F3 (film)
F3: Fun and Frustration is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anil Ravipudi. Produced by Sri Venkateswara Creations, it is a standalone sequel to the 2019 film F2, and the second film in the Fun and Frustration series. The film stars Venkatesh, Varun Tej, Tamannaah, and Mehreen Pirzada, who reprise their roles from the previous film. It features music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.
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Directed by | Anil Ravipudi |
Written by | Anil Ravipudi |
Produced by | Sirish |
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Cinematography | Sai Sri Ram |
Edited by | Tammiraju |
Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
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Distributed by | Sri Venkateswara Creations |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Dil Raju announced F2's sequel F3 following its success in February 2019. Principal photography of the film began in December 2020 and completed in January 2022. The film was shot extensively in Hyderabad. The production and release of F3 were delayed multiple times by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film is now scheduled to release theatrically on 27 May 2022.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Venky
- Varun Tej as Varun Yadav
- Tamannaah as Harika
- Mehreen Pirzada as Honey
- Anjali
- Rajendra Prasad as Prasad
- Sunil
- Murali Sharma
- Sangeetha[1]
- Ali[2]
- Tulasi[2]
- Satya[2]
- Jhansi as Varun's mother Kanthamma
- Pragathi as Mother of Harika and Honey
- Y. Vijaya as materal grand mother of Harika and Honey
- Annapoorna as pateral grand mother of Harika and Honey
- Vennela Kishore as John Strow
- Raghu Babu as MLA Anji Reddy
- Srikanth Iyengar
- Racha Ravi
- Sonal Chauhan (cameo appearance)
- Pooja Hegde (special appearance)
Production
Development
Following the success of F2: Fun and Frustration (2019), studio owner Dil Raju announced its sequel in February 2019. He added that a third lead actor will be cast for the sequel.[3][4] However, in April 2020, director Ravipudi clarified that there was little space for a third protagonist.[5] In an interview in March 2021, Ravipudi said: "F3 is not a sequel to F2. It is completely a new story where the leads are seen getting frustrated caused by money."[6]
Cast and crew
Venkatesh, Tej, Prasad, Tamannaah and Pirzada are reprising their roles in the sequel. Devi Sri Prasad, who scored the music for F2, is retained as the music composer.[7] Sunil and Murali Sharma signed to play a key roles in the film.[8][9] In April 2021, it was reported that Anjali was cast in the film, though there is no official communication yet.[10] Rajendra Prasad is also set to reprise his role from F2 whose character is reportedly modelled after Kota Srinivasa Rao's role in Aha Naa-Pellanta! (1987).[11] Sakshi reported that Venkatesh would be a playing a night blind while Tej's character would be suffering from stuttering.[9] Sonal Chauhan confirmed that her appearance in the film in October 2021, describing her role as a "surprise".[12] In April 2022, Pooja Hegde was signed on for a special song.[13][14]
Filming
F3 was formally launched in 6 December 2020.[15] Principal photography of the film began on 26 December 2020 in Hyderabad.[16][17] Varun Tej has joined the production in January 2021.[18][19] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, filming was paused from April to June. Filming was planned to be resumed in July 2021 with 10-day long schedule.[20] However, the filming resumed in September 2021.[21] In December 2021, filming took place at Charminar and nearly 85% of the shoot is completed.[22] The talkie portions were wrapped in January 2022 with only a song left to shoot.[23] A special song featuring Hegde was filmed in April 2022 at a specially constructed set at the Annapurna Studios.[24]
Music
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Released | 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021-2022 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 8:24 | |||
Language | Telugu | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
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Singles from F3 | ||||
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The soundtrack and score of the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The audio rights were acquired by Aditya Music. First single "Lab Dab Dabboo" was released in February 2021.[25]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Lab Dab Lab Dab Dabboo" | Bhaskarabhatla | Ram Miriyala | 4:19 |
2. | "Woo Aaa Aha Aha" | Kasarla Shyam | Sagar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Lavita Lobo, S.P. Abhishek | 4:05 |
Total length: | 8:24 |
Release
Theatrical
F3 is now scheduled to be released on 27 May 2022.[26] Earlier, it was scheduled to be released on 27 August 2021,[27] but was deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] It was later scheduled to release theatrically on 25 February 2022, but was postponed to avoid clash with Bheemla Nayak which released on that date.[29] Its release date was scheduled as 28 April 2022 but it was again delayed and moved to the current date to avoid clash with Acharya.[30]
Home media
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Telugu while the digital distribution rights were acquired by Amazon Prime Video.[31]
References
- Telugu, TV9 (26 May 2021). "'F3' సినిమా నుంచి మరో అప్ డేట్.. మరోసారి ఆ సీనియర్ హీరోయిన్కు ఛాన్స్ ఇవ్వనున్న డైరెక్టర్.. - senior actress sangeetha may act in director anil ravipudi f3 movie". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu).
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