Choodalani Vundi

Choodalani Vundi (transl. I'd like to see) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Gunasekhar, and produced by Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri and Prakash Raj. The film has music composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu.[1]

Choodalani Vundi
Theatrical poster
Directed byGunasekhar
Produced byAshwini Dutt
Written byGunasekhar
Diwakar Babu
StarringChiranjeevi
Soundarya
Anjala Zaveri
Prakash Raj
Music byMani Sharma
CinematographyChota K. Naidu
Production
company
Release date
  • 27 August 1998 (1998-08-27)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Released on 27 August 1998, the film was a success at box office.[2] The film received two Filmfare Awards South and three state Nandi Awards. In 2003, it was remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail.[3]

Plot

Ramakrishna (Chiranjeevi) is a mechanic whose life changes when he meets Priya (Anjala Zaveri) at a train station. She sees him and feels some inexplicable connection, and then runs away with him to flee her father Mahendra's (Prakash Raj) goons. They end up living in the forest with their son, but Mahendra, who is an underworld don, kidnaps her so that he can marry her off to another don's son. Ramakrishna confronts Mahendra, and in the ensuing struggle, Priya takes the bullet shot at Ramakrishna and dies. Their son loses his voice because of the shock, and Ramakrishna is jailed. Mahendra takes the boy away to Kolkata, where the story originally started. Ramakrishna, with the help of Padmavathi (Soundarya), whom he falls in love with, reunites with his son.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score were Composed by Mani Sharma. It is considered as his breakthrough film that helped him earn offers to compose for big budget films early in his career.

The film's single, Yamaha Nagari written by Veturi with the vocals of Haricharan, is a rendition of Patnam Subramania Iyer's carnatic music composition Raghuvamsa Sudha. The song depicts the culture and beauty of the city of Kolkata.[4][5]

Choodalani Vundi
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released1998
Recorded1998
GenreSoundtrack
Length31:59
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Ganesh
(1998)		 Choodalani Vundi
(1998)		 Manasichi Choodu
(1998)
Track Listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yamaha Nagari"Veturi Sundararama MurthyHariharan6:43
2."Ramma Chilakammma"Veturi Sundararama MurthyUdit Narayan, Swarnalatha4:47
3."Oh Mariya"ChandraboseShankar Mahadevan, Kavitha Krishnamurthy5:52
4."Simbale Simbale"Veturi Sundararama MurthyS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra4:37
5."Manasa Ekkadunnav"Veturi Sundararama MurthyS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra5:02
6."Abbaba Iddu"Veturi Sundararama MurthyS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha4:58
Total length:31:59

Reception

Giddaluri Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot gave positive review for the film. He praised Chiranjeevi for picking up a new theme and Gunasekhar for executing it.[6]

The film is a commercial success and had a theatrical run of 100 days.[5]

Awards
Filmfare Awards
Nandi Awards

References
  1. Choodalani Vundi Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes, retrieved 11 August 2020
  2. "Chiranjeevi starrer Choodalani Vundi clocks 22 years; Take a look at some working stills - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. "'Anil, Rani are not stars. They're good actors'". Rediff. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. "పరహింస పరాయణ చంద్రశ్రీ". Sakshi (in Telugu). 23 April 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. "మెగాస్టార్ చిరంజీవి సూపర్ హిట్ చిత్రం 'చూడాలని వుంది' విడుదలైన 22 ఏళ్లు." News18 Telugu. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. "చూడాలని వుంది: చూడొచ్చండి" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. "Choodalani Vundi Awards: List of Awards won by Telugu movie Choodalani Vundi". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  8. "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 1998". APFTVTDC. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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