Bengal Tiger (2015 film)

Bengal Tiger is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Sampath Nandi. It was produced by K. K. Radha Mohan's Sri Satya Sai Arts and features Ravi Teja, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Raashi Khanna. Boman Irani, Nassar, Nagineedu, Rao Ramesh, and Sayaji Shinde play supporting roles. Bengal Tiger focuses on the conflict between two intelligent people: Akash Narayan, an unemployed graduate and Ashok Gajapati, the chief minister of the state. It also focuses on the roles played by agricultural minister Samba, home minister Nagappa, his daughter Shraddha, and Gajapati's daughter Meera in Akash's pursuit for revenge on Gajapati who killed his father.

Nandi was initially supposed to direct Pawan Kalyan in Sardaar Gabbar Singh, the sequel of Gabbar Singh. The film was delayed and Nandi walked out, after which the pre-production of Bengal Tiger began. Nandi's protégé Bheems Ceciroleo composed the film's music. The film, whose cinematography was provided by Soundararajan, was edited by Gautham Raju. The film was officially launched on 30 January 2015 at Ramanaidu Studios. Principal photography commenced in March 2015 and lasted for 100 days until September 2015. Filming locations include Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Pollachi and few locales of Europe, where a couple of songs were filmed.

Produced on a budget of ₹250 million, Bengal Tiger was released globally on 10 December 2015 in 1000 screens. It received mixed reviews from the critics but was a commercial success, grossing nearly ₹405 million globally. The film was also dubbed into Hindi under the same name in 2016. The film was being remade in Bangladesh Bengali as Bidrohi (2022).