Pakka Chukka

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Pakka Chukka
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Directed by S. Narayan
Written byIlakkana
S Narayan
Screenplay byIlakkana
S Narayan
Ramani
Produced byPavan Narayan
Pankaj Narayan
Starring
CinematographyMathew
Edited byP. R. Sounder Raj
Music bySongs:
S. Narayan
Score:
Prashanth Raj
Production
company
Shambhavi Pictures
Release date
  • 31 January 2003 (2003-01-31)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Pakka Chukka is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language film directed by S. Narayan starring Ramesh Aravind and himself. Ruchita Prasad, Mahalakshmi, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru and Sundar Raj play supporting roles. The film released to negative reviews. [1]

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Plot

Rami and Nani disguise as their fathers (who are their lookalikes) and make a group of people believe that they are swamijis. After finding out that they have been tricked,people beat up the fathers since Rami and Nani ran away. While on the run, Rami and Nani run into a house where a newly married couple are ready to get in bed during their first night. The couple files a complaint to the police station. Since the police are after them, Rami and Nani run non-stop and jump on stage during a modeling competition and win a oil lamp. In the meanwhile, Chandru tells a group of guys that two potential grooms are coming from America for their rich uncle and his men hatch a plan to pretend to dress like them and kidnap them at the Bangalore International Airport. Chandru's men execute the plan with two of them dressing like the American potential grooms and two of them as the kidnappers. After the police inspector Sundar Raj comes, Rami and Nani run to the airport. While they are changing, the clothes of grooms from America and their orange wigs fall on them. One shirt says "Pakka" and the other "Chukka". After they leave the airport, Chandru's rich uncle mistakes them to be the American grooms. They now call themselves Pakka and Chukka hoping that they will not lose their identities. The movie continues with Chandru and Sundru attempting to hatch a series of plots against Rami and Nani including a failed attempt to switch Rami and Nani back with Chandru's men. Rami and Nani fall in love with the rich man's daughters - Meena and her sister, respectively. Rami and Nani escape from the rich man's home. Chandru and Sudru choke their rich uncle's wife and make her faint. They frame Rami and Nani for the murder but since they act as mentally unstable, they are taken to the mental hospital as shown at the beginning of the film. Rami and Nani's fathers find out what their sons have been doing and come to the rich man's house. The leave their sons naked with only a towel and steal their wigs, taking advantage of the situation. Chandru and Sundru are confused when Rami and Nani start shaving but little do they know that they are not Rami and Nani but their fathers. Rami and Nani's father take advantage of the situation and Rami's father even falls for the maid. This confuses the rich man who had a good impression of the American grooms, who now start smoking in front of him. Chandru and Sundru come to their rich uncle's house in the night. They are confused because when they wake Rami and Nani, they come to urinate on them twice (the second time it was their fathers). Chandru and Sundru use Meena and her sister to do something against Rami and Nani. However, a flies comes into the room and lands on Sundru, leaving him injured. The rich man later finds out that Rami and Nani are not his potential grooms from America but he is okay with them marrying his daughters after all that has happened.

Cast

Production

S. Narayan made the film with the intention to make people bored at home laugh for two hours. [3] Mahalakshmi, who had sung a song, made her acting debut with this film. Her fiancé Giridhar Dewan disowned her after seeing her glamorous acting in the film. [4]

Soundtrack

Pakka Chukka
Soundtrack album by
S. Narayan
Background Score:
Prashanth Raj
Released2003
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length19:28
LanguageKannada
Label Akash Audio
S. Narayan chronology
Pakka Chukka
(2003)		Veeru
(2006)
Prashanth Raj chronology
Aathma
(2002)		Pakka Chukka
(2003)		Hucchana Maduveli Undone Jana
(2003)

The songs for the film were composed by S. Narayan while the background score was composed by Prashanth Raj. The soundtrack was released under the music label Akash Audio. [5]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ghal Ghal Ghal" Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra 4:42
2."Gumma Gumma" S. Narayan, L. N. Shastri 4:24
3."Masala Masala" Manjula Gururaj 5:12
4."Odu Odu Odu" Devan Ekambaram 4:30
5."Yavva Yavva Enaithu"Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra4:40
Total length:23:28

Release and reception

The film was released on 30 January 2003. [6]

A critic from Viggy wrote that "Overall, is an overdosed comedy film without sync". [7] A critic from indiainfo wrote that "People have forgotten to laugh. Though they know that laughing is very necessary for good health. Actually there is no one to make them laugh". [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "ಮೀಸೆ ಪ್ರೇಮಿ ನಾರಾಯಣ್‌ ತನಗೆ ಬ್ರೇಕ್‌ ಕೊಡಬಹುದೆಂಬ ಆಸೆ ಹೊತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಎಂಬ ಗಾಯಕಿಯ ಗ್ರಹಚಾರ ಸರಿಯಿಲ್ಲ ; ಆಕೆಯ ಮದುವೆಯೇ ಬ್ರೇಕ್‌ ಆಗಿದೆ !". Filmibeat (in Kannada). 8 January 2003.
  2. ↑ "Ruchitaprasad joined Jogula". Viggy. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pakka Chukka - a film by S. Narayan". Viggy (in Kannada).
  4. ↑ ಚಿತ್ರಗುಪ್ತ (18 February 2011). "ಗಾಯಕಿ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ದುರಂತಕತೆ!". Filmibeat (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pakka Chukka (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". Apple Music . 2003.
  6. ↑ "Pakka Chukka releasing on Jan. 30th". Viggy. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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  8. ↑ "PAKKA CHUKKA - Review". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2003.
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