Gabbar Singh

Gabbar Singh is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Harish Shankar. The film is inspired from the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg and stars Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan. The plot follows a police officer who embarks on a mission to take down a corrupt politician. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film's music and Jayanan Vincent was the cinematographer. Inspired by a film character, Venkataratnam, a policeman, calls himself Gabbar Singh. He is posted in a village where a local thug wants to join politics and also lures his stepbrother to join him. Made on a budget of 30 crore, the film was formally launched on 18 August 2011 at Hyderabad with shooting primarily held at Pollachi. It was released on 11 May 2012 and was declared a Blockbuster, grossing around 150 crore worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Telugu films at that time. Kalyan won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu award at the 59th Filmfare Awards South. A sequel, Sardaar Gabbar Singh, was released in 2016. Plot Venkataratnam Naidu lives with his mother, stepfather Naidu, and a younger step-brother Ajay in Kondaveedu. His stepfather is always partial towards his step-brother much to the anger of Venkataratnam. He stops bothering about what other people think about him and renames himself after the fictional character "Gabbar Singh". As his anger towards his brother and father grows, Gabbar Singh runs away from home. His stepfather, Naidu gets hold of him and admits him in a boarding school away from Kondaveedu. 21 years later, Gabbar Singh is a police officer posted as the Circle Inspector (CI) for the Kondaveedu region. His anger towards his brother and stepfather remains the same and lives separately from them. Though he wants to live with his mother in his new house, she wants him to stay with her and Naidu. Ajay is a gambling addict and has debts all over the village. Gabbar Singh falls in love with a handicraft vendor named Bhagya Lakshmi, whom he chances upon during a police raid that he conducts against gambling.