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{{Short description|2024 Indian film directed by Trivikram Srinivas}}
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| budget = {{INR|200 crore}}<ref name=BusStdBudget>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/entertainment/mahesh-babu-s-guntur-kaaram-trailer-to-be-out-soon-check-when-to-watch-124010300468_1.html|title=Mahesh Babu's Guntur Kaaram trailer to be out soon, check when to watch|website=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name=News18Budget>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/mahesh-babu-to-get-rs-78-crore-for-trivikram-srinivas-guntur-kaaram-details-inside-8380063.html |title=Mahesh Babu To Get Rs 78 Crore For Trivikram Srinivas' Guntur Kaaram? Details Inside |date=20 July 2023 |website=News18|access-date=17 August 2023|archive-date=11 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811001442/https://www.news18.com/movies/mahesh-babu-to-get-rs-78-crore-for-trivikram-srinivas-guntur-kaaram-details-inside-8380063.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|171.50172 crore}}<ref name="bo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/guntur-kaaram-final-box-office-collections-mahesh-babu-close-with-172cr-worldwide-1277197|title=Guntur Kaaram final box office collections: Mahesh Babu close with 172Cr Worldwide|lang=en|work=[[Pinkvilla]]|date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
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'''''Guntur Kaaram''''' ({{IPA-te|ɡʊɳʈuːɾ kaːɾʌm|pron}}; {{translation|Spice of [[Guntur]]}}), also known as '''''Gunturu Kaaram: Highly Inflammable''''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbfcindia.gov.in/cbfcAdmin/search-result.php?recid=Q0EwNzIxMTIyMDIzMDAwNTM=|title=CBFC &#124; Search Film|website=[[Central Board of Film Certification]]}}</ref> is a 2024 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action drama film]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/guntur-karam-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde4njk5|title=Guntur Karam|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|quote=A unpredictable yet charismatic man takes on underground political factions in this Telugu language action drama.}}</ref> written and directed by [[Trivikram Srinivas]] and produced by [[S. Radha Krishna]] through [[Haarika & Hassine Creations]]. It features [[Mahesh Babu]] in the lead role, alongside [[Sreeleela]], [[Meenakshi Chaudhary]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Ramya Krishna]], [[Jayaram]], [[Jagapathi Babu]], [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] and [[Rao Ramesh]].
 
The film was officially announced in May 2021 under the tentative title ''SSMB28,'' as it is Babu's 28th film in the leading role, and the official title was announced in May 2023. [[Principal photography]] commenced in September 2022, predominantly shot in [[Hyderabad]], and [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrapped]] by late-December 2023. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[Thaman S]], with cinematography handled by [[Manoj Paramahamsa]] and editing handled by [[Naveen Nooli]].
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== Plot ==
{{plot|date=August 2024}} <!--per [[WP:FILMPLOT]], plot summaries should be between 400 and 700 words-->
'''1998''': In [[Guntur]], brothers Dokka Marx Babu and Lenin Babu, two of the biggest hooligans in the city, burn down Bhogineni Satyam alias "Royal" Satyam's [[Chili pepper|mirchi]] factory. Satyam, seeing this, approaches Marx and Lenin to question them, while the factory is burning. In the process, Satyam's brother-in-law, Rangam, accidentally kills Lenin, but Satyam takes the blame for the murder, being sentenced to jail for 12 years. His son, Veera Venkata Ramana "Ramana", partially loses his vision in his left eye during the explosion of the factory. Soon afterward, Satyam's wife and Ramana's mother, Vasundhara, decides to leave and moves back in with her politician father, Vyra Venkata Swamy, in [[Hyderabad]], eventually marrying her paternal cousin, Pakka Rajagopal Narayana "Narayana".
 
