Kalisundam Raa

Kalisundham Raa (transl. Come, Let's be together) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at National Film Awards 2001. The film won four Nandi Awards by Government of Andhra Pradesh.[2]

Kalisundam Raa
Theatrical poster
Directed byUdayasankar
Written byParuchuri Brothers
(dialogues)
Screenplay byUdayasankar
Story byDeenaraj
Udayasankar
Produced byD. Suresh Babu
D. Rama Naidu (presents)
StarringVenkatesh
Simran
CinematographyK. Ravindra Babu
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
K.Madhav
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 January 2000 (2000-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹10 crore (US$1.3 million)
Box office₹26.7 crore (US$3.3 million)[1]

At the time of its release, it was the highest grossing Telugu movie of all time until it was broken by Narasimha Naidu (2001) the following year. The film was remade in Hindi as Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein (2002) and in Kannada as Ondagona Baa (2003).

Plot

Raghavayya and Ram Mohan Rao are brothers-in-law. But Ram Mohan Rao is at loggerheads with Raghavayya because of a family feud. Raghavayya is nearing his 60s and it's time for his Shastipoorti ceremony. Upon incessant requests from his wife, Raghavayya decides to invite (for the first time) his daughter-in-law and grandchildren who are staying in Bombay. Raghu is the alienated handsome grandson of Raghavia. After arriving at Ramapuram from Bombay, he faces embarrassment from the members of Raghavayya's family. There he meets a childlike beauty Manga. Manga and Raghu play a few pranks on each other and slowly they fall deeply in love. But they never admit their love to each other. With his unconditional love towards the family members, Raghu wins their confidence and hearts.

Later on, Raghu discovers the cause of the feud between the families of Raghavayya and Ram Mohan Rao. Raghu's father Bhaskar Rao was supposed to marry Ram Mohan Rao's daughter Rajani. But Bhaskar prefers his college love Kousalya rather than Rajani, so he leaves for Mumbai and gets married, and a disappointed Rajani opts for suicide. Ram Mohan Rao blames it on Raghavayya and starts treating him indifferently. Erra Babu, the fiery son of Ram Mohan Rao, is another victim of the incident. He develops a prejudice against Raghavayya and aims for his blood.

After a few days of timely strategic manipulation, Raghu succeeds in bringing the two troubled families together. Then they decide to marry Manga off to Ram Mohan Rao's grandson to tighten their family bonds. Raghu sacrifices his love in order to make sure that everybody is happy. As the preparations are going on for the wedding Manga, they find that Manga is missing. Everyone knows about Raghu and Manga's love story and finally Erra Babu realizes his mistake and also agrees to their love and unites both lovers.

Cast

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Music
Kalisundam Raa
Film score by
S. A. Rajkumar
Released1999
Recorded1999
GenreSoundtrack
Length29:37
LabelSupreme Music
ProducerS. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar chronology
'Bobbili Vamsham'
(1999)		 Kalisundam Raa
(2000)		 'Maa Annayya'
(2000)

Music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Music released on SUPREME Music Company.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Pacific lo"ChandraboseUdit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram4:16
2."Nuvve Nuvve"Sirivennela SitaramasastriHariharan, Sujatha4:23
3."Prema Prema"Sirivennela SitaramasastriUnni Krishnan1:59
4."Manasu Manasu"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra4:40
5."Kalisunte Kaladusukam"VeturiRajesh4:42
6."Boom Boom"ChandraboseShankar Mahadevan5:05
7."Nachave Palapitta"ChandraboseS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha4:11
Total length:29:37

Remakes
YearFilmLanguageCast
2002Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum KaheinHindiFardeen Khan, Richa Pallod
2003Ondagona BaaKannadaV Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty

Box office

Kalisundham Raa was rated as the biggest hit in Telugu cinema in 70 years until the release of Nuvve Kavali in 2000.[3] It ran for a record 100 days in 76 centres, 175 days in 17 centres and 200 days in 3 centres. It broke the records made by Samarasimha Reddy in 1999.

Awards
National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards
Nandi Awards[4]
Film fan's Association Awards[5]

References
  1. Venky - Boxoffice. Idlebrain.com.
  2. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. celebritiesprofile.info: The Leading Celebrity Profile Site on the Net Archived 27 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  5. "The ones who made a mark". The Hindu. 6 July 2001. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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