3:16<br />
| lyrics4 = Poorna Chary<br />
| extra4 = [[Mangli]]<br />
| title5 = Baapu Oggu Katha<br />
| length5 = 3:39<br />
| lyrics5 = Raviteja Gara<br />
| extra5 = Narra Sathish Yadav<br />
}}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Baapu'' was released on 21 February 2025.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} It was released on [[JioHotstar]] on 7 March 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-03 |title='Baapu' all set to debut on OTT: When and where to watch Telugu family drama |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/baapu-all-set-to-debut-on-ott-when-and-where-to-watch-telugu-family-drama/articleshow/118687803.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-03-26 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><br />
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Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''[[The Hindu]]'' was positive towards lead cast performances, while stating that "lacklustre writing squanders the film’s potential".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=2025-02-21 |title='Baapu' movie review: Brahmaji shines in a tepid narrative that sparkles occasionally |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/baapu-movie-review-a-tepid-narrative-that-sparkles-occasionally/article69245802.ece |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=21 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221103353/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/baapu-movie-review-a-tepid-narrative-that-sparkles-occasionally/article69245802.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Aditya Devulapally of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote, "''Baapu'' is a film that could have been extraordinary had it trusted its own cynicism. Daya constructs a world that is primed for a ruthless, pitch-black satire, but then hesitates, afraid of alienating our audiences with the film’s ambitious surgical grim".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devulapally |first=Aditya |date=2025-02-22 |title='Baapu' Movie Review: A sinister dark comedy muddled by sentimentality |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2025/Feb/22/baapu-movie-review-a-sinister-dark-comedy-muddled-by-sentimentality-2 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=35229809|title=Baapu}}<br />
[[Category:2025 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2025 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2025 films]]<br />
[[Category:2025 comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]</div>IgnacioElem3