''Chora Chittha Chora'' is a 1999 Indian
Kannada language
Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, 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, an ...
romance drama
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through da ...
film directed by Subramanya and produced by Sa. Ra. Govindu. The film stars
V. Ravichandran,
Namrata Shirodkar
Namrata Shirodkar (born 22 January 1972), is an Indian actress, producer and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned the Femina Miss India in 1993. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films.
She is best known for her works in film ...
and
Malavika. This was Shirodkar's first and only
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 ...
film.
The film was a remake of
Telugu
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** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
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film ''
Allari Priyudu
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'' (1993) which was inspired by the 1991 Hindi movie ''
Saajan
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'' which in turn was inspired by the play ''
Cyrano de Bergerac
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''.
The music was composed by Ravichandran to the lyrics of
K. Kalyan. The movie was later dubbed in Hindi as ''Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko''.
Plot
A man falls in love with a woman after their friendship blossoms through letters. However, he is unaware that her adoptive sister is the one writing them.
Cast
*
V. Ravichandran as Raja
*
Namrata Shirodkar
Namrata Shirodkar (born 22 January 1972), is an Indian actress, producer and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned the Femina Miss India in 1993. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films.
She is best known for her works in film ...
as Kavitha
*
Malavika as Lalitha
*
Srinivasa Murthy
Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy (born 15 May 1949), known popularly as Srinivasa Murthy, is an Indian actor and television director. He is mostly known for his work as a director having made many television series in Kannada, b ...
*
Umashri
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kann ...
* Kashi
*
Balaraj
Balaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He has appeared in ''Anand (1986 film), Anand'' (1986), ''Ratha Sapthami'' (1986), ''Shiva Mecchida Kannappa'' (1988) and ''Samyuktha'' (1988).
Television
* ''Mane Aliya''
* ''Parvathi''
...
*
Sumithra
*
Tennis Krishna
Tennis Krishna is a Kannada actor and comedian. He has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of appearing in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das.
Life
His background is from Kannada theatre. Since Krishna was a common name in the fil ...
*
Mandya Ramesh
Mandya Ramesh is an Indian actor, comedian, director and theatre personality who mainly works in the Kannada films and theatre. He is the founder secretary of ''Natana'', Rangashaale, Mysore, a theatre training institutions of India.
Career
R ...
*
Bank Janardhan
Janardhan Rao Chauhan (2 March 1949 – 13 April 2025), known by his stage name Bank Janardhan, was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He was well-known for his comedy and drama roles in various Kannada films and television series. ...
* Shivaram
* Sarigama Viji
*
Mimicry Dayanand
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by
V. Ravichandran and lyrics were written by
K. Kalyan and Shree Chandru.
A total of 8 tracks have been composed for the film and the audio rights brought by Jhankar Music.
Reception
''Deccan Herald'' wrote "A triangular love trite with regular doses of pranks, love, letters, disappointment and sacrifice, Chora Chitta Chora, the latest Ravichandran-starrer offers nothing new except for fresh faces and eye-catching picturesque locales".
References
External links
*
Movie preview at ''Online Bangalore''
1999 films
1990s Kannada-language films
Indian romantic drama films
Kannada remakes of Telugu films
Films scored by V. Ravichandran
1990s Indian films
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