''Chandamama'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

written and directed by

Krishna Vamsi Pasupuleti Venkata Bangarraju (born 28 July 1962), known professionally as Krishna Vamsi, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Over a career spanning three decades, he has received three Na ...

, and it was produced by C. Kalyan and S. Vijayanand. The film stars

Navdeep Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who predominantly appears in the Telugu film industry alongside Tamil and Hindi works. He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama '' Jai ...

, Kajal Aggarwal,

Siva Balaji Siva Balaji (born as Siva Balaji Manohar on 14 October 1980) is an Indian actor and television personality, who is known for his works in the Telugu film industry. He also appeared on the Telugu version of the ''Bigg Boss'' reality show that ...

, and Sindhu Menon, while

Nagendra Babu Konidela Nagendra Rao (born 29 October 1961), popularly known as Nagendra Babu and Naga Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who works in Telugu cinema. He has received one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards for his work as ...

, Ahuti Prasad, and

Satyam Rajesh Rajesh Babu, better known as Satyam Rajesh, is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu films. He has worked in more than 350 films. Rajesh got the moniker 'Satyam' following his appearance in the 2003 film of the same name. Early lif ...

, play supporting roles. The musical score is provided by K. M. Radha Krishnan and the base story by Akula Venkat. The film was released on 6 September 2007 to highly positive reviews and also garnered five

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic ...

. The film was remade in

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as '' A Aa E Ee'' (2009) and in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

as ''Chellidaru Sampigeya'' (2009).

Plot

Ranga Rao, a widower, landlord, and well-respected man, loves his beloved daughter Mahalakshmi, a sweet, intelligent, innocent, and somewhat fun-loving girl who loves her father as much as he loves her, more than anything else. His brother also has a daughter Rani and a son. Rani is like a sister to Mahalakshmi and a second daughter to Ranga Rao. Rani is a hyper, whiny, talkative but fun-loving, sweet girl. When Mahalakshmi returns from college, Ranga Rao realizes that she has grown up and decides to fix her marriage with Dhorababu, an innocent, good-natured, and rather shy boy. After the engagement, Mahalakshmi reveals to Dhorababu that in the city, she had fallen in love with Kishore, a mischievous, witty, and amiable youth. After spending the night with her, Kishore made it clear that he was not interested in marrying her. Mahalakshmi says that she does not want to lie and cheat Dhorababu because she knows he is good and deserves better. Dhorababu goes to meet and confront Kishore, where he learns it was all a prank and that Kishore loves Mahalakshmi. He fakes an accident and brings Kishore to the village under the pretense of a doctor. Mahalakshmi forgives Kishore. Finding out the secret, Rani falls in love with Dhorababu and vice versa. However, they dare not tell anyone. Ranga Rao misunderstands their feelings and fixes Rani's marriage with Kishore to take place at the same time as Mahalakshmi's with Dhorababu. The four youngsters decide that the only way left is to elope, though Mahalakshmi has mixed feelings about this, as she feels it would hurt her father. At the last minute, Mahalakshmi cannot go through with it and tearfully confesses the truth to her father. Luckily, Ranga Rao understands and has the girls marry their respective lovers.

Cast

as Kishore, Mahalakshmi’s love interest * Kajal Aggarwal as Mahalakshmi, Kishore’s love interest & Ranga Rao’s daughter (Voice by Charmy Kaur). *

as Dhorababu, Rani’s love interest * Sindhu Menon as Rani, Dhorababu's love interest *

as Ranga Rao, Mahalakshmi’s father and Rani's uncle * Ahuti Prasad as Ramalingeswara Rao, Ranga Rao's traditional ally (Co-Brother-in-law). *

as Rani's brother * Uttej as Kondala Rao * Abhinayashree as Sakkubai *

Radha Kumari Radha Kumari was an Indian veteran film actress who appeared in Telugu-language films. She acted in over 600 films in over four decades. She is well known for her humor and played mother or grandmother roles in most of her films. Film career R ...

as Dhorababu's grandmother * Jeeva as Police Inspector *

Gundu Sudarshan Gundu Sudarshan (born Surampudi Sudarshan Rao) is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Telugu films. He acted in more than 350 films. He also has stage experience from the age of 10. He entered the film industry with '' Mister Pellam'' in ...

as Police Constable * Ananth as Priest * Sameer as Doctor *

Rajitha Mallela Rajitha is an Indian actress who works in Telugu films. She has been active since the late 1980s. Career Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, '' Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Ak ...

as Ranga Rao's wife

Soundtrack

The film's music was launched on 20 August 2007 in a live telecasting of a private TV channel. This launch was attended by the cast and crew members of the film. K. M. Radha Krishnan composed the music.

released the audio and handed over the first cassette to producer C. Kalyan. Supreme Music bought the audio rights.

Reception

A critic from '' Rediff.com'' wrote that "On the whole, a good entertaining film and credit surely goes to Krishna Vamsi, the director". Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "The major entertainment in this film is provided by Ahuti Prasad and Navadeep. On the flip side, there is no emotional depth which we usually experience in Krishna Vamsi's films".

Remakes

Box office

The film was successful at the box office and completed a 100-day run on 18 December 2007.

Satellite rights

The satellite rights of the film was sold to

Zee Telugu Zee Telugu is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 12 September 2004 as '' Alpha TV Telugu''. and was rebranded as ''Zee Telugu'' on 18 May 2005. The channel is owned by Zee Entert ...

Awards

;

(in Telugu) * Best Home - Viewing Feature Film - C. Kalyan * Best Director -

* Best Character Actor - Ahuti Prasad * Best Art Director - Srinivasa Raju * Best Male Comedian - Uttej

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandamama (Film) 2000s Telugu-language films 2007 films Telugu films remade in other languages Films directed by Krishna Vamsi Indian romantic drama films