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Pellaina Kothalo
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Wikipedia article
'Pellaina Kothalo' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language film written, directed and produced by Madan with cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy. The film stars Jagapati Babu and Priyamani, with music composed by Agashtya.
Plot
Veeramachineni Harikrishna is a software professional who earns 50,000 a month. Under enormous pressure from his parents who want him married, his friend Bhagawan, a lawyer always dominates his wife Satyabhama and she bears it silently. So his advice to Hari is to dominate his wife from the beginning to lead a happy life. Lakshmi is also a software professional who earns the same salary. Lakshmi's close friend and guide Janaki a domineering wife who keeps her husband Chalapathi under her toe, tells Lakshmi the same thing. Hari & Lakshmi are formally arranged to meet each other 'Pelli Choopulu'. They like each other instantly and get married. The spanner in the works is now thrown in by Bhagawan, who advises Hari that if he doesn't stand his ground and be dominating for the first few days, he will be doomed to be a hen-pecked husband and Janaki also does the same.
This leads to the normally sensible Hari & Lakshmi trying to be one up with the other right from day one. Each wants to wait until the other blinks first, and so the marriage is never consummated. After a while, Hari & Lakshmi go overboard on Bhagawan & Janaki's suggestions eventually, things hit rock bottom, and they decide to divorce. During that plight, Hari's grandparents arrive. Ostensibly completely unaware of the situation, they insist that for the good of the family, the young couple should perform a ceremony that every newlywed couple performs in the family 'Dampatya Vratam'. So Hari & Lakshmi go along with them to the family's ancestral house in their village and start a week-long series of religious rituals, a well-planned series of psychological maneuvers. Meanwhile, Bhagawan and Janaki also realize that it is just their couple's virtue of nobleness, not their art of talent and they too advise Hari & Lakshmi to compromise. Finally, movie ends with first night of Hari & Lakshmi.
Cast
* Jagapati Babu as Veeramachineni Harikrishna "Hari"
* Priyamani as Lakshmi "Lucky"
* Astha Singhal as Astha "Chintu"
* Raju Sundaram as Prakash
* Kota Srinivasa Rao as Veeraraju, Hari's grandfather
* Brahmanandam
* Sunil as Chalapathi
* Ali as Ali
* Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Priest
* M. S. Narayana as Lakshmi's uncle
* Venu Madhav as Venu Madhav
* Giribabu
* Ahuti Prasad as Hari's father
* Krishna Bhagawan as Bhagawan
* Shankar Melkote as Ali's boss
* Madhu
* Geetanjali as Hari's grandmother
* Kovai Sarala
* Jhansi as Janaki
* Hema as Satya Bhama
* Gundu Sudarshan as Traffic Police Officer
* Rajitha as Lakshmi's aunt
* Madhumani
* Devisri
* Sushma
* Waheeda Rehman as a servant at Hari's grandfather's house
Soundtrack
Music composed by Agashtya. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.
References
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