All the Best(2012)
All the Best is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by J. D. Chakravarthy. The lead cast includes Srikanth, J. D. Chakravarthy, and Sidhika Sharma. The story follows two friends, Ravi and Chandu, who become entangled in a web of lies to please their families. Their deception escalates when they get involved with a criminal named Razak over a rare stamp scam. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Gulumaal: The Escape, which itself is based on the Argentine film Nine Queens. It was released on 29 June 2012 and received mixed reviews from critics. The soundtrack was composed by Hemachandra and released under Aditya Music.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, MX Player, JioHotstar, YouTube, YuppTV
- Theatrical Release
- 29 June 2012
- Director
- J. D. Chakravarthy
- Language
- Telugu
- Rating
- 6.3/10
Storyline
Ravi wants to marry Lucky, but his father hates his best friend Chandu. To fix this, Ravi tells a lie that Chandu is a rich businessman. Chandu must keep up the act, but real criminals and a rare stamp scam make everything worse. The two friends must survive the chaos and save their families.
“One lie. Two friends. Total chaos.”
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for All the Best
Cast reunions in this film: Kota Srinivasa Rao & Brahmanandam (90 films together), Srikanth & Meka Srikanth (36 films together), Brahmanandam & Chandramohan (31 films together), Brahmanandam & Meka Srikanth (28 films together), Srikanth & Brahmanandam (19 films together), and Pradeep Rawat & Brahmanandam (13 films together).
Trivia
- The film was originally titled 'All the Best: Fun Begins' but was shortened to just 'All the Best' for release.
- This was the first Telugu film directed by J. D. Chakravarthi, who is better known as an actor in Tamil and Telugu cinema.
- The movie's plot is loosely inspired by the 2009 Hindi film 'All the Best', which was itself a remake of a Hollywood movie.
- Composer S. Thaman reused one of his own popular tunes from the Tamil film 'Aadhavan' for a song in this movie.
- Despite having a star cast, the film performed poorly at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics.
- A comedy scene involving a fake ghost was a direct reference to similar scenes in classic Telugu comedies from the 1990s.