Veedevadandi Babu

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| director = E. V. V. Satyanarayana

| producer = Anna Rao

| writer = E. V. V. Satyanarayana

| story = Sundar C

| based_on = Ullathai Allitha (Tamil)

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| music = Sirpy

| cinematography = Chota K. Naidu

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1997|4|18}}

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| country = India

| language = Telugu

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Veedevadandi Babu is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film is an official remake of the Tamil film Ullathai Allitha which itself was heavily inspired by the Hindi film Andaz Apna Apna. The film stars Mohan Babu, Shilpa Shetty and Tanikella Bharani.

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Soundtrack

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| artist = Sirpy

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| released = 1997

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| length = 28:08

| language = Telugu

| label = T-Series

| producer = Sirpy

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Music was composed by Sirpy. Music released by T-Series. Except "Chamak Chamak", five of the songs from this film were reused from Ullathai Allitha (1996), which itself plagiarised from various sources;{{Cite news |last=Nair |first=Manoj |date=1 October 2006 |title=Stealy Dans |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/stealy-dans/articleshow/2055520.cms |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922073155/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/stealy-dans/articleshow/2055520.cms |archive-date=22 September 2018}} "Aoura Laila" is based on "Ahla Ma Feki" by Hisham Abbas, "I Love You" is based on another Abbas song "Wana Amel Eih", "O Chelee Chelee" is based on "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry, "Chitti Chitti Guvvapilla"" is based on the Pakistani folk song "Laung Gawacha" and "Rama Hay Rama" is based on "Kinna Sohna Tainu" by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.{{Cite web |last=Srinivasan |first=Karthik |date=4 September 2018 |title=How Every Song In A 1996 Tamil Film Was Lifted From British, Pakistani And Egyptian Music |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/music/how-every-song-in-a-1996-tamil-film-was-lifted-from-british-pakistani-and-egyptian-music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811120132/https://www.filmcompanion.in/music/how-every-song-in-a-1996-tamil-film-was-lifted-from-british-pakistani-and-egyptian-music/ |archive-date=11 August 2022 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Film Companion}}

{{Track listing

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| total_length = 28:08

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| all_lyrics =Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

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| title1 = Rama Hay Rama

| extra1 = Mano, Geetha

| length1 = 5:20

| title2 = Chamak Chamak

| extra2 = Mano, Sujatha Mohan

| length2 = 5:04

| title3 = Chitti Chitti Guvvapilla

| extra3 = Mano, Sujatha Mohan

| length3 = 4:04

| title4 = I Love You Love You

| extra4 = Mano

| length4 = 4:29

| title5 = O Chelee Chelee

| extra5 = Mano

| length5 = 4:33

| title6 = Aoura Laila

| extra6 = Mano

| length6 = 4:38

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Reception

Writing for The Times of India in 2019, a critic wrote that "Veedevadandi Babu is one of the funniest films of all time in Tollywood history".{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/happy-birthday-shilpa-shetty-kundra-successful-telugu-films-of-the-popular-actress/articleshow/69701599.cms|title=Happy Birthday Shilpa Shetty Kundra: Successful Telugu films of the popular actress|date=8 June 2019|work=The Times of India}}

References

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Category:1990s Telugu-language films

Category:Films directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana

Category:Telugu remakes of Hindi films

Category:Indian comedy films

Category:Films scored by Sirpy