Gam Gam Ganesha is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language crime comedy film film written and directed by Uday Bommisetty. It starred Anand Devarakonda, Pragathi Srivasthava, Nayan Sarika, Emmanuel, Vennela Kishore, and Satyam Rajesh
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| Directed by | Uday Bommisetty |
| Written by | Uday Bommisetty |
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| Starring | Anand Devarakomda |
| Cinematography | Aditya Javvadi |
| Edited by | KarthikaSrinivas |
| Music by | Chaitan Bharadwaj |
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132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Ganesh is a small-time crook who conducts petty thefts with his friend Shankar. He is in love with Shruthi, a local supermarket employee, and wishes to marry her. However, Shruthi breaks off her relationship with Ganesh, as she is scheduled to be married to the supermarket owner. Heartbroken, Ganesh decides to perpetrate a huge heist in order to gain enough money to impress Sruthi and win her back. He partners up with Arun to steal a diamond from Arun’s father in order to pay off his gambling debt. Ganesh is able to steal the diamond, but things go wrong when he unintentionally shoots Arun’s father, leading to Arun chasing after them. Ganesh and Shankar are able to successfully flee when Arun gets into an accident. Arun and his two bodyguards are compelled to work for the inhabitants of a local village after causing significant damage to their farm.
Meanwhile, Kishore Reddy is a ruthless politician who aspires to be Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. In order to finance his campaign, he hires Rudra, a local criminal, to smuggle 10 crores to him from Mumbai. The money is hid in a huge idol of Lord Ganesha, with the premise that the idol is being purchased for a Ganesh Chathurthi celebration. Rudra and his crew engage in a gunfight with some prison enemies, but are able to purchase the Ganesh idol and smuggle the money successfully.
Ganesh and Shankar, who are now being pursued by police, hide the diamond in the Ganesh idol in order to prevent from being captured. However, Kishore Reddy and Rudra uncover that the money is not in the idol. During Rudra’s gunfight, the shop owner’s child had inadvertently sold the idol to Rajuvaru, leader of a local village, and sold them an identical one. The money, along with Ganesh’s diamond, is within Rajuvaru’s idol.
In order to get closer to the idol, Ganesh and Shankar pretend to be members of the media documenting Rajuvaru’s Chathurthi celebration, while Rudra and his crew pretend to be lighting assistants. Although both crews plan to steal their respective items, various hijinks prevent either of them from gaining access to the idol. During the celebration, Ganesh falls in love with a Neelaveni, a local villager, and wins over her love by rescuing cattle from a fire that Rudra had created as a diversion. In the midst of all this, Arun and his crew are able to escape their forced servitude, and head to the village to locate Ganesh. Both Ganesh and Rudra pledge to get access to the idol on the celebration’s last day, each one unaware of the other’s reason for doing so.
However, both Ganesh and Rudra discover that the idol is now missing. It is disclosed that Rajuvaru, along with a local priest, has taken the idol. Rajuvaru, who was in need of money, was told by the priest that purchasing the idol and protecting it would give him immense wealth. However, the priest had heard Kishore Reddy’s conversation about the money being smuggled in the idol, and convinced Rajuvaru to purchase the idol in order to get the money for himself.
Everyone catches up to Rajuvaru and the idol, including Kishore Reddy, who decided to get the money himself since he didn’t trust Rudra to retrieve it. Another gunfight occurs until one of the priest’s associates inadvertently blows up the money with a grenade. The police intervene and arrest Kishore Reddy, Rajuvaru, and the cleric. The remainder escape, although Arun and his crew are once again forced to work for the villagers after encountering them.
In the midst of all the pandemonium, Ganesh and Shankar are able to recover the diamond, which was not harmed during the explosion. They flee and are able to sell the diamond. Now having successfully acquired wealth, Ganesh returns to the village and starts a family with Neelaveni.
Cast
- Anand Devarakonda as Ganesh
- Nayan Sarik
- Emmanuel
- Vennela Kishore as Organ David
- Satyam Rajesh
- Yavar as Arun Sutaria
Release and reception
The film released on 31 May 2024. The Times of India assigned the film two out of five stars. The Hindu criticized the dearth of the plot and sub-plots.Great Andhra assigned 2.25/5 rating for the movie.
