Pesarattu (film)

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Pesarattu
Pesarattu poster.jpg
Directed by Mahesh Kathi
Written byAripirala Satyaprasad
Produced byG Aravind Reddy, Seshagiri, Kiran Gudipalli
Starring
CinematographyKamalakar
Edited byPrasankar
Music by Ghantasala Viswanath
Release date
  • 6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)(India)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIndia
Languagetelugu

Pesarattu is a 2015 Telugu language film directed by Mahesh Kathi. [1] [2]

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Production

This is the first-ever crowd-funded, crowd-sourced cooperative film in Telugu. [3] Twelve producers contributed to the making of this film.

Plot

Bhavana (Nikitha Narayan) is ready to get engaged but faces some confusion. When the day of betrothal arrives her family cannot find her. The groom Yuvaraj (Nandu) arrives and the family finally locates her.

Cast

Reception

The Times of India noted a film including advertisements as story is one of the perils befalling crowd-funded films in a production's wish to please those who contributed. In analyzing the plot and storyline, while appreciative of the actors they felt the film was overall "pathetic". [1] However, they did find the film's soundtrack album to be "a fun album with good lyrics and enjoyable compositions.". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rao, Ch Sushil (6 February 2015). "Pesarattu Movie Review". The Times of India . Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. lingarkar, Deepika (6 February 2015). "Pesarattu Movie Review, Rating – Nikitha Narayanan, Nandu". All India Roundup. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. staff (19 December 2014). "Pesarattu's team on Ali Talkies". Times of India . Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. Sashidhar, AS (18 December 2014). "Music Review : Pesarattu". Times of India . Retrieved 28 April 2015.