Badrinath

Badrinath is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. V. Vinayak, written by Chinni Krishna and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars his son Allu Arjun in leading role along with Tamannaah and Prakash Raj. The film revolves around Badri, a skilled warrior trained by a religious Guru Bheeshma Narayan. After being made the protector of Badrinath temple, he finds his loyalties divided when he tries to revive the faith of Alakananda, an atheist, in God and gets caught in violent battles with her cruel uncle Sarkar, while his Guru suspects him to be in love with Alakananda, something against the rules for becoming his successor. Allu Arjun, who plays the protagonist, undertook intensive martial arts and sword fighting training in Vietnam. This film also marks his first pairing with Tamannaah. Cinematographer Ravi Varman in an interview told that the film was shot on a Panavision lens at a set in Kulaba on the way to the Rohtang pass apart from the Badrinath temple, on sets in Hyderabad and in Spain, Italy, Germany and Austria. Earlier, it was reported that the film will also have a dubbed version in Tamil with actor Santhanam's comedy scenes being added, but the plan was dropped out due to the commercial failure of the Tamil dubbed versions of Telugu films Shakti and Magadheera.Previously slated to release on 4 June 2011, the film along with a dubbed Malayalam version was released on 10 June 2011 in 1,400 screens worldwide and ran for 50 days in 187 theatres. According to an article in The Times of India, "Despite mixed record tendered by critics, the acceptable storyline and script work, the thrills and stunts, the gyrations of choreography by Allu Arjun have lured the audience to the screens." It also became the second highest Telugu grosser in Karnataka after Magadheera that time. The film had an opening day record of ₹7.25 crore (US$1.0 million) which was later surpassed by Allu Arjun's own film Julayi in 2012. Prem Rakshith won the Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer for the film's song Nath Nath.The film was made on a budget of ₹42 crore (US$5.8 million), and was one of the most expensive Telugu films at that time.