Businessman (film)
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| Directed by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Produced by | R. R. Venkat |
| Written by | Puri Jagannadh |
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Mahesh Babu Kajal Aggarwal Prakash Raj |
| Music by | S. Thaman |
| Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
| Edited by | S. R. Shekhar |
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| Distributed by | R. R. Movie Makers |
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131 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹400 million (equivalent to ₹530 million or US$7.8 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹550 million (equivalent to ₹730 million or US$11 million in 2016) |
Businessman, also known as The Businessman, is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language crime film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. Based on a concept by Ram Gopal Varma and produced by R. R. Venkat under the banner R. R. Movie Makers, the film features Mahesh Babu and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, with Nassar, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Raza Murad and Brahmaji in supporting roles.
Mahesh plays Vijay Surya, a ruthless man who comes to Mumbai from South India aspiring to become a mafia don. Surya arrives just as the Mumbai police declare the end of the "Mafia Raj" and begins his journey by helping a local politician and trapping the city commissioner's daughter, only to fall in love with her. He eventually emerges as the biggest mafia leader of Mumbai and kills a national politician Jai Dev in retribution for cheating and murdering his parents.
S. Thaman composed the film's music and Shyam K. Naidu was the film's cinematographer. The film was made with a budget of ₹400 million and was launched formally on 15 August 2011 at Hyderabad. Principal photography began on 2 September 2011 and was shot in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Goa. A few song sequences were shot in Bangkok. Filming ended on 10 December 2011 in 74 working days, one of the shortest periods in which a Telugu film has been shot.
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