F2: Fun and Frustration
F2: Fun and Frustration
| F2: Fun and Frustration | |
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| Directed by | Anil Ravipudi |
| Produced by | Dil Raju |
| Written by | Anil Ravipudi |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Cinematography | Sameer Reddy |
| Edited by | Bikkina Thammiraju |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sri Venkateswara Creations |
Release date | |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹65 crore[2] |
| Box office | est. ₹127.2 crore[3] |
F2: Fun and Frustration is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by Anil Ravipudi, and produced by Dil Raju and Sirish–Laxman under the production house Sri Venkateswara Creations.[4][5] The film stars Venkatesh Daggubati, Varun Tej, Tamannaah Bhatia and Mehreen Pirzada, while Prakash Raj, Nassar Muhammad, Rajendra Prasad, Vennela Kishore and Priyadarshi Pullikonda play the supporting roles with the music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.[6][7] The plot follows Venky (Daggubati) and Varun (Tej), who get hitched to Harika (Bhatia) and Honey (Pirzada), after their marriages, they both decide to control their respective wives. However, their chauvinistic attitude often lands them in hilarious situations.
Released on 12 January 2019 during the occasion of Sankranthi, the film is commercially successful, grossing over ₹275 crore against a budget of ₹65 crore.[2][3] F2 was featured in the "Indian Panorama" Mainstream section of the 50th International Film Festival of India.[8] A sequel titled F3 is on the making.[9]
Synopsis[edit source]
The film begins with Venky (Venkatesh Daggubati) and Varun (Varun Tej) getting caught by police and interrogated by an officer Viswanath (Nassar Muhammad), then Venky narrates his past, as his marriage is made by a bureau with Harika (Tamannaah Bhatia). In the beginning, his marital life is enjoyable but later on, Harika takes advantage of Venky and starts torturing him. To his misfortune, his life takes another loop when Harika's sister Honey (Mehreen Pirzada) enters into their house and creates more trouble. Now, Varun starts narrating his own story, he is a happy-go-lucky youth who loves Honey a lot helps her win cultural fest in her college. Here, Venky observes an incident of Varun and Honey hugging and then challenges Harika's family that if he could prove Honey has a boyfriend, all of their family must become his slaves and somehow he does it. But Harika's family manipulates and covers it up because they already knew about it. Despite Venky's warnings, Varun moves on with marriage arrangements. After six days, numerous frustrating incidents take place caused by Honey and Harika, then Venky and Varun escape with Venky's neighbor Prasad (Rajendra Prasad) when Venky proves that he has two families and is not able to bear the torture of his two wives. Venky, Varun and Prasad leave to Europe. There they find that Harika and Honey have moved on and are marrying other people in order to teach Venky and Varun a lesson. Venky and Varun enter the house of the would-be grooms in an effort to stop the marriage. The rest of the story is how Venky and Varun realize their mistakes and try to get their loves back.
Cast[edit source]
- Venkatesh Daggubati as Venky
- Varun Tej as Varun Yadav
- Tamannaah Bhatia as Harika, Venky's wife
- Mehreen Pirzada as Honey, Varun's fiancée, and Harika's younger sister
- Prakash Raj as Dora Swamy Naidu
- Nassar as Viswanath (Indian Embassy)
- Rajendra Prasad as Prasad
- Vennela Kishore as John Strow (King of the North)
- Priyadarshi Pullikonda as Darshi, Varun's friend
- Prudhviraj Balireddy as Ramaswamy Naidu, Dora Swamy Naidu's elder brother
- Raghu Babu as MLA Anji Reddy
- Subbaraju Penmetsa as NTR, Dora Swamy Naidu's elder son
- Satyam Rajesh as Shaam, Dora Swamy Naidu's younger son
- Srinivasa Reddy as Ranga, Dora Swamy Naidu's servant
- Hari Teja as Padmavathi, Dora Swamy Naidu's sister, Prasad's villain
- Brahmaji as Dr. Albert Narayan Das
- Nutan Naidu as Nutan
- Chammak Chandra as Chandrudu, culture fest manager
- Raghava as Sekar, Salesman
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Principal Hari Reddy
- Pradeep as Govindharaju, Harika and Honey's father
- Pragathi Mahavandi as Harika and Honey's mother
- Satya Sai Srinivas as Ravi Shankar, Marriage bureau owner
- Easwari Rao as Laxmi, Vishwanath's wife
- Annapoorna
- Jhansi as Kanthamma
- Rajitha
- Anil Ravipudi as himself (cameo appearance)
- Anasuya Bharadwaj as herself in the song "Ding Dong" (cameo appearance)
Production[edit source]
Principal photography began on 11 July 2018.[10]
Soundtrack[edit source]
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| Released | 30 December 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:51 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
| Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
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The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad marking his first collaboration with Anil Ravipudi, and the lyrics were written by Sri Mani, Balaji and Kasarla Shyam. The audio rights of the film were purchased by Aditya Music. The video glimpse of "Rechipodham Brother" was released on 19 December 2018, and the lyrical video was released a day later on 20 December 2018. The second single track, "Entho Fun" sung by Devi Sri Prasad was released on 26 December 2018. The third single track "Honey is the Best" was released on 29 December 2018. The audio launch event took place on 30 December 2018, at RK Beach in Vishakapatnam.
Release[edit source]
F2: Fun and Frustration was released in Telugu language worldwide on 12 January 2019. The teaser was released on 12 December 2018. After a grand success in Telugu, F2 was dubbed into Hindi.[11]
Reception[edit source]
Critical response[edit source]
Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu wrote "This family drama’s appeal stems from good casting. Venkatesh plays his comic part to perfection consistently and capitalises on Ravipudi’s dialogues with great timing and flourish. One is reminded of his glorious projects in the past. Varun Tej also impresses".[12] Firstpost gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "F2 manages to entertain quite a lot and it's well-intentioned. It wants men to understand the importance of saying ‘sorry’ and ‘I love you’ when it matters the most. In the film, Venky and Varun might have learned their lesson the hard way, but they do unravel the secret to a life of happiness — that you don’t have to learn Venky Aasan, but just follow when Pradeep says right from the beginning till the end — Anthega Anthega".[13] The Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Give it a go for Venkatesh, who saves this film from sinking into oblivion. But give it a cold hard miss if outdated humour and gender tropes are not your cup of tea".[14]
Idlebrain.com gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "F2 has a lot of fun (first half) and a little frustration (second half). On a whole, F2 is worth a watch for its comedy quotient!".[15] The Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "It might make you laugh if you leave your brains at home, but such an assumption is unlikely to work for the 21st century".[16] The Hans India gave 3.75 out of 5 stars stating "If you like family entertainers, then this movie is for you".[17]
Box office[edit source]
F2 grossed ₹18 crore on the opening day in AP and Telangana, and ₹40 crore worldwide.[18] By the third weekend, the film raked in $2 million at the United States box office.[19] By the end of its full theatrical run, the film grossed more than ₹127.2 crore worldwide and end up as one of the highest grossing film of that year.[3]
Sequel[edit source]
After the success of F2, Director Anil and Producer Dil Raju are planning for a sequel named F3. Apart from Venkatesh and Varun Tej, they are planning to rope in another hero to join F3.[20] However in April 2020, Anil Ravipudi clarified that there is little space for third hero in the sequel.[9]
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