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Fun and Frustration is a series of Indian Telugu-language comedy films. The film series is created and directed by Anil Ravipudi and distributed by Sri Venkateswara Creations.[1] Each film starts with a fresh story unrelated with the preceding film's story. However, the theme and the pace remains the same. It is currently the twenty-second highest-grossing Indian film series worldwide.

Fun and Frustration
Directed by	Anil Ravipudi
Written by	Anil Ravipudi
Produced by	Sirish–Laxman
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy (1) Sai Sri Ram (2)
Edited by	Bikkina Thammiraju
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production company	Dil Raju Production
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release dates	January 12, 2019 (2019-01-12) (F2) May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) (F3)
Running time	150 minutes (1) 148 minutes (2)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹100 crore (2 films)
Box office	₹274 crore (2 films)

Overview

F2:Fun and Frustration

Two young men hope to control their wives after their respective marriages. However, their chauvinistic attitude often lands them in hilarious situations.

F3:Fun and Frustration

The film will see Venkatesh, Varun Tej, Tamannaah, and Mehreen Pirzada who reprise their roles from the previous film. The film was scheduled to release on 27 August 2021 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It is subsequently postponed to 28 April 2022.[3]

Films

Film	Release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Story by	Producer
F2: Fun and Frustration	12 January 2019	Anil Ravipudi			Dil Raju, Sirish–Laxman
F3: Fun and Frustration	27 May 2022				Sirish

F2: Fun and Frustration

The first installment of the series, centers on fictional incidents. Two young men hope to control their wives after their respective marriages. However, their chauvinistic attitude often lands them in hilarious situations. F2 was released in the Telugu language worldwide on 12 January 2019 coinciding with the Sankranthi weekend,[4] and gained positive reviews from critics. The Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and said "Give it a go for Venkatesh, who saves this film from sinking into oblivion. But give it a cold hard miss if outdated humor and gender tropes are not your cups of tea."[5] It grossed ₹7.2 crore on opening day in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and ₹12.9 crore worldwide.[6] By the third weekend, the film grossed $2 million at the United States box office,[7] and by the end of its full theatrical run, it grossed more than ₹127.2 crore worldwide and wound up as the fourth highest grossing film of that year. The film was dubbed into Hindi and released on YouTube 14 July 2019 by Aditya Movies. The movie already has 103 million views.[8]

F3: Fun and Frustration

After the success of F2, Ravipudi and Raju planned a sequel. The film was titled as F3, the second installment in this series and also a stand-alone sequel to previous one.[9][10] The film was scheduled to be released on 27 August 2021, but was deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is subsequently postponed to 28 April 2022 and was finally released on 27 May 2022.[11]

Future

After the release of F3, Ravipudi confirmed that there will be third installment in the series.[12]

Recurring cast and characters

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Fun And Frustration franchise.

List indicator(s)

• A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Characters	Films
	F2: Fun and Frustration	F3: Fun and Frustration
Venkatesh	Venky
Varun Tej	Varun
Tamannaah	Harika
Mehreen Pirzada	Honey
Rajendra Prasad	Prasad	Nagaraju
Raghu Babu	Anji Reddy	Venky's friend
Vennela Kishore	John Snow	Junior Artist
Prakash Raj	Dora Swamy Naidu
Nassar	Viswanath
Murali Sharma		Anand Prasad
Sunil		Katthi Seenu
Sonal Chauhan		Anand Prasad's friend's daughter
Pradeep Kondiparthi	Govindharaju
Pragathi	Harika and Honey's mother
Y. Vijaya	Harika and Honey's maternal grandmother
Annapoorna	Harika and Honey's paternal grandmother
Srikanth Iyengar		Anand Prasad's assistant
Ali		Pala Baby
Sampath Raj		Dileep Chandra
Prudhviraj	Ramaswamy Naidu	Anand Prasad's assistant
Srinivasa Reddy	Ranga	Anand Prasad's assistant
Satya		Thief
Priyadarshi Pulikonda	Darshi
Subbaraju	Doraswamy Naidu's elder son
Satyam Rajesh	Doraswamy Naidu's younger son
Hari Teja	Padmavathi
Brahmaji	Dr. Albert Narayan Das
Easwari Rao	Lakshmi
Jhansi	Kanthamma
Tulasi		Venky's step mother
Tanikella Bharani		Police Officer

Additional crew and production details

Occupation	Film
	F2 (2019)	F3 (2022)
Director	Anil Ravipudi
Producer(s)	Dil Raju, Sirish–Laxman	Sirish
Story	Anil Ravipudi
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy	Sai Sri Ram
Editor	Bikkina Thammiraju
Music	Devi Sri Prasad

Box office

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office revenue
F2: Fun and Frustration	12 January 2019[13]	₹30 crore[14]	₹140 crore[15]
F3: Fun and Frustration	26 May 2022[16]	₹70 crore[17]	₹134 crore[18]
Total		₹100 crore (US$13 million) two films	₹274 crore (US$34 million) two films

References

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