Chintakayala Ravi

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{{Infobox film
| name = Chintakayala Ravi
| image = Chintakayala Ravi.jpg
| caption =
| writer = [[Kona Venkat]] {{small|(story/dialogues)}}
| screenplay = Yogi Kona Venkat
| producer = [[Nallamalupu Bujji]]
| director = [[Yogie|Yogi]]
| starring = [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] [[Anushka Shetty]] [[Mamta Mohandas]] [[Venu Thottempudi]]
| music = '''Score:''' [[Mani Sharma]] '''Songs:''' [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| cinematography = K. Ravindra Babu
| editing = [[Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
| released = {{Film date|2008|10|02|df=y}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Chintakayala Ravi''''' is a 2008 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film produced by [[Nallamalupu Bujji]], and directed by [[Yogie|Yogi]]. The cross over cinema, starring [[Venkatesh (actor)|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]]. It was a hit at the box office.<ref>https://www.mirchi9.com/movienews/venkatesh-hits-and-flops-list-1/</ref><ref>https://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/38030/victory-venkatesh-hits-and-flops.html</ref>

== Plot ==
Chintakayala Ravi ([[Venkatesh (actor)|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 (actress)|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 Shetty|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 became 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 with Sunitha

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] as Chintakayala Ravi
* [[Anushka Shetty]] as Sunitha
* [[Mamta Mohandas]] as Mavidikayala Lavanya
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Chintakayala Seshamamba
* [[Shayaji Shinde]] as Mavidikayala Ramachandra Rao
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Chintakayala Govinda Rao
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Pinky
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Pendurthi Babu
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Nachimi
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Venky Doors / Duwaram Venteswarulu
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Anjineelu
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as Sai
* [[Chalapathi Rao]] as Sunitha's father
* [[Raghu Babu]] as Krishna Reddy
* [[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]] as Ajay
* [[Ravi Prakash (Telugu actor)|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 Bharath|Master Bharat Kumar]] as Bharath, Anjineelu's son
* [[Pragathi (actress)|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"
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Chintakayala Ravi
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| cover =
| released = 2008
| recorded =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 28:24
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| prev_title = [[Tashan (film)|Tashan]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Bachna Ae Haseeno]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

Music was composed by [[Vishal-Shekhar]]. Lyrics written by [[Chandrabose (Lyricist)|Chandrabose]]. Music released on [[Aditya Music]].
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 28:24
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| writing_credits =
| lyrics_credits =
| music_credits =
| title1 = Bagundey Bagundey
| extra1 = [[Vijay Prakash]], [[Hamsika Iyer]]
| length1 = 5:21
| title2 = Oh Sunitha
| extra2 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = Shava Shava Bhalle Bhalle
| extra3 = Shankar Mahadevan, [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Merupula
| extra4 = [[Rajesh Krishnan|Rajesh]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length4 = 4:50
| title5 = Enduko
| extra5 = [[Sonu Nigam]], Mahalakshmi Iyer
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Valla Valla
| extra6 = [[KK (singer)|KK]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length6 = 5:17
}}

== Reception ==
Radhika Rajmani of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' called it a "proper commercial family entertainer" and praised Venkatesh's performance.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review: Chintakayala Ravi entertains|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/03ssc.htm|access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
;;Nominations<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-07-31|title=56th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations|url=http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/news/Filmfare_awards.htm|access-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731062736/http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/news/Filmfare_awards.htm|archive-date=31 July 2009}}</ref>
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu|Best Music Director – Telugu]] – [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu|Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu]] – [[Shreya Ghoshal]] – "Merupulaa"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu|Best Lyricist – Telugu]] – [[Chandrabose (Lyricist)|Chandrabose]] – "Enduko"

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1187038|Chintakayala Ravi}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Indian films set in New York City]]
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[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in St. Louis]]
[[Category:Lists of films shot in the United States]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:2008 romantic comedy films]]

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