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{{Infobox film
| name = Boni
| image = Boni_poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Raj Pippalla
| producer = [[Ramana Gogula]]
| writer = Raj Pippalla
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
| label1= Dialogues by
| data1 = Rajasimha <br /> Lakshmi Bhoopal
}}
| starring = [[Sumanth]]<br />[[Kriti Kharbanda]]
| music = [[Ramana Gogula]]
| cinematography = I. Andrew
| editing = M. R. Varma
| studio = Green Mangoes Cinema
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2009|6|12}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Boni''''' ({{translation|Maiden/inaugural}}) is a 2009 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action film]] directed by Raj Pippalla and starring [[Sumanth]] and [[Kriti Kharbanda]]. [[Ramana Gogula]] composed the music as well as producing the film.

==Plot==
DD and Chinna are close friends who are raised in an orphanage. They are fond of Saraswatamma who took care of them there. Saraswatamma was very good at preparing tamarind rice (pulihora). DD wishes to start a pulihora center in memory of Saraswatamma when he grows up. In order to earn the money to do so, he joins a mafia gang doing small odd jobs. Pragati is the daughter of a millionaire politician. She is kind hearted and works for an NGO. She learns that a certain landlord has cheated the people of a village. The court, out of no choice, tells the farmers that they need to pay 40 million to the landlord if they wish to regain their land. Pragati asks her father to help out the villagers and he says, yes. Later when she finds out that her father has actually lied to her, she argues with him and leaves his house. Pragati's friend sketches a self-kidnap plan in order to demand 40 million as ransom from her father. Things go awry when DD and Chinna accidentally kidnap Pragathi at the same time as she is to be kidnapped by someone else. The rest of the story regards how DD and Pragati realise their goals while falling in love with each other.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Sumanth]] as DD
*[[Kriti Kharbanda]] as Pragati
*Trinetrudu as Chinna
*[[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] as Das
*[[Sudha (actress)|Sudha]] as Saraswatamma
*[[Tanikella Bharani]] as Giri
*[[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]]
*[[Ahuti Prasad]]
*[[Satya Prakash (actor)|Satya Prakash]]
*[[Harsha Vardhan]] as Sub-Inspector
*[[Satyam Rajesh]] as a police officer
*[[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]] as a police officer
*[[Suthi Velu]]
*[[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
*Surekha Vani
*Kota Shankar
*Babloo
*[[Antara Biswas]] as item number
{{colend}}

== Production ==
Raj Pippialla met [[Sumanth]] on the sets of ''[[Pourudu]]'' with two scripts with the first one involving a high budget. Sumanth okayed the second script but needed a producer. Raj met Sumanth again during the interval shoot of ''Pourudu'' with [[Ramana Gogula]] as the producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/chitchat-sumanth-boni.html|title=Sumanth about Boni chitchat - Telugu film actor|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref> Gogula revealed that he accidentally became the producer of the film when he tried to help Raj find a producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/launch-greenmangoes.html|title=Green Mangoes cinema banner launch - Telugu cinema - Sumanth, Raj & Ramana Gogula|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref> The film's title was announced in February 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/title-boni.html|title=Boni title announcement - Telugu cinema - Sumanth & Kriti Kharbanda|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref> The film is a bout a ''[[goonda]]'' in a ''basti'' ({{translation|slum}}). The film was planned to be shot in 75 days but was shot in 100 days due to the heavy rain. Around 100,000 foot of [[Spooling|spool]] was used for the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/rajpippalla.html|title=Raj Pippalla interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Ramana Gogula]] and released by [[Aditya Music]]. All lyrics were written by [[Ramajogayya Sastry]]. The audio launch was held in Hotel Novotel (now Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre) on 20 April 2009 with [[Mani Sharma]], [[Koti (composer)|Koti]], [[R. P. Patnaik]] and [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]] attending as guests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-boni.html|title=Boni music launch - Telugu cinema - Sumanth & Kriti Kharbandha|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref>

{{Infobox album
| name = Boni
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Ramana Gogula]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 20 April 2009
| recorded = 2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 27:55
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Ramana Gogula
| prev_title = [[Viyyalavari Kayyalu]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Ko Ko]]
| next_year = 2012
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 27:55
| title1 = Nammaleni Kale Nijamayena
| extra1 = Deepu, [[Sunitha Upadrashta]]
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Kadantana
| extra2 = [[Vedala Hemachandra|Hemachandra]], [[Sravana Bhargavi]]
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = Modati Choope Nalona
| extra3 = [[N. C. Karunya]], Pranavi
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = Maa Jatakadithe
| extra4 = Linus Madiri, [[Geetha Madhuri]]
| length4 = 4:06
| title5 = Boni
| extra5 = [[Ramana Gogula]]
| length5 = 2:47
| title6 = Boni
| note6= Di Bi Daba
| extra6 = Ramana Gogula
| length6 = 2:48
| title7 = Arere Chejarinde
| note7= Male
| extra7 = [[Sreerama Chandra]]
| length7 = 1:18
| title8 = Arere Chejarinde
| extra8 = Sreerama Chandra, Sudha Jeevan
| length8 = 4:44
}}

==Reception==
Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' rated the film 2/5 and wrote, "It is always better to fail while making a different film than failing while making a routine formula film. Boni is an attempt to come up with something different".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-boni.html|title=Boni review – Telugu cinema Review – Sumanth & Kriti Kharbanda|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|date=12 June 2009|author=Jeevi|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref> Radhika Rajamani of [[Rediff.com]] rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote, "All in all a glossy effort if you can overlook the loose ends".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/boni-quite-a-mish-mash/20090612.htm|title=Boni: Quite a mish-mash|date=12 June 2009|work=[[Rediff.com]]|first=Radhika|last=Rajamani|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1552983}}

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Jatta Goswami at 18:03, 3 March 2026