Bengal Tiger is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Sampath Nandi.

It was produced by K. K. Radhamohan's Sri Satya Sai Arts and features Ravi Teja, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Raashii Khanna.

Bengal Tiger follows Akash Narayan's revenge plot against Chief Minister Ashok Gajapati, who killed his father, involving other key characters like Samba, Nagappa, Shraddha and Meera.

Initially angry, Samba is impressed with Akash's wit and employs him to escort home minister Nagappa's daughter Shraddha safely from the airport as her life is in danger.

When Gajapathi offers 5 billion to forego Meera, Akash accepts it happily and shifts the entire money to his house in Atreyapuram.

The film ends with Akash's marriage with Meera and the pandit, "Celebrity" Shastri, saying that the bride will have only two children but the groom would have four, which confuses everyone.

[2] Previously, Nandi wrote the script keeping Ravi Teja in mind as the lead but had wanted to prove his abilities before working together.

[3] He chose to narrate the story of a man from Athreyapuram in Godavari district who comes on a mission to Hyderabad and his conflict with an intelligent chief minister.

[10] Ravi Teja played the role of Akash Narayan, an aimless youth with a master's degree in computers, whose reckless life changes after facing an insult.

She added that her subplot in the film, which explores the relationship she shares with her father (played by Rao Ramesh), has its "own importance in the overall scheme of things".

[27] On its completion, the next schedule began from 10 April 2015 and Ravi Teja joined the film's sets along with Tamannaah and other supporting cast.

[34] From 19 June 2015, few action sequences choreographed by Ram-Lakshman were shot on Ravi Teja and others at Ramoji Film City using Phantom Cam.

[36] The hero introduction song choreographed by Harsha was shot on Ravi Teja, Hamsa Nandini and 120 dancers at Hyderabad in mid August 2015.

[40] The official soundtrack of Bengal Tiger consisting of five songs was composed by Bheems Ceciroleo, the lyrics of which were written by Ramajogayya Sastry, Sri Mani, Bhaskarabhatla, and Suddala Ashok Teja along with Nandi.

[41] P. Nutana, one of the finalists of the 2011 season of Padutha Theeyaga, was selected to provide vocals for the song "Aasia" whose lyrics were penned by Nandi.

The Times of India rated the soundtrack 3.5 out of 5 stars and called it a "winner considering it keeps in line with Ravi Teja's vibrant on screen persona".

[45] Behindwoods rated the soundtrack 2.5 out of 5 stars and called it a "powerful masala album which stays true to the Ravi Teja's formulaic entertainers!".

[50] The film's release was postponed twice—once on mutual consent with the makers of Akhil from 5 to 27 November 2015,[51][52] and again to 10 December 2015 to avoid clash with Size Zero and Shankaraabharanam after holding discussions with Prasad V. Potluri and Kona Venkat.

[56] The Hindi dubbing rights were sold for ₹2.60 crore to a Mumbai-based distributor which is the highest ever amount for a Ravi Teja's film.

[59] Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu stated that Nandi "shines as a dialogue writer" and called the film "almost an epic" compared to Kick 2.

[64] IndiaGlitz also gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and called Bengal Tiger a "Ravi Teja-style power-packed performance, complete with comedy doses from Prithvi Raj and Posani, not to speak of punch lines of a different shade".

[67] Behindwoods gave 2.25 out of 5 stars and called the film a "worn-out no-brainer", adding that it is another "erratically fun outing" from Ravi Teja for whom there is "hardly a replacement" for "such weird, carefree yet lovable action hero roles".

[68] Karthik Keramalu of CNN-IBN gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "I found a giggling amount of comedy in ‘Bengal Tiger.