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* [[Chammak Chandra]] as [[Police Constable|Constable]] Mohammed, Rajagopal's assistant
* Kadambari Kiran Kumar
* [[Shamna Kasim|Poorna]] in a special appearance as Ramola in the song "[[Kurchi Madathapetti]]"{{div col end}}
 
== Production ==
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=== Filming ===
[[Principal photography]] commenced on 12 September 2022 with an action sequence in [[Annapurna Studios]], Hyderabad.<ref name=":5" /> The first schedule, involving high-octane stunts choreographed by [[Anbariv]] duo,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/mahesh-babu-trivikram-srinivas-ssmb-28-shoot-resumes-action-sequences-to-be-shot-for-2-weeks-2322488-2023-01-17 |title=Mahesh Babu's SSMB 28 shoot resumes, action sequences to be shot for 2 weeks |website=India Today|date=17 January 2023 |access-date=18 January 2023|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121160222/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/mahesh-babu-trivikram-srinivas-ssmb-28-shoot-resumes-action-sequences-to-be-shot-for-2-weeks-2322488-2023-01-17|url-status=live}}</ref> was later completed in the same month.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=#SSMB28: Mahesh Babu shoots 'high-octane epic action scenes' for Trivikram movie, Pooja Hegde to join sets soon |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/ssmb28-mahesh-babu-trivikram-movie-pooja-hegde-8164376/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005093718/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/ssmb28-mahesh-babu-trivikram-movie-pooja-hegde-8164376/ |archive-date=5 October 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> However it was later confirmed by the producers that the fight was scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SSMB28 Will Touch Rajamouli's Numbers |url=http://www.indiaherald.com/Movies/Read/994573289/SSMB-Will-Touch-Rajamoulis-Numbers |access-date=15 February 2023 |website=indiaherald.com |language=en |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215195403/https://www.indiaherald.com/Movies/Read/994573289/SSMB-Will-Touch-Rajamoulis-Numbers |url-status=live}}</ref> The second schedule was planned to commence after [[Dussehra]] festivities in [[Ramoji Film City]] with Hegde joining the sets.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=Mahesh Babu's SSMB28 To Go On Break Due To Dussehra, Second Leg To Start Soon |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/mahesh-babus-ssmb28-to-go-on-break-due-to-dussehra-second-leg-to-start-soon-6006163.html |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=News18 |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005101810/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/mahesh-babus-ssmb28-to-go-on-break-due-to-dussehra-second-leg-to-start-soon-6006163.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The shooting was then halted with Trivikram making modifications to the script and converted the [[action thriller film]] into a "family entertainer".<ref name=":4" />
 
