Chantigadu

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Chantigadu
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Directed by Jaya
Written byJaya
Dialogue by Marudhuri Raja
Produced byBA Raju
Starring
CinematographyPoorna K.
Music by Vandemataram Srinivas
Production
company
Superhit Friends
Release date
  • 26 November 2003 (2003-11-26)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹80 lakh [1]

Chantigadu is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Jaya and starring Baladitya in his lead debut and newcomer Suhasini with Saranya and Ahuti Prasad in supporting roles. [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

The shooting for the film began on 9 June 2003 in Hyderabad. [3] The song "Kokkoroko" was choreographed by the duo Venu-Pal and was shot on 20 June 2003. [3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas, [4] and the lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Kasarla Shyam and Paidisetty Ram. [5] The audio release function was held on 30 September 2003. [6] The music CD was released by N. T. Rama Rao Jr. on 7 October 2003. [7]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Swathi Muthyamy" Karthik, Usha 5:35
2."Chirugalilaa" S. P. Charan, Usha4:23
3."Love Me Love Me" Shreya Ghoshal 4:56
4."Okkasari Pilichavante" Udit Narayan, Mahalakshmi Iyer 5:37
5."Siggulolike Seethalu"Gangadhar, Sunitha 5:16
6."Kokkoroko" Shankar Mahadevan 4:19
7."Seetha Koka Chilukalu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:46
Total length:35:52


Release

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film 3 14 out of 5 and wrote that "This film comes as a whiff of fresh air when we find every Telugu film that is releasing in recent times failing to appeal to the audiences". [5]

Box office

The film was a box office success and ran for fifty days. [8] [9]

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