Bodyguard (2012 film)

Bodyguard
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Directed by	Gopichand Malineni
Produced by	Bellamkonda Suresh
Written by	Kona Venkat (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Gopichand Malineni
Story by	Siddique
Based on	Bodyguard by Siddique
Starring	Venkatesh Trisha Saloni Aswani
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Production company	Sri Sai Ganesh Productions
Distributed by	WalkerIBC Studios
Release date	14 January 2012 (2012-01-14)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹300 million (US$4.5 million)
Box office	₹550 million (US$8.2 million)

Bodyguard is a 2012 Telugu comedy-drama film produced by Bellamkonda Suresh on Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner, directed by Gopichand Malineni. Straring Venkatesh, Trisha in the lead roles and music composed by S. Thaman. It was the remake of Malayalam film Bodyguard directed by Siddique where Dileep and Nayantara played the lead role. The film released on 14 January 2012. The film recorded as Super Hit at the box-office.

Venkatadri (Venkatesh) is a tough bodyguard who is assigned to protect the family of Varadarajula Naidu (Prakash Raj). Keerthi (Trisha Krishnan) is the college going daughter of Naidu and Venkatadri accompanies her to the college to keep a watch. Fed up with the close scrutiny maintained by Venkatadri, Keerthi hatches a plan with her friend Swathi (Saloni Aswani) to divert Venkatadri’s attention. Keerthi tries to get away from Venkatedri by calling him from a private number. Venkatadri falls in love with the girl without knowing that it is Keerthi herself. At one point, Keerthi too feels herself becoming attracted to Venkatadri and expresses her desire to meet him in person. She tells Venkatadri to meet at a railway station and elope with her. Venkatadri agrees, unaware it is Keerthi.

Naidu comes to think that Venkatadri and Keerthi are going to run away. In order to save Venkatadri from Naidu's anger, Keerthi lies that Venkatadri is meeting another girl at the train station. Naidu lets Venkatadri leave as he is desperate but tells his henchmen to kill Venkatadri if a girl does not come there at the station (which implies that Keerthi loves Venkatadri). Terrified, Keerthi sends Swathi to the station and tells her to tell Venkatadri that she is the lover and that she won't be able to make it to the station. Swathi, seeing Venkatadri, falls in love after all that has happened, and pretends that she is the lover. Keerthi calls her, but Swathi throws the cell phone away, hoping to erase Keerthi from his life completely.