Chandamama Kathalu | |
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Directed by | Praveen Sattaru |
Produced by | Chanakya Bhooneti |
Written by | Praveen Sattaru |
Starring |
Kishore Lakshmi Manchu Soumya Bollapragada Aamani Naresh Krishnudu Chaitanya Krishna Richa Panai Naga Shourya |
Music by | Mickey J Meyer |
Cinematography | Suresh Ragutu |
Edited by | Dharmendra Kakarala |
Production
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A Working Dream Production
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Chandamama Kathalu Volume 1 is a 2014 Telugu anthology film directed by Praveen Sattaru and produced by Chanakya Bhooneti. The film has eight sub-stories revolving around love. The lives of the central characters in the sub-plots get intertwined with each other.Lakshmi Manchu, Aamani, Naresh, Krishnudu, Chaitanya Krishna, Abhijeet, Naga Shourya, Vennela Kishore, Amitha Rao and Richa Panai play the lead roles.
Mickey J Meyer composed the music. The shooting was wrapped up in December 2013. The film was released on 25 April 2014 to wide critical acclaim. The film bagged the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for the year 2014 while Lakshmi Manchu won her Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu for her work in the film.
Saaradhi (Kishore) is a writer and a widower. His little daughter is suffering from a chronic ailment and he desperately needs 5 lacs. He starts writing a novel with seven different story lines, all inspired from his surroundings. Lisa Smith (Lakshmi Manchu) is a super model at the fag end of her career with no money left. Venkateshwara Rao (Krishnudu) is a bachelor desperate to get married, whose only aim in life is to find a(ny) girl. Soumya Bollapragada is seen in a short and special role as the girl who falls for Krishnudu. Ashraf (Abhijeet) has a small departmental store in old city and want to marry his sweetheart Haseena (Richa Panai). Raghu (Chitanya Krishna) studies in a junior college and he lures Renu (Shamili) - daughter of a noted politician in love. There is a beggar (Krishneshwara Rao) whose life time ambition is to buy a small house. Saritha (Aamani) is a widow who reconnects with her college-time friend Mohan (Naresh) a NRI divorcee who returns to India. Raju (Naga Shourya) is a typical village youngster who is busy chasing a girl Gauri (Isha Ranganath).