Jhummandi Naadam

Balu (Manoj Manchu) has only one goal in his life - to become a great playback singer like SP Balasubramanyam. He challenges a landlord in his village and comes to Hyderabad to become a singer. Captain Rao (Mohan Babu) stays in the opposite house. He is an old-fashioned man who hates the lifestyle of new generation. Sravya (Taapsee Pannu) is an NRI girl who stays in her father's friend Captain Rao's house. She is in India to do documentary on traditional Telugu music. Balu acts ae to her and in the process, they fall in love. Captain Rao doesn't like them falling in love with each other. The rest of the story is all about Captain Rao's restrictions and how the lovers emerge unscathed.

• Manoj Manchu as Balu/Hari
• Taapsee Pannu as Sravya
• Mohan Babu as Captain Rao
• Suman as Sravya's Father
• Brahmanandam as Brahmi
• Raghu Babu
• MS Narayana
• Ali
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
• Ahuti Prasad
• Tanikella Bharani as Balu's father
• Sudha
• Aishwarya
• Pragathi
• Vithika Sheru

Mohan Babu wanted K. Raghavendra Rao to make a film with his son Manoj Manchu. Raghavendra Rao agreed under the condition that the film will be produced by Lakshmi Manchu.[1]

The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 28 May 2010. It had music scored by composer M. M. Keeravani. S. P. Balasubramanyam sang 5 songs.[2]

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "In short, Jhummandi Naadam has a stereotypical story. View it if you are an avid watcher of KRR's films".[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "On a whole, Jhummandi Naadam is a film that has something for every kind of audience".[4] A critic from 123telugu wrote that "A lullaby song, a classical song, a Sankranthi song, a marriage song, a usual Raghavendra Rao song, a folk song and then a patriotic song – we have all seen each kind of song in different situations and different films. But to see them all in one film, and then get some laugh out loud situations guarantees a thorough and wholesome entertainment".[5]

• Jhummandi Nadam at IMDb