Chandralekha (2014 film)

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Chandralekha
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Directed by Om Prakash Rao
Written byM. S. Ramesh
Story by Maruthi
Based on Prema Katha Chitram
by Maruthi
Produced byKalakonda Vumma Sridhar Reddy
Starring Chiranjeevi Sarja
Shanvi Srivastava
CinematographyN. Ravikumar
Edited byLakshman Reddy
Music byJeevan Babu
Production
company
S. M. Productions
Distributed byRamu enterprises
Release date
  • 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget4.5 Cr
Box office32 Cr

Chandralekha is 2014 Kannada language horror comedy film directed by Om Prakash Rao starring Chranjeevi Sarja and Shanvi, while Sadhu Kokila plays a supporting role in the movie. The film is the Kannada remake of Telugu film Prema Katha Chitram (2013) and released with positive reviews [1] [2]

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Plot

People staying at a resort find terrifying things happening around them. Several people decide to commit suicide at a remote resort. The film is remake of Telugu film Prema Katha Chitram (2013)

The movie starts with Sudheer Babu, Praveen and Nanditha planning a combined and flawless suicide because of their failures in their respective lives. Firstly they try to fulfill their last wishes before leaving this world. Nanditha wants to steal a new car and Sudheer wants to slap the local MLA in his own house. After stealing a new car and slapping the local MLA, the trio flees away from there to a nearby resort after escaping from the police. At the resort, the car is stolen and the trio enters the resort to have some food. There Saptagiri, yet another suicide aspirant joins them and the four reach the farmhouse. There, Praveen and Nanditha, who is in love with Sudheer, plans to postpone their suicide for three days so that they can prevent Sudheer from killing himself due to love failure.

Their plan turns successful and in that interval of three days, all the four get close to each other. Sudheer develops feelings for Nanditha but hesitates to tell her for fear of being humiliated by her. At the end of the third day, Praveen asks Nanditha to kiss Sudheer to divert from death, per male psychology. He meanwhile asks Sudheer to kiss Nanditha as she wants to experience her first kiss before dying to which Sudheer accepts with shame and shyness. As he tries to kiss her, a ghost enters the body of Nanditha, who forces Sudheer out of there. A flabbergasted Sudheer runs out of the room. Whenever Nanditha shows her feelings to Sudheer and Sudheer reacts to it by hugging or touching her, the ghost enters her body and scares Sudheer away. Unaware of the ghost's entry into her body, Nanditha grew depressed.

That night Sudheer learns about Nanditha. Nanditha, a hotel management student, falls for Sudheer, her neighbor. Sudheer never observes her and his intimacy with another girl leads Nanditha to plan to propose to Sudheer at any cost. Praveen, who wants to prevent Sudheer from committing suicide, uses this opportunity and plans the combined suicide. Thus the four are aware that they are not going to die. When Praveen hears Sudheer describing Nanditha as a ghost, he rushes to Nanditha's room to scold her and ask for an apology to Sudheer, only to see the ghost enter her body and thrash him. That night, Saptagiri too experiences the ghost's fury at its villainous best. The trio decides to distance themselves from her and always stay together.

From the next morning, they try to get the ghost to vacate Nanditha's body only to earn the wrath of the ghost. After Nanditha learns about the ghost's presence in her, she too accompanies the trio to escape from there, in vain. Nanditha, who observes Sudheer avoiding her to escape the wrath of the ghost, gets deeply hurt and depressed, resulting in a suicide attempt by slitting her wrist. Three rich men enter the farmhouse who permit the four to stay there. One of them is the owner of the farmhouse. Sudheer reaches Nanditha but in turn, is requested to kill those three by the ghost. Sudheer asks her the reason for vengeance, and the ghost narrates her story to the trio.

The ghost is Lakshmi, a newly married girl who enters the farmhouse with her husband for their first night. There these three drunk men break the boy's head with a champagne bottle and rape the girl. The boy dies after being impaled accidentally and drowning in the swimming pool. Then those three men bury her nearby. Sudheer, Praveen, and Saptagiri kill them. The ghost leaves Nanditha's body. The trio takes her to a nearby hospital, where Sudheer donates blood to her. She gains consciousness, and the movie ends with Saptagiri and Praveen watching the couple hugging each other.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by J.B. and released by Aditya Music.

Chandralekha
Soundtrack album by
J.B.
ReleasedDec 9, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre Soundtrack
Length22:26
Label Aditya Music
Producer J.B.
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."I Just Love You Baby"Arasu Revanth, Lipsika3:56
2."Noode Swamy" Kaviraj Rahul Sipligunj 3:22
3."Preeethi Maina"Arasu Karthik, Malavika 4:28
4."Oh My Love" Kaviraj Lipisika4:39
5."Kaadhiruve" Jayanth Kaikini Deepu, Ramya NSK 4:49
6."Chandralekha - Theme (Instrumental Version)"  Instrumental 1:12
Total length:22:26

Reception

Critical response

A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "While Chiranjeevi Sarja does justice to his challenging role as a dejected lover, Shanvi Srivastav delivers an equally impressive performance. Nagashekara and Sadhu Kokila bring some comic relief. V Ravi Kumar’s work with the camera is remarkable". [3] Shyam Prasad S from Bangalore Mirror wrote "Nagshekar and Sadhu Kokila manage to make the film worth all the trouble. The music and cinematography do not add much value but are not bad either. There are enough power-packed scenes in the second half that make the ticket price worthwhile". [4] B S Srivani from Deccan Herald wrote "Chiranjeevi Sarja would do a LOT better if he kicks his smoking habit, sheds weight, shaves his beard and works hard at dialogue delivery. Inserting a song towards the end also pulls the film down. Chandralekha is strictly for brainless masti". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ IST (8 March 2014). ""Chandralekha" Review Roundup: Refreshingly Good Horror-Comedy". Ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shanvi and Chiru signed on for 'Chandralekha'". The New Indian Express . 21 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "CHANDRALEKHA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India . 14 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Movie review: Chandralekha". Bangalore Mirror . 8 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Spoofing suicide can be scary". Deccan Herald . 8 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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