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TheatreTharun Bhascker is the writer and director of the 2016 Telugu romantic comedy Pelli Choopulu, which is produced by Raj Kandukuri and Yash Rangineni. Ritu Varma and Vijay Deverakonda play the key parts. The video depicts the narrative of a boy and girl who meet through matchmaking and how their dreams bring them together. It is partially based on a real-life occurrence with the “Spitfire BBQ” food truck.
On July 29, 2016, the movie was released globally to favourable reviews from critics and went on to become a commercial success. For the actors and staff involved in the movie, it was a breakthrough. According to Film Companion, it is among the “25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade”.
The film won two National Film Awards for Best Telugu Film and Best Screenplay, two State Nandi Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Actress, and two Filmfare Awards South including Best Telugu Film.[10][11] The film was remade in Hindi as Mitron (2018), in Malayalam as Vijay Superum Pournamiyum (2019) and in Tamil as Oh Manapenne! (2021).
Prasanth goes to Chitra’s house for a matchmaking event. He is a guy who completes his B.Tech by clearing many subjects for almost 5 years, but he is also lazy and incapable of doing any work. His dream is to become a chef and open a restaurant, but he doesn’t get any support from his father. Chitra is a very focused girl who works hard to fulfil her dreams of going to Australia. However, her father shows no interest, as she is a girl. When both of them meet at the matchmaking event her younger cousin, Subhash, accidentally locks the door which jams very often and they get stuck eventually. To pass time, they talk about their past.
Director | Tharun Bhascker |
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Story | Tharun Bhascker |
Screenplay | Tharun Bhascker |
Dialogues | Tharun Bhascker |
Cinematography | Nagesh Banell |
Editor | Ravi Teja Girijala |
Music | Vivek Sagar |
Producer | Raj KandukuriYash Rangineni |
Cast | Vijay Devarakonda Ritu Varma Priyadarshi PulikondaAnish KuruvillaGururaj Manepalli Kedar ShankarAbhay Bethiganti Padmaja LankaNanduKeshav DeepakAnisha AllaNandalal Krishnamoorthy |
Release Type | Theatre |
Language | Telugu |
Production | BigBen Cinemas Dharmapatha Creations |
Budget | 60 Lakh - 1.2 Crore |
Box Office | 30 Crores |
OTT Platform | SunNXT |
OTT Release Date | March 24, 2020 |