Pelli Chesukundam

Pelli Chesukundam
Directed by	Muthyala Subbaiah
Produced by	C Venkat Raju G Siva Raju
Written by	Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues)
Story by	Bhupathi Raja
Starring	Venkatesh Soundarya Laila
Music by	Koti
Cinematography	K.Ravindra Babu
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Production company	Geetha Chitra International
Release dates	9 October 1997
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Pelli Chesukundam (English: Let's Marry) is a 1997 Telugu film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and produced by C. Venkat Raju and G. Siva Raju on Geetha Chitra International. Starring Venkatesh, Soundarya and Laila in the lead roles, the music was composed by Koti. The film was a Super Hit at the box office.^[1]

Plot

Pelli Chesukundham was a story how Anand (Venkatesh) a multi-millionaire supports Shanti (Soundarya), victim of a rape. Shanti witnesses a murder committed by Kali Charan (Mohan Raj) and reports it in the police station. His brother (Satya Prakash) rapes her to take revenge and her family doesn't want her to stay with them. Anand, knowing everything welcomes her and gives her shelter in his house though society disapproves of it.

Anand slowly falls in love with Shanti but Shanti thinks high of him and doesn't want to get close with him. Meanwhile, Anand's cousin Laila (Laila) comes back from U.S.A and starts pursuing Anand. She slowly comes to know that Anand was in love with Shanti and leaves him. Anand and Shanti atlast reconcile and marry.

Cast

• Venkatesh as Anand
• Soundarya as Shanti
• Laila as Laila
• Mohan Raj as Kaali Charan
• Devan as Krishna Prasad
• Satya Prakash
• Brahmanandam as Brahmam
• Sudhakar as Subba Rao
• Tanikella Bharani
• Venu Madhav
• Narra Venkateswara Rao as S.P.
• Posani Krishna Murali as S.I. Ramesh
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Siva
• Subbaraya Sharma
• Suthi Velu as Shanti's father
• Kallu Chidambaram
• Kishore Rathi
• Chandra Mouli
• Gadiraju Subba Rao
• Echuri
• Annapurna as Shanti's mother
• Sumitra as Anand's mother
• Rajitha
• Ragini
• Aswini as Radhika
• Annuja
• Radha Prashanthi
• Lata
• Sabita
• Nallini
• Master Mahendra
• Baby Soumya

Soundtrack

Pelli Chesukundam
Film score by Koti
Released	1997
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	28:25
Label	Supreme Music
Producer	Koti
Koti chronology
Priya O Priya (1997) Pelli Chesukundam (1997) Evandi Pelli Chesukondi (1997)

The music was composed by Koti. All songs are hit tracks. The music was released by SUPREME Music Company.^[2]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"O Laila Laila"	Bhuvanachandra	SP Balu, Chitra	4:37
2.	"Kokila Kokila"	Sai Sri Harsha	SP Balu, Chitra	5:03
3.	"Nuvvemi Chesavu"	Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry	K. J. Yesudas	4:48
4.	"Enno Enno"	Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry	SP Balu, Chitra	4:20
5.	"Manasuna Manasai"	Chandrabose	SP Balu, Chitra	5:15
6.	"Ghuma Ghumalade"	Chandrabose	SP Balu, Chitra	4:16
Total length:				28:25

Remakes

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Notes
1998	En Uyir Nee Thaane	Tamil	Prabhu, Devayani, Maheswari
1999	Sudhu Ekbar Bolo	Bengali	Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Mouli Ganguly
2001	Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai	Hindi	Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Sonali Bendre
2001	Maduve Aagona Baa	Kannada	Shivrajkumar, Laya, Shilpa Shetty

References

1. "Success and centers list - Venkatesh". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
2. "Pelli Chesukundham - TeluguFilms Telugu Cinema, Telugu Films, Film Stars, Film Actresses, Telugu Songs Lyrics, Telugu Film Producers, Telugu Film Directors". Telugufilms.org. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

External links

• Pelli Chesukundam at the Internet Movie Database