Bro (transl. Brother) is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language supernatural fantasy comedy film directed by Samuthirakani, from a screenplay by Trivikram Srinivas. Produced by People Media Factory and Zee Studios, it stars Sai Dharam Tej and Pawan Kalyan. It is a remake of director’s own 2021 Tamil-language film Vinodhaya Sitham.
The film was announced in December 2021. Principal photography began in February 2023 and ended in June 2023 with filming proceeded in Hyderabad. The music is composed by Thaman S. Released on 28 July 2023; the film opened to mostly mixed-to-average reviews from critics. Pawankalyan’s different looks are praised.
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| Directed by | Samuthirakani |
| Screenplay by | Trivikram Srinivas |
| Story by | Sreevathson Viji Samuthirakani |
| Based on | Vinodhaya Sitham (Tamil) by Samuthirakani |
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| Cinematography | Sujith Vaassudev |
| Edited by | Naveen Nooli |
| Music by | Thaman S |
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133 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹125.50 crores |
Cast
- Pawan Kalyan as God of Time “Titan”
- Sai Dharam Tej as Markandeyulu “Mark”/ also his father (in a portrait)
- Ketika Sharma as Ramya
- Rohini as Mark’s mother
- Priya Prakash Varrier as Veena
- Brahmanandam as Shastri
- Subbaraju as Ramya’s brother
- Vennela Kishore as Mark’s boss
- Yuva Lakshmi as Gayathri
- Ali Reza in a dual role as Venugopal and Madhanagopal
- Tanikella Bharani as Krishnamoorthy “Singinaatham Mavayya”
- Surya Sreenivas as Arun
- Raja Chembolu as Ricky
- Devika Satheesh as Andrea/Mahalakshmi
- Pammi Sai as Cab driver
- Sanjay Swaroop as a Doctor
- Srinivasa Reddy as a Pathologist
- Rajashri Nair as Ricky’s mother
- Prudhvi Raj in a cameo appearance as “Sambabu” in “My Dear Markandeya”
- Samuthirakani as in a cameo appearance as Shankaranna
- Urvashi Rautela in a cameo appearance as Sithra Manjari in “My Dear Markandeya”
Release
Theatrical
Bro was theatrically released on 28 July 2023.
Home media
Satellite rights are owned by Zee Telugu and digital streaming rights by Netflix. The film premiered on Netflix from 25 August 2023 in Telugu and dubbed versions of Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages. It was premiered on television on Zee Telugu on 15 October 2023.
