Cheluva

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Cheluva
Directed by V. Ravichandran
Written byB. Suresh [Dialogues]
Screenplay byE. V. V. Sathyanarayana
Story byE. V. V. Sathyanarayana
Based on Hello Brother (1994 film)
Produced by S. Ramesh
StarringV. Ravichandran
Meena
Gautami
CinematographyG. S. V. Seetharam
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by Hamsalekha
Production
company
Mahalakshmi Pictures
Release date
30 September 1997
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Cheluva is a 1997 Kannada comedy-drama film directed and enacted by V. Ravichandran in dual roles. The rest of the cast includes Meena, Gautami, Suman and Tiger Prabhakar among others. [1] The film is a remake of Telugu film Hello Brother . The film was also twice remade in Hindi as Judwaa starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha and Judwaa 2 (2017) starring Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu and in Bengali as Bhaijaan Elo Re (2018) starring Shakib Khan, Srabanti Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar.

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The film featured an original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha and was produced by S. Ramesh for Mahalakshmi Pictures banner.

Plot

Cheluva and Vijay, two twin brothers, are separated in their childhood by Raghuram, a well-known criminal. Cheluva is left on the streets by Raghuram and becomes a small-time criminal. Vijay was brought up under his parents' guidance and is a well-known engineer. After several years, Cheluva has come face to face with his family. The rest of the film deals with the confusion the family face due to the lookalikes of Cheluva and Vijay.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha. [2]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Cheluvayya Cheluvayya" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra  
2."Parapancha Ee Parapancha" Mano, K. S. Chithra 
3."Thattharo Thattha" L. N. Shastry, L. N. Vijayalakshmi 
4."Hanga Nodabeda Henne"Mano 
5."O Pranasakhi"Mano, K. S. Chithra 
6."Oye Oye"Mano, K. S. Chithra 
7."Danthada Gombe"Mano, Latha Hamsalekha  

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