Buddy(2024)
Pallavi is an Air Traffic Control officer who suffers a major accident. The doctor along with his crew sends Pallavi into a coma so that he can sell her body parts in Hong Kong. While all this happens, Pallavi's soul enters a teddy bear and reaches the home of a pilot Aditya Ram who shares a past with Pallavi. The rest of the story is as to how the teddy bear and Aditya head to Hong Kong to save the body of Pallavi. The film is an adaptation of the Tamil film "Teddy".
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Hotstar, MX Player, Netflix, Prime Video, Airtel Xstream Play
- Theatrical Release
- 2 August 2024
- Director
- Sam Anton
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rating
- 6.5/10
Storyline
An Air Traffic Control officer named Pallavi is badly injured in an accident. A corrupt doctor puts her in a coma to steal her organs, but her soul enters a teddy bear that ends up with a pilot, Aditya, who knows her from the past. Together, the teddy bear and Aditya must travel to Hong Kong to rescue Pallavi's body before it's too late.
“Her soul is in a teddy bear. His mission is to get it back.”
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Trivia
- The film is a direct remake of the 2021 Tamil film 'Teddy', which was also directed by Sam Anton.
- This is the second collaboration between actor Allari Naresh and director Sam Anton, following the 2022 film 'Gurthunda Seethakalam'.
- The movie's plot involving a soul in a teddy bear is a rare concept in mainstream Telugu cinema, blending fantasy with action-comedy.
- Actress Hebah Patel, who plays Pallavi, had to perform scenes primarily with a teddy bear as her co-star during key portions.
- The Hong Kong rescue sequences were filmed on elaborate sets in Hyderabad to replicate the international location.
- Composer G. V. Prakash Kumar, who scored the original Tamil version, also composed the music for this Telugu adaptation.
- The film's release was delayed by several months from its initial planned date in 2023.