Chandralekha Movie
| Chandralekha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Produced by | Nagarjuna Akkineni V. Ram Prasad |
| Written by | Y. Venkatram Chithajallu Lakshmipathi Rao (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Story by | Priyadarshan Fazil |
| Starring | Nagarjuna Akkineni Ramya Krishna Isha Koppikar |
| Music by | Sandeep Chowtha |
| Cinematography | Ajayan Vincent |
| Edited by | Shankar |
Production company | |
Release date | |
Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Chandralekha is a 1998 Telugu film, produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna and V. Ram Prasad under the Great India Enterprises banner and directed by Krishna Vamsi. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ramya Krishna, Isha Koppikar in the lead roles and music composed by Sandeep Chowtha. This film is a remake of the Mohanlal-starring Malayalam film Chandralekha, directed by Priyadarshan. It is the second combination of Nagarjuna-Vamsi-Chowtha after Ninne Pelladatha. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt made a special appearance for the first time in a Telugu film.
Plot[edit]
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Sitarama Rao alias Seeta (Nagarjuna Akkineni) is a struggling unemployed youth who arrives in Hyderabad to meet his sister (Jhansi) and brother-in-law (Tanikella Bharani), his father has been falsely implicated in a bank fraud and wants to sell his ancestral property to pay towards the litigation, for that he needs his sister's approval, but is rebuked and banished by his brother-in-law. Selmer clarinet serial numbers. Disillusioned, Seeta seeks out his old school mate Tirupathi (Brahmaji), who is working in a fruit juice vending shop in Hyderabad. Tirupathi himself is a hapless uneducated youth working for his uncle (Rallapalli), who is a treacherous money lender, with a hope to marry his daughter Bangari (Priya). They plan to open a cool drink shop, but need 1.25 lakh Rupees to rent a shop as a prerequisite to getting a bank loan. With no other way in sight, the two of them swindle Tirupathi's uncle out of 1.25 lakh Rupees. Seeta then tries to get the loan sanctioned, but he is rebuffed by a new Bank manager (M. S. Narayana), who had taken charge by then.
In a new development, Seeta happens to rescue a woman called Chandrika Varma or 'Chandra' (Ramya Krishnan) after a car accident, hospitalizing her. Chandra is the daughter of a wealthy businessman Varma (Murali Mohan). Seetarama Rao is mistaken by the hospital staff to be her husband Raj Kapoor. Soon her relatives including her father arrive and they too mistake him as Raj Kapoor because no one had ever seen or talked to him. Also, it happened that Chandra was a major client of Seetarama Rao's Bank Manager, who too mistook him for Chandra's husband, and was now eager to please him. Seetarama Rao, who is good at heart, initially intended to reveal the truth to everyone but later decides to masquerade as Raj Kapoor till he gets loan approval from the Bank Manager. Chandra lay bedridden, paralyzed, unable to react but was able to witness all the commotion around her.
Some of the relatives of Chandra were never convinced about Seetarama Rao from the outset. To make matters worse for Seeta, enters Lekha (Isha Koppikar), a close friend of Chandra and who is a medical graduate. She had talked to Raj Kapoor on the phone previously and became immediately suspicious about Seeta. The relatives join with Lekha to find out the truth. Lekha and others play cat and mouse with Seeta trying to uncover his veracity, with Seeta staying ahead of the game for a while. Finally, Lekha fortuitously comes to know the real story of Seetarama Rao, but she is moved by his life struggles. In the meantime, Chandra revives from her paralysis, but she too forgives Seetarama Rao for everything; also, she had developed a liking for him. But one of the jealous relatives of Chandra (Pruthvi Raj) manages to expose Seeta before everyone. Then Chandra admits all the truth to everyone. She was not in fact in a car accident, but it was a suicide attempt after her fiancé, the real Raj Kapoor, had betrayed her, and their marriage had never commenced. But she was now in love with Seetarama Rao and hoped to marry him. Chandra recovers fully under the loving care of Seeta and Lekha. But later Chandra discovers that Lekha was already in love with Seetarama Rao and had in fact given way for her as a favor to Chandra's father, to whom Lekha was like a second daughter. Chandra gracefully withdraws from her planned marriage with Seetarama Rao. Finally, Seeta and Lekha are united together with everyone's hearty blessings.