The second schedule started on 18 January 2023 in [[Sarathi Studios]], Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahesh Babu {{!}} SSMB28 : మహేష్ బాబు-త్రివిక్రమ్ మూవీ రెండో షెడ్యూల్ మొదలు.. |url=https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/mahesh-babu-trivikarm-movie-ssmb2-second-schedule-started-today-in-hyderabad-sr-1585660.html |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=News18 Telugu |date=18 January 2023 |language=te |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124143658/https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/mahesh-babu-trivikarm-movie-ssmb2-second-schedule-started-today-in-hyderabad-sr-1585660.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Hegde joined the sets with filming taking place in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/telugu/entertainment/mahesh-babu-caravan-at-yashoda-hospital-for-trivikram-pooja-hegde-ssmb28-shoot-91956 |title=Mahesh Babu Caravan at Yashoda Hospital for Trivikram Pooja Hegde SSMB28 Shoot &#124; యశోద హాస్పిటల్ వద్ద మహేష్‌ బాబు కేరవ్యాన్.. అసలు ముచ్చట ఏంటంటే..? News in Telugu |date=6 February 2023 |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209155057/https://zeenews.india.com/telugu/entertainment/mahesh-babu-caravan-at-yashoda-hospital-for-trivikram-pooja-hegde-ssmb28-shoot-91956 |url-status=live}}</ref> In February, team constructed a house set spending {{INR}}10 crore at [[Shankarpalli]], [[Telengana]] in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/for-mahesh-babus-ssmb28-makers-construct-a-rs-10-crore-set-reports-7058293.html |title=Mahesh Babu-starrer SSMB28's Actions Scenes To Be Shot In A 10-Crore Set: Reports |date=11 February 2023 |website=News18|access-date=30 April 2023|archive-date=12 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212225555/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/for-mahesh-babus-ssmb28-makers-construct-a-rs-10-crore-set-reports-7058293.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In March, Jayaram joined the sets.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/jayaram-and-mahesh-babu-pose-for-a-candid-click-on-ssmb28-set/articleshow/98770677.cms |title=Jayaram and Mahesh Babu pose for a candid click on 'SSMB28' set |website=The Times of India |date=19 March 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411221220/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/jayaram-and-mahesh-babu-pose-for-a-candid-click-on-ssmb28-set/articleshow/98770677.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The second schedule was wrapped on 6 April.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2023 |title=SSMB28: Mahesh to take a summer break, here are the details of current and upcoming schedules |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/ssmb28-mahesh-to-take-a-summer-break-here-are-the-details-of-current-and-upcoming-schedules/7e2866572c505/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=[[OTTPlay]] |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522065036/https://www.ottplay.com/news/ssmb28-mahesh-to-take-a-summer-break-here-are-the-details-of-current-and-upcoming-schedules/7e2866572c505/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After shooting more than 50% of the film, the cinematographer of the film, P. S. Vinod, left, owing to creative differences. Following this development, [[Manoj Paramahamsa]] was announced as his replacement for the film. The third schedule began on 24 June.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/guntur-kaaram-og-devara-heres-the-exclusive-info-on-shoot-updates-of-tollywood-biggies/5558e31ea2689 |title=Tollywood: Guntur Kaaram, OG, Devara's latest shoot updates are here |website=OTTPlay|access-date=25 June 2023|archive-date=25 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625092523/https://www.ottplay.com/news/guntur-kaaram-og-devara-heres-the-exclusive-info-on-shoot-updates-of-tollywood-biggies/5558e31ea2689|url-status=live}}</ref> Principal photography [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrapped]] on 28 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Tupaki |date=28 December 2023 |title='Guntur Karam' Production Gets Wrapped Finally! |url=https://english.tupaki.com/entertainment/gunturkaramproductiongetswrapped-1334039 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=english.tupaki.com |language=en |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228135103/https://english.tupaki.com/entertainment/gunturkaramproductiongetswrapped-1334039 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Box office ===
''Guntur Kaaram'' collected a gross of {{INRConvert|47.5142|c}} in India<ref name="bo"/> and {{INR|47}} crore worldwide on its opening day.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Guntur Kaaram' 1st Day Box Office Collection: Mahesh Babu's Film Off To Good Start |url=https://www.oneindia.com/entertainment/guntur-kaaram-1st-day-box-office-collection-mahesh-babus-film-off-to-good-start-3725667.html |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref> and {{INR|67.5}} crore worldwide on its opening day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/guntur-karam-first-day-box-office-collections-highest-opening-day-for-mahesh-babu-1271222|title=Guntur Karam First Day box office collections: Highest opening day for Mahesh Babu|date=13 January 2024|website=PINKVILLA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2024 |title=Mahesh Babu: గుంటూరు కారం కలెక్షన్స్.. తొలిరోజు రికవరీ ఎంతో తెలుసా..? |url=https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/mahesh-babu-gutur-kaaram-first-day-collection-report-here-slb-2359240.html |access-date=13 January 2024 |website=News18 తెలుగు |language=te}}</ref> It's estimated total end worldwide gross is {{INR|170.3172}} crore against a production budget of {{INRConvert|200|c}}, becoming a [[box-office bomb]].<ref name="bo"/><ref name=BusStdBudget/><ref name=News18Budget/>
 
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