Moodu Mukkalaata
Moodu Mukkalaata (transl. Three card poker) is a 2000 Telugu-language romantic comedy film, produced by Ramoji Rao under the Ushakiran Movies banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.[1] It stars Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi and music composed by M. M. Srilekha.[2]
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| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Produced by | Ramoji Rao |
| Written by | Janardhan Maharshi (story / dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Starring | Jagapati Babu Soundarya Rambha Raasi |
| Music by | M. M. Srilekha |
| Cinematography | V. Srinivasa Reddy |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
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Running time | 145 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Shanti Swaroop (Jagapati Babu) is a handsome college lecturer. Shravani (Soundarya) is a librarian in the same college. Lahari (Rambha) and Aliveni (Raasi) are students studying there. These three girls fall in love with Shanti Swaroop and he loves Shravani. Shravani is staying with her married sister (Priya), in which her brother-in-law Paramahamsa (Prakash Raj) has incestuous tendencies and secretly dreams of marrying Shravani by hook or by crook. Shravani's sister is paralyzed. Later, it is revealed that it is Paramahamsa who slowly poisoned his wife so that he can marry Shravani on that pretext. Lahari is a pampered sister of industrialist tycoon and millionaire Yugandhar (Nassar). She misinterprets that Shanti loves her due to some incidents. When Lahari comes to know that he loves Shravani, she attempts suicide. Yugandhar, who comes to know about the incident threatens Shanti that he will kill Shanti's mother (Annapoorna) if he does not marry his sister. To avoid this, Shanti agrees to marry Lahari. Aliveni is the only daughter of Barrela Bala Raju (Tanikella Bharani), a famous rowdy. After coming to know that Aliveni loves Shanti, he makes her perform a drama that she got pregnant because of Shanti. To avoid the suicide of Aliveni, Shanti agrees to marry her. Shanti has agreed to marry the three damsels and Paramahamsa, Yugandhar and Bala Raju are after his life. How he manages them and how he marries Shravani forms the crux of the story.
Cast
- Jagapati Babu as Shanti Swaroop
- Soundarya as Shravani
- Rambha as Lahari
- Raasi as Aliveni
- Prakash Raj as Paramahamsa
- Nassar as Yugandhar Prasad
- Tanikella Bharani as Barrela Bala Raju
- Sudhakar as Pandu
- Brahmanandam as priest
- M. S. Narayana as Bala Raju's assistant
- A.V.S. as Gottam Govinda Raju
- Chitti Babu as priest
- L.B. Sriram as Yugandhar's assistant
- Gundu Sudharshan as Bala Raju's assistant
- Annapoorna as Shanti Swaroop's mother
- Priya as Paramahamsa's wife
- Varsha as Bhaskara Lakshmi
- Uttej
- Raja Ravindra as Nivas
- Sana as Amrita
- Delhi Rajeswari as Bala Raju's wife
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:21 | |||
| Label | Mayuri Audio | |||
| Producer | M. M. Srilekha | |||
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Music composed by M. M. Srilekha. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on Mayuri Audio Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Chinavaada Chinavaada" | Chandrabose | Mano, Nithyasree Mahadevan | 5:41 |
| 2. | "Palakova" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Prema Prema Andi" | Chandrabose | Sukhwinder Singh, Sujatha | 4:36 |
| 4. | "Raashi Chooste" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Udit Narayan, Chitra | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Prema Vikramarkudu" | Chandrabose | SP Balu, Vasundhara Das | 4:53 |
| 6. | "Vaana Kanyaka" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 24:21 | |||