Backbench Student

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Backbench Student | image = Back Bench Student - Movie Poster.jpg | caption = | director = [[Madhura Sreedhar Reddy]] | producer = Dr. M. V. K. Reddy | story = Madhura Sreedhar Reddy | screenplay = Madhura Sreedhar Reddy Venkat Sidda Reddy Lakshmi Bhupal | starring = [[Mahat Raghavendra]] [[Piaa Bajpai]] [[Archana Kavi]] [[Brahmanandam]] | music = [[Sunil Kashyap]] | cinematography = Prasad G. K. | editing = Dharmendra Kakarala | studio = Shirdi Sai Combines | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|03|15}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = }}

'''''Backbench Student''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language romance film written and directed by [[Madhura Sreedhar Reddy]]. The film stars [[Mahat Raghavendra]], [[Piaa Bajpai]] and [[Archana Kavi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=First look of Back Bench Student|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-26/news-interviews/35365953_1_archana-kavi-piaa-bajpai-mahat-raghavendra|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411034447/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-26/news-interviews/35365953_1_archana-kavi-piaa-bajpai-mahat-raghavendra|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Look: Back Bench Student|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-first-look-back-bench-student/20130227.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Back Bench Student to hit screens on March 15|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/back-bench-student-to-hit-screens-on-march-15/article4492112.ece|work=The Hindu|date=9 March 2013 |accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> ''Back Bench Student'' is set to be released worldwide on 15 March in more than 200 theatres.<ref>{{cite web|title='Back Back Student' to hit screens on March 15|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/back-back-student-to-hit-screens-on-march-15/377522-71-180.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411044633/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/back-back-student-to-hit-screens-on-march-15/377522-71-180.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|publisher=IBN Live|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> 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 (actress)|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== {{Cast listing| * [[Mahat Raghavendra]] as Karthik * [[Piaa Bajpai]] as Chaitra * [[Archana Kavi]] as Priyanka * [[Brahmanandam]] as Kareena Kapoor * [[Sarath Babu]] as Karthik's Father * [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Mr. NO Diwakar, Project Manager * [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]] as Karthik's mother * [[Banerjee (actor)|Bannerjee]] as Priyanka's Father * Insi Gutta{{efn|Sister of badminton player [[Jwala Gutta]].}} * Vennela Rama Rao<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idlebrain.com/news/today/chitchat-vennelaramarao.html|title=Chitchat with Vennela Rama Rao|date=18 January 2013|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|location=Hyderabad|access-date=30 July 2025}}</ref> }}

==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Back Bench Student | type = soundtrack | artist = [[Sunil Kashyap]] | cover = | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|02|17}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/back-bench-student-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/923789693 |title=Back Bench Student (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |date=29 September 2014 |publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]] | length = 25:39 | language = Telugu | label = [[Aditya Music]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{External media | audio1 = {{YouTube|SDxXfNRiR6c|Audio Jukebox}}}} }}

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saavn.com/s/album/telugu/Back-Bench-Student-2013/i1W4y5d,KTs_ |title=Back Bench Student - By Sunil Kashyap |date=15 February 2013 |publisher=[[Saavn]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing | headline = Tracklist | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 25:39 | title1 = Engineering | extra1 = [[Vedala Hemachandra]] & Sri Jyothi | lyrics1 = Sirasri | length1 = 04:16

| title2 = Jagada Jagada | extra2 = [[Vedala Hemachandra]] | lyrics2 = Sirasri | length2 = 03:47

| title3 = Vennelamma | extra3 = Dinakar | lyrics3 = Lakshmi Bhoopal | length3 = 03:44

| title4 = I am Sorry Vinara | extra4 = Sri Jyothi & Hemachandra | lyrics4 = Sirasri | length4 = 03:40

| title5 = Telisi Telisi | extra5 = Dinakar, Pranavi & Sunil Kashyap | lyrics5 = Lakshmi Bhoopal | length5 = 03:50

| title7 = Sachin Tendulkar Back Bencher | extra7 = [[Anirudh Ravichander]] | lyrics7 = Lakshmi Bhoopal | length7 = 03:06 }}

==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."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/backbench-student-view-from-the-backbench/article4512395.ece |title=Backbench Student: View from the backbench |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/backbench-student/movie-review/18992188.cms</ref>

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[[Category:2013 films]] [[Category:2013 Telugu-language films]] [[Category:2013 Indian films]] [[Category:2013 romance films]] [[Category:Indian romance films]]