| Bruce Lee: The Fighter | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sreenu Vaitla |
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| Story by | Sreenu Vaitla |
| Produced by | D. V. V. Danayya |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Manoj Paramahamsa |
| Edited by | M. R. Varma |
| Music by | S. Thaman |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹62 crore[1][2] |
| Box office | est. ₹60 crore[3] |
Bruce Lee: The Fighter[4] is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language masala film directed by Sreenu Vaitla and produced by D. V. V. Danayya under DVV Entertainments. The film stars Ram Charan Teja, alongside Rakul Preet Singh, Arun Vijay, Kriti Kharbanda, Sampath Raj and Nadhiya. The music was composed by S. Thaman, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Manoj Paramahamsa and M. R. Varma. In the film, Karthik, a stuntman, is mistaken for a cop, where he helps to unearth the schemes of Deepak Raj, a drug peddler and his father Jayaraj.
Srinu Vaitla narrated the script to Charan in March 2014, and planned to work on the story post the release of Aagadu. The film was launched on 5 March 2015, and the principal photography of the film took place on 16 March 2015, which was ended on 6 October 2015. Filmed across Hyderabad, Spain and Bangkok, The film was shot in 110 working days with 15 working hours per day.[5]
Bruce Lee: The Fighter was released on 3 December 2014, during the festival of Christmas, to negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb.[3] One of the sub-plots of the film where Karthik (Ram Charan) is mistaken for a cop by Ria (Rakul Preet Singh) was reportedly inspired from the 2006 French film The Valet.[6] The film was remade in Bangladesh as Beporowa and remains Kriti Kharbanda's last Telugu film till date.
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- ^ a b "'Bruce Lee - The Fighter' (BLTF) 10-day box office collection: Ram Charan film fares badly in 2nd weekend". www.ibtimes.co.in. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "DVV Entertainment". DVV Entertainment.
- ^ Jonnalagadda, Pranitha (6 December 2014). "Bruce Lee had a 70-day non-stop shoot schedule!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ Kavirayani, Suresh (30 January 2017). "Copycats in Tollywood". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 25 June 2022.