Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila

2006 Indian film

Sivaji
Krishna Bhagavaan
Tanikella Bharani
Laya

CinematographySantosh SrinivasEdited byV. NagireddyMusic byM. M. Srilekha

Production
company

Lucky Media

Release date

13 October 2006 (2006-10-13)

Running time

140 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila (transl. Tata, Birla and Laila) is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language film produced by Bekkam Venugopal, in his film debut and directed by Srinivasa Reddy. The film stars Sivaji, Krishna Bhagavan, and Laya in lead roles. The film is a remake of the 1996 Tamil movie Tata Birla.

Plot

Tata (Sivaji) and Birla (Krishna Bhagavan) are 2 petty thieves who dream of planning a big robbery one day. Their dreams come true when they overhear a deal involving hundreds of crores. They lock up the original man who's hired for the deal and head to the home of Mahalakshmi (Laya), a wealthy heiress. They gradually realize the happiness of life and decide to quit being thieves. But it is then revealed that the deal was to kill Mahalakshmi and that the man responsible for the deal was Mahalakshmi's uncle Gajapathi (Tanikella Bharani). Soon Mahalakshmi even falls in love with Tata and he too falls for her eventually. Meanwhile, another mysterious man disguised as a lady (Ali) enters their household to kill Mahalakshmi as well. The rest of the story depicts on how Tata and Birla save Mahalakshmi from Gajapathi's plans and who the strange man really is.

Cast

Sivaji as Tata
Krishna Bhagavaan as Birla
Ali as Masthan alias Laila
Laya as Mahalakshmi
Tanikella Bharani as Gajapathi
Raghu Babu as Dora Babu aka Thief Adhova Swamiji
Duvvasi Mohan as Potti lingam
Gangadhar Panday as Businessman
Subhashini as House Owner
Padmanabham as Padmanabham

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. M. Srilekha.^[1]

Nee Body Bamper - Jassie Gift
Poovai Pova Cheliya - Vijay Yesudas
Sithakoka Chilakalla - Ganga
Dabbu..Dabbu.. - Muralidharan
Tirumalavaas - Srileka
Akundi Vakkesi - Tippu, Kalpana Raghavendar

Reception

Full Hyderabad wrote "The comedy in TBML is more situational and contextual rather than plot-driven – it is more like a book of jokes by a cartoonist rather than a Wodehouse novel. The dialogues range from witty to hilarious, the performances from deadpan to hyper-active, and your expressions from self-conscious happiness to thigh-slapping rollicking. And at the end of it all, you won’t ask yourself any stupid questions".^[2] Now Running wrote "Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila" promises a large dose of laughter (though not of the better quality). The movie doesn't cast any impressions in the end, but the endearing actress Laya's smile stays on in the mind".^[3]

References

^ "Tata Birla Madyalo Laila (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
^ "Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
^ Kishore (13 October 2006). "Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila Telugu Movie". Nowrunning. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.