Cast[edit]
- Nagarjuna Akkineni as Sitarama Rao 'Sita' / Raj Kapoor
- Ramya Krishnan as Chandra / Chandrika Varma
- Isha Koppikar as Lekha
- Sanjay Dutt (Cameo) as Raj Kapoor
- Srikanth (Cameo) as Himself
- Murali Mohan as Varma
- Chandra Mohan as Pandu
- Giri Babu as Doctor
- Tanikella Bharani as Prasad, Brother-in-Law of Sitarama Rao
- Jhansi as Prasad's wife
- Rallapalli as Appalaraju
- M. S. Narayana as Bank Manager
- Brahmaji as Tirupathi
- Banerjee as Varma's Relative
- Prudhviraj as Ramaraju
- Uttej as Patient
- Chitti as Varma's Relative
- Junior Relangi as House Owner
- Narsing Yadav as Financier
- Rama Prabha as Bamma
- Malika as Varma's relative
- Priya as Bangari
- Sivaji Raja as Hospital compounder
Soundtrack[edit]
| Chandralekha | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1998 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 27:42 |
| Label | Aditya Music |
The music was composed by Sandeep Chowtha. Lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. Music released on Aditya Music.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Sahasame Cheyara' | SP Balu | 4:31 |
| 2. | 'Divvi Divvi Divvitam' | Sowmya Raoh, Sujatha | 4:25 |
| 3. | 'Okkasari Okkasari' | Rajesh Krishnan | 4:38 |
| 4. | 'Tajmahaluni' | Rajesh Krishnan, Sowmya Raoh | 4:50 |
| 5. | 'Mogali Podalu' | Rajesh Krishnan, Sunitha | 4:32 |
| 6. | 'Urumulu Nee Muvvalayi' | Rajesh Krishnan, Sujatha | 4:32 |
| Total length: | 27:42 | ||
Production[edit]
Krishna Vamsi was skeptical about directing a remake, but was convinced later, after watching the Malayalam version.[1]
Reception[edit]
The film received great reviews, for Nagarjuna's acting and Krishna Vamsi's screenplay and direction.[2]
References[edit]
- ^http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_krishnavamsi.html
- ^https://123tollywood.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/nagarjuna-movies-hits-flops-list/
| Chandralekha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nambirajan |
| Produced by | N. Sreedevi |
| Written by | Nambirajan |
| Starring | Vijay Vanitha Vijayakumar Sindhu Jaishankar Sarath Babu Ponnambalam Senthil Vadivelu Karan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | K. S. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | R. Bhaskaran |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shri Sairam Arts (P) Ltd. |
Release date | 23 October 1995 |
| 136 minutes | |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Chandralekha is a 1995 Tamilromanticdrama film, directed by Nambirajan. The daughter of Tamil veteran actor Vijayakumar, Vanitha Vijayakumar played the love interest of Vijay.[1][2] This was the first movie for Vanitha. The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja was a super hit.[3][4] The film released on 23 October on Diwali, Gained Positive reviews to mixed reviews.[5][6][7]
Plot[edit]
Chandralekha (Vanitha Vijayakumar), an orthodox Brahmin girl, falls in love with, Rahim (Vijay), a Muslim boy. Whereas, Salima (Sindhu) loves Rahim since her childhood. Mustafa (Ponnambalam), Rahim's brother, and Jamal (Karan), Salima's brother, agrees to engage Salima and Rahim without Rahim's permission. Their families discover the love between Rahim and Chandralekha and don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to run away from everybody, but are caught by militants in the forest. Salima becomes mentally unstable unable to bear her love failure. Rahim and Chandralekha are rescued from the militants by the police and brought safely to the village. Mustafa transforms and agrees for their wedding. Jamal, upset that her sister has gone mad, kills Chandralekha and Rahim at the railway station. Immediately, policemen kill Jamal. In the end, Chandralekha makes a wish that she and Rahim's dead body are to be buried together.
Cast[edit]
- Vijay as Rahim
- Vanitha Vijayakumar as Chandralekha
- Sindhu as Salima
- Jaishankar as Ibrahim
- Sarath Babu as Shankar
- Ponnambalam as Mustafa
- Karan as Jamal
- Senthil as Ulaganathan
- Vadivelu as Sundaram
- Sabitha Anand as Fathima
- Kalaranjini as Chandralekha's mother
- Kamala Kamesh as Chandralekha's aunt
- Sri Kala as Chandralekha's friend
- LIC Narasimhan as Ramachandran
- Pasi Narayanan as Village Man
- Sanjeev as Rahim's friend
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[8]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | 'Adikkadi Thudikum' | Swarnalatha | Kamakodiyan | 5:28 |
| 2 | 'Adi Aathadi' | K. S. Chithra | Panju Arunachalam | 5:03 |
| 3 | 'Allah Un Aanai' | P. Unni Krishnan, Preethi Uttamsingh | Vaali | 6:02 |
| 4 | 'Andanil Vaazhnthidum' | Bhavatharini | Kamakodiyan | 6:00 |
| 5 | 'Arumbum Thalire' | Arun Mozhi | Vaali | 4:49 |
| 6 | 'Sangili' | Mano, K. S. Chithra | Muthulingam | 5:35 |
| 7 | 'Tharai Varamal' | Arun Mozhi, P. Unni Krishnan | Vaali | 1:48 |
| 8 | 'Vanji Ponnu' | K. S. Chithra | Panju Arunachalam | 5:19 |
References[edit]
- ^'Chandralekha - 1995'. Joint Scene. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
- ^'Filmography of chandralekha'. Cinesouth. 21 October 1995. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012.
- ^http://vijayfilmsongs.blogspot.com/
- ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMlujUjKkc
- ^https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/sarkar-diwali-release-11-other-times-vijays-films-released-during-the-festival/306099
- ^Team, MBOC (28 March 2018). 'Vijay All Movies Box Office Collection Hits and Flops Analysis List (Top 10)'. MBOC Bollywood Box Office 2018, Hollywood Collection Day Wise, Tollywood, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali Hits or Flops Lifetime Analysis. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^Vignesh (17 October 2017). 'Vijay Hit, Flop, Blockbuster Movies Ilayathalapathy Vijay Films List'. Scooptimes - Latest Online News. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^'Chandralekha Songs'. Raaga.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
External links[edit]
- Chandralekha on IMDb