Backbench Student
Directed byMadhura Sreedhar Reddy
Screenplay byMadhura Sreedhar Reddy
Venkat Sidda Reddy
Lakshmi Bhupal
Story byMadhura Sreedhar Reddy
Produced byDr. M. V. K. Reddy
StarringMahat Raghavendra
Piaa Bajpai
Archana Kavi
Brahmanandam
CinematographyPrasad G. K.
Edited byDharmendra Kakarala
Music bySunil Kashyap
Production
company
Shirdi Sai Combines
Release date
  • 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Backbench Student is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy. The film stars Mahat Raghavendra, Piaa Bajpai and Archana Kavi.[1][2] BBS was produced by M. V. K. Reddy under the Shirdi Sai Combines banner and presented by Multidimension Entertainments. The protagonist (Mahat Raghavendra) fails in at least 16 subjects in his studies, and the story is about how this student’s life turns out to be. BBS was canned in 55 days of shooting in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam with Prasad G. K. as the director of photography.[3] Back Bench Student is set to be released worldwide on 15 March in more than 200 theatres.[4] This film marks the lead debut of Raghavendra.

Plot

Karthik (Mahat Raghavendra) is a careless engineering student, who is least bothered about his studies, the result of which is 16 backlogs. He is in love with his classmate Priyanka (Archana Kavi), who splits from him and leaves for USA to pursue MS. Hell breaks loose when his parents (Sarath Babu and Pragathi) come to know about the backlogs. While he is in search of a job to support himself, he hooks up with Chaitra (Piaa Bajpai). Meanwhile, Priyanka discontinues her studies and comes back from the US in search of Karthik. She learns that Karthik is in love with Chaitra and is disheartened and wonders what made Karthik fall for Chaitra. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Back Bench Student
Soundtrack album by
Sunil Kashyap
Released17 February 2013 (2013-February-17)[5]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:39
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
External audio
audio icon Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The soundtrack of Back Bench Student consists of 7 songs composed by Sunil Kashyap, the lyrics of which were written by Sirasri and Lakshmi Bhoopal.[6]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Engineering"SirasriVedala Hemachandra & Sri Jyothi04:16
2."Jagada Jagada"SirasriVedala Hemachandra03:47
3."Vennelamma"Lakshmi BhoopalDinakar03:44
4."I am Sorry Vinara"SirasriSri Jyothi & Hemachandra03:40
5."Telisi Telisi"Lakshmi BhoopalDinakar, Pranavi & Sunil Kashyap03:50
6."Simbus Power" (Remix)SirasriSilambarasan03:15
7."Sachin Tendulkar Back Bencher"Lakshmi BhoopalAnirudh Ravichander03:06
Total length:25:39

Critical reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu praised the film in the departments of acting, music and cinematography and said that, "The intention is honest but a smart script to back it is sorely missing."[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sister of badminton player Jwala Gutta.

References

  1. ↑ "First look of Back Bench Student". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "First Look: Back Bench Student". Rediff. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Back Bench Student to hit screens on March 15". The Hindu. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "'Back Back Student' to hit screens on March 15". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Back Bench Student (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 29 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Back Bench Student - By Sunil Kashyap". Saavn. 15 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Backbench Student: View from the backbench". The Hindu. 15 March 2013.
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