Chitram | |
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Directed by | Teja |
Produced by | Ramoji Rao |
Written by | Teja |
Starring |
Uday Kiran Reema Sen |
Music by | R. P. Patnaik |
Cinematography | Rasool Ellore |
Edited by | Shankar |
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Release date
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16 June 2000 |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹42 Lakhs |
Chitram is a 2000 Telugu film written and directed by Teja. This film stars Uday Kiran & Reema Sen in the lead roles and marked the debut of the lead actors. The film was sensational hit in 2000. The film is produced by Ramoji Rao and has music composed by R.P. Patnaik. The film was released as Chithiram in Tamil in 2001 with the film mostly featuring scenes dubbed from the original although scenes involving Manivannan and Senthil were added. Chitram and Nuvve Kavali were the two movies which set a trend of college campus romance stories in the same year. The movie was remade in Kannada as Chithra, starring Prabhu Deva's brother Nagendra Prasad and Rekha Vedavyas in 2001 under the direction of Dinesh Baboo and the production of Ramoji Rao. The movie was a superhit in Kannada and marked the debut of the lead actors.
Janaki (Reema Sen) and her sister are NRIs who want to join a PU college in AP. Janaki stays with her uncle and procures the admission in the same college as Ramana (Uday Kiran), a die-hard music fan. When Janaki first sees him in the music room practicing they get attracted to each other. When family members of Ramana are away, Janaki happens to come to Ramana's house wearing a saree. As she does not know how to wear saree, all she does is drape it around her body . Ramana offers to teach her how to wear a saree then accidentally he puts hand inside her saree skirt which makes them both feel shy and attracted. In the process they consummate their passion. After a few days Janaki informs Ramana that she is pregnant. Ramana, along with his friends, hires a nurse to perform abortion on Janaki. When Ramana asks Janaki to prepare for the abortion, she refuses to do so as she says she wants a company of a kid. Janaki tells him that her mother used to tell her that when she dies she will be reborn as Janaki's child. Janaki is then told by the college Principal to take rest and write the exam following year. When Ramana's parents talk to Janaki's uncle he blames Ramana.