Chintakayala Ravi
| Chintakayala Ravi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Yogi |
| Produced by | Nallamalupu Bujji |
| Written by |
Kona Venkat (story/dialogues) |
| Screenplay by |
Yogi Kona Venkat |
| Starring |
Venkatesh Anushka Shetty Mamta Mohandas |
| Music by |
Vishal-Shekhar Mani Sharma (background score) |
| Cinematography | K. Ravindra Babu |
| Edited by | Sreekar Prasad |
Production company |
Lakshmi Narasimha Productions |
Release dates |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Chintakayala Ravi....Software Engineer is a 2008 Telugu, romantic comedy produced by Nallamalupu Bujji, and directed by Yogi. The cross over cinema, starring Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty, Mamta Mohandas in lead roles and Jr. NTR in a cameo appearance, with music composed by Vishal-Shekhar, received positive reviews.
Plot
Chintakayala Ravi (Venkatesh) works in a bar named Cyber Wave in New York. He is a 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. Unavoidable circumstances prevented him from reaching that goal.
His mother Seshamamba (Lakskmi) tells everybody in her village in Andhra Pradesh that her son is a big 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 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 when she understands how a good 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 however it didn't work out. Ravi had saved Srikanth's life while he was in America. Srikanth comes to Lavanya home tries to convince her parents, explaining Ravi is a good person. As Srikanth joins hands with Lavanya parents about Ravi marriage with Lavanya. Ravi and Sunitha fall in love with each other. Both love each other and isn't known till the time of Ravi and Lavanya marriage while an hour waits before Ravi marries Lavanya. Ravi's hidden secret is known and ends off with Ravi marrying Sunitha.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Chintakayala Ravi
- Anushka Shetty as Sunitha
- Mamta Mohandas as Mavidikayala Lavanya
- NTR Jr. as Cameo Appearance in the song Saradake Saradaputte
- Venu Thottempudi as Srikanth
- Shayaji Shinde as Mavidikayala Ramachandra Rao
- Chandra Mohan as Chintakayala Govinda Rao
- Brahmanandam as Pinky
- Sunil as Pendurthi Babu
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Venky Doors / Duwaram Venteswarulu
- M. S. Narayana as Anjineelu
- Venu Madhav as Sai
- Chalapathi Rao as Sunitha's father
- Pradeep Shakthi
- Raghu Babu as Krishna Reddy
- Ajay as Ajay
- Ravi Prakash as Karthik
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Srinivasa Reddy as Giri
- Satyam Rajesh as Devudu
- Bandla Ganesh as Bhaskar
- Rajendra as Sarath
- Aarti Chhabria as item number
- Nikita Thukral as Pooja / Poo
- Lakshmi as Chintakayala Seshamamba
- Pragathi
- Rajitha
- Anitha Nath
- Srilalitha as Srivalli
- Vijaya Madhavi
- Master Bharat Kumar as Bharath
Soundtrack
| Chintakayala Ravi | ||||
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| Film score by Vishal-Shekhar | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:24 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Vishal-Shekhar | |||
| Vishal-Shekhar chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Vishal-Shekhar. Lyrics written by Chandrabose. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics written by Chandrabose.[1]
| No. | Song | Singers | Notes |
| 1 | "Enduko" | Sonu Nigam, Mahalakshmi Iyer | picturised on Venkatesh and Mamta Mohandas |
| 2 | "Merupula" | Shreya Ghoshal | picturised on Venkatesh and Mamta Mohandas |
| 3 | "Valla Valla Baby" | Krishna Kumar Kunnath, Sunidhi Chauhan | Picturised in a bar with Venkatesh and Aarti Chhabria in an item song |
| 4 | "Oh Sunitha" | Shankar Mahadevan | picturised as Venkatesh troubles Anushka Shetty |
| 5 | "Shava Shava Bhalle Bhalle" | Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shankar Mahadevan | picturised as a party song with Venkatesh and Anushka along with a special appearance from NTR Jr. |
| 6 | "Bagundey Bagundey" | Vijay Prakash, Hamsika Iyer | picturised on Venkatesh and Anushka Shetty |
Awards
- Filmfare Awards South
- Nominations
- Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) - Vishal-Shekhar
- Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Telugu) - Shreya Ghoshal - "Merupulaa"
- Filmfare Best Lyricist Award (Telugu) - Chandrabose - "Enduko"