Baadshah (2013 film)

Baadshah (transl. Emperor) is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Sreenu Vaitla and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in the title role, alongside Kajal Aggarwal, Navdeep, Brahmanandam, and Kelly Dorji. The soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman, which also marks his second collaboration with Sreenu Vaitla. The cinematography and editing were handled by K. V. Guhan and M.R. Varma.

The film follows Rama Rao, an aspiring IPS officer who is rejected from the service due to his father's ties with a notorious gangster. After his brother is tragically killed in a bomb blast orchestrated by the same gangster, Rama Rao adopts the identity of Baadshah and infiltrates the criminal underworld to seek justice and dismantle the gangster's empire from within.

Baadshah was released worldwide on 5 April 2013 and was premiered at the 2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival in Japan. It was released on 1,550 screens worldwide with 1200 prints. The film became a commercial success at the box office, collecting a distributor's share of ₹48.5 crore. Brahmanandam won the SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu) for his comic performance in the film.