Pawan Kalyan is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator, writer, and politician. His film works are predominantly in Telugu cinema.
Gabbar Singh (2012)
Gabbar Singh
Cast ::Pawan Kalyan & Shruti Haasan Director::Harish Shankar Music Director::Devi Sri Prasad Producer::Ganesh Babu
Gabbar Singh is a 2012 Indian Teluguaction-comedy film produced by Bandla Ganesh under the Parameswara Art Productions and directed by Harish Shankar. The lead actors include Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan in lead roles alongside Kota Srinivasa Rao, Abhimanyu Singh in supporting roles. The film is an adaptation of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg.The film is about a police cop renamed himself as "Gabbar Singh" after
the famous villain revolting against a dreaded goon. In the process, he
lose his mother and has a hatred towards his step-father and
step-brother. Rest of the plot revolves around Gabbar and his clash with
Siddhappa.
Devi Sri Prasad composed the film's music and Jayanan Vincent was the film's cinematographer. The film was made with the budget of ₹30 crore and was formally launched on 18 August 2011 at Hyderabad. The filming was primarily held at Pollachi.
The film was released on 11 May 2012 to positive reviews and became a large commercial success, grossing ₹128 crore worldwide with a distributor Share of ₹70 crore and thus becoming one of highest grossing Telugu films.It was dubbed in Hindi as Policewala Gunda by Goldmine Telefilms in 2013. Its sequel titled Sardaar Gabbar Singh is currently under production.