''Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini'' is a 2015 Telugu

romance 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 ...

directed by R. Chandru produced by Sridhar Lagadapati. The film stars Sudheer Babu, and Nanditha Raj, with music by Hari. The film is the remake of the 2013 Kannada film ''

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'', also directed by Chandru. The film got selected for Jaipur International film festival for competition category, where it won Best Romantic Film.

Cast

Sudheer Babu Posani Naga Sudheer Babu (born 11 May 1980) is an Indian actor and former professional badminton player. He works primarily in Telugu language, Telugu films. Debuted as a lead actor in ''Shiva Manasulo Shruti'' (2012), Babu's successful films in ...

as Krishna *

Nanditha Raj Nandita Raj is an Indian actress. She made her debut in the Telugu film industry with the film '' Neeku Naaku Dash Dash'', directed by Teja. She rose to prominence with the success of her second film ''Prema Katha Chitram'', which earned her ...

as Radha *

Posani Krishna Murali Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also conte ...

as Krishna's college principal * Saptagiri as Bhaskar *

Preethi Asrani Preethi Asrani is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films and television industry. She played the lead role in the Tamil soap opera '' Minnale'' on Sun TV. She debuted as a lead actress with ''Pressure Cooker'' (202 ...

as Divya * M.S. Narayana *

Pragathi Pragathi Mahavadi (born 16 April 1976) is an Indian film and television actress who has acted predominantly in Telugu cinema and in addition to Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam cinema. Early life Pragathi was born in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. ...

Chaitanya Krishna Chaitanya Krishna is an Indian actor who mainly works in Telugu cinema. Career After finishing his engineering from Sagi Rama Krishna Raju Engineering College (Bhimavaram), he worked in a MNC as a software engineer. His love towards acting ...

as Krishna's college mate *

Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (; born 23 November 1986) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. Chaitanya is a recipient of several accolades including one Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award South and one Nandi Award for his work. Born in ...

as himself

Soundtrack

Total of 6 songs label Aditya music *01 – "Veelunte" –

Nakul Abhyankar Nakul Abhyankar (born 25 May 1990) is an Indian playback singer, music composer and sound engineer. He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Tulu. He is best known for his songs "Love You Chinna" from the film '' Love Mocktail'' c ...

*02 – "Radhe Radhe" –

Haricharan Haricharan Seshadri, known mononymously as Haricharan (born 20 March 1987), is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada Kannada () is a Dravi ...

*03 – "Ola Ola" – Hari,

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*04 – "Madana Mohana" – Pranavi, S. P. B. Charan *05 – "Tuhi Tuhi" – Haricharan,

Sunil Kashyap Sunil Kashyap is an Indian film music composer, singer, and musician in Tollywood. Sunil has sung the famous "Azeemo Shan Shehenshah" of A. R. Rahman's ''Jodhaa Akbar ''Jodhaa Akbar'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film ...

, Lipsika *06 – "Naa Raadha Tholisaari" - Kaarthik

Production

Lagadapati Sridhar decided to remake the Kannada film ''

'' in Telugu after he was impressed with the film. Chandru and Hari who were part of Kannada original was chosen to direct and compose music for this version thus making their debuts in Telugu films. Sudheer Babu and Nanditha, who earlier paired in ''

Prema Katha Chitram ''Prema Katha Chitram'' () is a 2013 Telugu-language horror comedy film produced by Maruthi and Sudarshan Reddy, and directed by J.Prabhakara Reddy. It stars Sudheer Babu and Nanditha. Reddy also is the cinematographer with editing by S. B. Uddh ...

'' (2013), were chosen for the film. Makers have modified the premise of the film in the Telugu version to suit the Krishna river.

Reception

Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini is a well-intended film that stays away from forced commercial elements and sticks to the basic plot. Though the movie starts as a teen love story, there is nobility in the way story progresses". A critic from ''123telugu'' opined that "On the whole ''Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini'' is a well made emotional love story. Sudheer Babu and Nandhita’s stunning performance are major assets".

References

External links

* {{R. Chandru 2015 films 2010s Telugu-language films Indian romantic action films Films shot in Telangana Telugu remakes of Kannada films Films scored by Achu Rajamani 2010s romantic action films Films directed by R. Chandru Films shot in Andhra Pradesh Films set in Andhra Pradesh