''Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu'' is a 2010 Indian

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film written and directed by D. P. Raghuram. It stars

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and

Sonal Chauhan Sonal Chauhan (born 16 May 1985/1987) is an Indian actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi films. She won the title of Femina Miss India in 2005 and Miss World Tourism in 2005. She m ...

. The film was notable for having scenes shot in the

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Cast

as Vishwanath *

as Prakruthi * Hariprriya as Sahana *

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as Sumithra *

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as Patil *

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as Desai, Prakruthi's father *

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as Sharada, Prakruthi's mother * H. G. Dattatreya as Gopala Gowda *

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* Shanthamma as Shanthamma * Venkatesh Prasad as Nikhil * Kavya as Nischitha * Tharun Sudhir as Manoj * Sangeetha as Sumathi * Rekha Kumar as Pavani *

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as narrator * Prem in cameo appearance

Synopsis

Vishwa (

) is a poor, carefree and generous person who works as a travel guide. Prakruthi (

) is a rich and introverted girl who does not believe in love and marriage because of the traumatic experiences she went through in her childhood. She is attracted to Vishwa's helping nature and falls for him. How she wins his love forms the plot of the movie.

Production

Filming

"Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu" was launched on 11 December 2008 at the Durga Parameswari temple in Bangalore and shooting was completed on 18 March 2010.

Soundtrack

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scored the film's background score and the soundtrack. The soundtrack album consists of eight tracks. Lyrics for the tracks were written by V. Nagendra Prasad,

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S. Narayan S. Narayan (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian filmmaker, director, actor and lyricist of Kannada films. After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct Dr. Rajkumar and all his three sons. He has given many hits with Dr. Vi ...

and

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...

. A remixed version of the song "

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" from the film ''

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'' (1993) was used in the film. The album was released on 30 November 2009 and was distributed in by Anand Audio. A

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was distributed along with the audio CD of the album that contained a 55-minute video of the film's making.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "While Sonal is simply superb, Haripriya is equally good. Dattanna, Prem, Tarun, Venkatesh Prasad have done justice to their roles. Kabir Lal's camera work is pleasing to the eyes. V Harikrishna walks away with all honours for his brilliant musical work. Chinthan, dialogue writer, needs special mention for his good work. A movie for the family audience". B S Srivani from

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wrote "Dialogues by Chintan, cinematography by Kabir Lal and music by V Harikrishna all complement the director's vision, providing ample tour-time for the intrepid travellers. "Cheluveye..." is Shivanna's 98th release. The film is a must watch, not only for his fans but also families and armchair tourists".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title 2010 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films 2010 romance films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2010 directorial debut films Indian romance films