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| Directed by | Gunasekhar |
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| Written by | Gunasekhar Diwakar Babu |
| Produced by | Ashwini Dutt |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Soundarya Anjala Zaveri Prakash Raj |
| Cinematography | Chota K. Naidu
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| Music by | Mani Sharma
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu
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Choodalani Vundi (Template:Trans) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Gunasekhar, and produced by Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri and Prakash Raj. The film has music composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu.[1]
Released on 27 August 1998, the film was a success at box office.[2] The film received two Filmfare Awards South and three state Nandi Awards. In 2003, it was remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail.[3]
Plot
Ramakrishna (Chiranjeevi) is a mechanic in Vijayawada whose life changes when he meets Priya (Anjala Zaveri) at a train station. She sees him and feels some inexplicable connection, and then runs away with him to flee her father Mahendra's (Prakash Raj) gangsters. They end up living in the forest with their son, but Mahendra, who is an underworld don, kidnaps her so that he can marry her off to another don's son. Ramakrishna confronts Mahendra, and in the ensuing struggle, Priya takes the bullet shot at Ramakrishna and dies. Their son loses his voice because of the shock, and Ramakrishna is imprisoned because the police have been corrupted by Mahendra, who is running a mafia state. Mahendra kidnaps the boy and takes him to Kolkata, where the story started. Ramakrishna, with the help of Padmavathi (Soundarya), whom he falls in love with, reunites with his son, and kills Mahendra.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as Ramakrishna
- Soundarya as Padmavathi
- Anjala Zaveri as Priya
- Prakash Raj as Mahendra
- Brahmanandam as House Owner
- Dhulipala as Mahendra's father
- Brahmaji as Surya (Mahendra's assistant)
- Venu Madhav
- Sajja Teja as Ramakrishna's son[4]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack and score were Composed by Mani Sharma. It is considered as his breakthrough film that helped him earn offers to compose for big budget films early in his career. Template:Cn
The film's single, Yamaha Nagari written by Veturi with the vocals of Hariharan (singer), is a rendition of Patnam Subramania Iyer's carnatic music composition Raghuvamsa Sudha. The song depicts the culture and beauty of the city of Kolkata.[5][6] Template:Infobox album Template:Tracklist
Reception
Giddaluri Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot gave a positive review for the film. He praised Chiranjeevi for picking up a new theme and Gunasekhar for executing it.[7]
The film is a commercial success and had a theatrical run of 100 days.[6]
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu Template:Ndash Mani Sharma[8]
- Filmfare Award for Best Art Director – South Template:Ndash Thota Tharani[8]
- Nandi Award for Best Music Director Template:Ndash Mani Sharma[9]
- Nandi Award for Best Audiographer Template:Ndash Madhu Sudhan[9]
- Nandi Award for Best Choreographer Template:Ndash Saroj Khan[9]
References
- ↑ Choodalani Vundi Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes.
- ↑ Chiranjeevi starrer Choodalani Vundi clocks 22 years; Take a look at some working stills - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ↑ 'Anil, Rani are not stars. They're good actors'. Rediff. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ Teja Sajja reveals a secret about Megastar Chiranjeevi's Indra - Times of India. The Times of India.
- ↑ పరహింస పరాయణ చంద్రశ్రీ. Sakshi(2017-04-23). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 మెగాస్టార్ చిరంజీవి సూపర్ హిట్ చిత్రం 'చూడాలని వుంది' విడుదలైన 22 ఏళ్లు... News18 Telugu(2020-08-27). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ చూడాలని వుంది: చూడొచ్చండి. Zamin Ryot. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Choodalani Vundi Awards: List of Awards won by Telugu movie Choodalani Vundi. The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 1998. APFTVTDC. Retrieved 2020-08-11.