Bruce Lee: The Fighter

Bruce Lee: The Fighter
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sreenu Vaitla
Written by	Sreenu Vaitla Kona Venkat Gopimohan
Story by	Sreenu Vaitla
Produced by	D. V. V. Danayya
Starring	Ram Charan Teja Arun Vijay Rakul Preet Singh Kriti Kharbanda Sampath Raj Nadhiya
Cinematography	Manoj Paramahamsa
Edited by	M. R. Varma
Music by	S. Thaman
Production company	DVV Entertainments
Release date	16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹62 crore[1][2]
Box office	est. ₹60 crore[3]

Bruce Lee: The Fighter^[4] is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language masala film directed by Sreenu Vaitla who co-wrote the film with Kona Venkat and Gopimohan. Produced by D. V. V. Danayya under the banner DVV Entertainments, the film stars Ram Charan Teja, Arun Vijay, Rakul Preet Singh, Kriti Kharbanda, Sampath Raj and Nadhiya. The film features music composed by S. Thaman, while Manoj Paramahamsa took charge of the film's cinematography and M. R. Varma edited the film. It follows Kartik who sacrifices his studies for his sister and becomes a stuntman. Often mistaken for an undercover policeman, he helps to unearth the evil designs of drug dealers Deepak Raj and his father Jayaraj.

Srinu Vaitla narrated the script to Charan in March 2014, and planned to work on the storyline post the release of Aagadu (2014). The film was launched on 5 March 2015, and the principal photography of the film took place on 16 March, which was ended on 6 October. Filmed across Hyderabad, Spain and Bangkok, The film was shot in 110 working days with 15 working hours per day.^[5] Bruce Lee: The Fighter was released in theaters on 16 October 2015, during the festival of Dasara. Originally shot in Telugu, it was dubbed and released in Tamil and Malayalam.

The film mainly received negative reviews from critics and audience with praise for Thaman's music, cast performances (especially Charan), and action sequences but criticism for the writing, humor, and dialogues. The film was a commercial failure.^[3] One of the sub-plots of the film where the protagonist Karthik (Ram Charan) is mistaken for a police officer by Ria (Rakul Preet Singh) was reportedly inspired from the 2006 French film The Valet.^[6] The film was remade in Bangladesh as Beporowa (2019) and remains Kriti Kharbanda's last Telugu film till date.