Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
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Directed by	Krish
Produced by	Saibabu Jagarlamudi Y. Rajeev Reddy
Written by	Sai Madhav Burra (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Krish
Story by	Krish
Starring	Rana Daggubati Nayantara Kota Srinivasa Rao
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Gnana Shekar V.S
Edited by	Shravan
Production company	First Frame Entertainment
Distributed by	7 Seas Inc (overseas)
Release date	30 November 2012 (2012-11-30)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹468 million (US$7.2 million)(32 days World Wide)

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (English: Praise Krishna, the Guru of the Universe) is a 2012 Telugu action drama film directed by Krish and jointly produced by Saibabu Jagarlamudi and Rajeev Reddy on First Frame Entertainment. It has received universal acclaim for combining the art form of Surabhi and an action flick based on illegal mining in Bellary. It features Rana Daggubati and Nayantara in the lead roles.Mani Sharma composed the music for the film.

It was released on 30 November 2012 to high critical acclaim and was declared a hit at the box office.Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum was simultaneously released as Ongaram in Tamil. It was also dubbed in Hindi as Krishna Ka Badla and in Malayalam as Action Khiladi.

The film starts with Devika (Nayantara) documenting illegal mining in Bellary by Reddappa (Milind Gunaji), a ruthless business tycoon. Reddappa burns down a village so that the people leave, because under it is a large iron ore deposit, which he wants to mine. The villagers, especially Matti Raju (L.B. Sriram), want to kill Reddappa to take revenge. It is later revealed that Devika is not a journalist but an informer of the CBI.

In Hyderabad, BTech Babu (Rana Daggubati) performs in stage plays under the tutelage of his grandfather "Surabhi" Subrahmanyam (Kota Srinivasa Rao). But Babu is not interested in acting and decides to leave for the U.S.A for a better life. Heartbroken upon learning of his grandson's intentions, Subrahmanyam dies the same night. Babu realises his mistake and decides to fulfill his grandfather's last wish of performing in the play Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, which was written by Subrahmanyam. Babu goes to Bellary with his troupe to stage the play. The troupe lives with Rampam (Brahmanandam), who is originally known as Rangasthala Pandit (Telugu) / Sanathanam (Tamil).