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Kalisundam Raa
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Wikipedia article
'Kalisundham Raa' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at National Film Awards 2001. The film won four Nandi Awards by Government of Andra Pradesh.
At the time of its release, it was the highest grossing Telugu movie of all time until it was broken by Narasimha Naidu the following year. The film was remade in Hindi as 'Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein', with Fardeen Khan and introducing Richa Pallod in 2002.
Plot
Raghaviah and Ram Mohan Rao are brothers-in-law. But Ram Mohan Rao is at loggerheads with Raghaviah because of a family feud. Raghaviah is nearing his 60s and it's time for his Shastipoorti ceremony. Upon incessant requests from his wife, Raghaviah decides to invite (for the first time) his daughter-in-law and grandchildren who are staying in Bombay. Raghu is the alienated handsome grandson of Raghavia. After arriving at Ramapuram from Bombay, he faces embarrassment from the members of Raghaviah's family. There he meets a childlike beauty Manga. Manga and Raghu play a few pranks on each other and slowly they fall deeply in love. But they never admit their love to each other. With his unconditional love towards the family members, Raghu wins their confidence and hearts.
Later on, Raghu discovers the cause of the feud between the families of Raghaviah and Ram Mohan Rao. Raghu's father Bhaskar Rao is supposed to marry Ram Mohan Rao's daughter Rajani. Bhaskar prefers his college flame Kousalya rather than Rajani, so he leaves for Mumbai and gets married, and disappointed Rajani opts for suicide. Ram Mohan Rao blames it on Raghaviah and starts treating him indifferently. Erra Babu, the fiery son of Ram Mohan Rao, is another victim of the incident. He develops a prejudice against Raghaviah and aims for his blood.
After a few days of timely strategic manipulation, Raghu succeeds in bringing the two troubled families together. Then they decide to marry Manga off to Ram Mohan Rao's grandson to tighten their family bonds. Raghu sacrifices his love in order to make sure that everybody is happy. As the preparations are going on for the wedding Manga, they find that Manga is missing. Everyone knows about Raghu and Manga's love story and finally Erra Babu realizes his mistake and also agrees to their love and unites both lovers.
Cast
* Venkatesh as Raghu
* Simran as Manga
* K. Viswanath as Raghaviah
* Srihari as Erra Babu
* Brahmanandam as Ramavadhani
* Ali as Snake Man
* AVS as Venkatadri
* M. S. Narayana as Lawyer Lingam
* Ahuti Prasad as Shankar Rao
* Ranganath as Ram Mohan Rao
* Rallapalli as Govindu
* Prasad Babu as Prasad
* Vinod as Siva
* Achyuth as Bhaskar Rao
* Raja Ravindra as Ram Mohan Rao's son-in-law
* Ananth as Constable
* Chitti Babu as Subbavadhani
* Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Barber
* Gautam Raju as Peon
* Chandra Mouli
* Madhu as Rowdy
* Jenny as Priest
* Annapurna as Janaki
* Venniradi Nirmala as Kousalya
* Rama Prabha as Kantham
* C. R. Vijayakumari as Aliveelu Mangatayaru
* Vinaya Prasad as Anasuya
* Sudha as Raghu's aunty
* Kalpana Rai as Rathalu
* Shanoor Sana as Parvathi
* Malika as Raghu's aunty
* Kalpana
* Meena Kumari as Rajani
* Harika as Sirisha
* Deepika
* Manoja
* Lata
* Master Sajja Teja as Sandeep
* Master Aajaa Mohar
* Master Kireethi
* Master Pavan
* Master Aseem
* Baby Sindhura
* Baby Bhagyasri
Soundtrack
Music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Music released on SUPREME Music Company.
Remakes
Box office
'Kalisundham Raa' was rated as the biggest hit in Telugu cinema in 70 years until the release of 'Nuvve Kavali' in 2000.[http://www.celebritiesprofile.info/index.php/actor-profiles/Daggupati-Venkatesh-tollywood-star.php celebritiesprofile.info: The Leading Celebrity Profile Site on the Net] It ran for a record 100 days in 76 centres, 175 days in 17 centres and 200 days in 3 centres. It broke the records made by 'Samarasimha Reddy' in 1999.
Awards
;National Film Awards
* National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
; Filmfare Awards
* Filmfare Special Jury Award for Best Actor - Venkatesh
;Nandi Awards(in Telugu)
* Best Feature Film - Gold - D. Suresh Babu
* Best Actor - Venkatesh
* Best Supporting Actor - K. Vishwanath
* Best Story Writer - Dinraj and Uday Shankar
; Film fan's Association Awards
* Best Feature Film - D. Suresh Babu
* Best Actor - Venkatesh
* Best Actress - Simran
References
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