Chintakayala Ravi
Chintakayala Ravi is a 2008 Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by Nallamalupu Bujji and directed by Yogi. The cross over cinema, starring Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty, Mamta Mohandas in lead roles and Venu Thottempudi in a supporting role, with songs composed by Vishal–Shekhar and background score composed by Mani Sharma. The film was Super Hit at the box office.[1][2]
| Chintakayala Ravi | |
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| Directed by | Yogi |
| Written by | Kona Venkat (story/dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Yogi Kona Venkat |
| Produced by | Nallamalupu Bujji |
| Starring | Venkatesh Anushka Shetty Mamta Mohandas Venu Thottempudi |
| Cinematography | K. Ravindra Babu |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Score: Mani Sharma Songs: Vishal–Shekhar |
Production company | Lakshmi Narasimha Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Chintakayala Ravi (Venkatesh) works in a bar named Cyber Wave in New York. He is the head waiter; he works with his three friends who also are waiters at the same bar. He has a soft spot for software engineers because he came to the US with the dream of becoming a software pro. However, unavoidable circumstances prevented him from reaching that goal.
His mother Seshamamba (Lakshmi) tells everybody in her village in Andhra Pradesh that her son is an outstanding software engineer in America. Ravi is hit hard with a sentiment; for the sole reason of not wanting to hurt his mother's feelings, he continues to tell her the sweet lie that he truly is a software engineer in America.
However, problems arise when Seshamamba gets ready to marry her son to Lavanya (Mamta Mohandas), a local village girl because Lavanya believes Seshamamba when she says that Ravi is a software engineer. So, when Lavanya asks her childhood buddy, Sunitha (Anushka), to enquire about Ravi, the truth comes out that he's a bar waiter. Her family gets angry on knowing that Ravi's family lied to them, and when Ravi arrives in the village for betrothal, he is subjected to humiliation. What happens later forms the remaining story.
He troubles Sunitha because she had got her information wrong about Ravi. Later, she understood how good a person Ravi is when he saves her father. Throughout the movie, Ravi and Sunitha become good friends and Ravi plans to find a guy for Sunitha to marry. She aims to rejoin Ravi & Lavanya, but it doesn't work out. Ravi had saved Srikanth's (Venu Thottempudi) life while he was in America. Srikanth comes to Lavanya's home and tries to convince her parents, explaining how good a person Ravi is. As Srikanth joins hands with Lavanya's parents about Ravi's marriage with Lavanya, Ravi and Sunitha fall in love with each other, which isn't known until the time of Ravi's marriage with Lavanya. On knowing the truth, Ravi's family ends up getting him married to Sunitha.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Chintakayala Ravi
- Anushka Shetty as Sunitha
- Mamta Mohandas as Mavidikayala Lavanya
- Lakshmi as Chintakayala Seshamamba
- Shayaji Shinde as Mavidikayala Ramachandra Rao
- Chandra Mohan as Chintakayala Govinda Rao
- Brahmanandam as Pinky
- Sunil as Pendurthi Babu
- Ali as Nachimi
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Venky Doors / Duwaram Venteswarulu
- M. S. Narayana as Anjineyalu
- Venu Madhav as Sai
- Chalapathi Rao as Sunitha's father
- Raghu Babu as Krishna Reddy
- Ajay as Ajay
- Ravi Prakash as Karthik
- Srinivasa Reddy as Giri
- Satyam Rajesh as Devudu
- Bandla Ganesh as Bhaskar
- Venu Thottempudi as Srikanth
- Nikita Thukral as Pooja / Poo
- Master Bharat Kumar as Bharath, Anjineyalu's son
- Pragathi as Lavanya's mother
- Pradeep Shakthi as Lavanya's uncle
- Samir Kochhar in a cameo appearance
- Rajendra as Sarath
- Srilalitha as Srivalli
- Rajitha
- Anitha Nath
- Vijaya Madhavi
- Prakash Raj as Narrator
- Rajiv Kanakala as Sunitha's to-be groom (cameo)
- Aarti Chhabria as item number
- NTR Jr. guest appearance in song "Shava Shava Bhalle Bhalle"
Soundtrack
| Chintakayala Ravi | ||||
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| Released | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:24 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Vishal–Shekhar | |||
| Vishal–Shekhar chronology | ||||
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Music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar. Lyrics written by Chandrabose. Music released on Aditya Music.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bagundey Bagundey" | Vijay Prakash, Hamsika Iyer | 5:21 |
| 2. | "Oh Sunitha" | Shankar Mahadevan | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Shava Shava Bhalle Bhalle" | Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Merupula" | Rajesh, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:50 |
| 5. | "Enduko" | Sonu Nigam, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 4:44 |
| 6. | "Valla Valla" | KK, Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:17 |
| Total length: | 28:24 | ||
Reception
Radhika Rajmani of Rediff.com called it a "proper commercial family entertainer" and praised Venkatesh's performance.[3]
Awards and nominations
- Filmfare Awards South
- Nominations[4]
- Best Music Director – Telugu – Vishal–Shekhar
- Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu – Shreya Ghoshal – "Merupulaa"
- Best Lyricist – Telugu – Chandrabose – "Enduko"
References
- "Venkatesh Hits and Flops list". 5 June 2013.
- "Victory Venkatesh's Hits and Flops". Cine Josh. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- "Review: Chintakayala Ravi entertains". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "56th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations". 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2020.