Ashta Chamma

Story:

Mohan Krishna Indraganti wrote and directed the 2008 Telugu-language romantic comedy Ashta Chamma. The movie stars Tanikella Bharani in a supporting role alongside Nani, Swathi Reddy, Srinivas Avasarala, and Bhargavi. The Importance of Being Earnest, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play, features four eccentric characters that are interspersed throughout a romance story. The movie was well-received upon release and did well at the box office. For her portrayal of Lavanya, Swathi received the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award for Best Actress.

The movie starts with a small introduction that all the female fans of actor Mahesh Babu, who have an excessive desire of marrying him, were “too angry” with him when he got married. Even Lavanya is one of them. Although, her aunt Mandira Devi repeatedly tells her that it’s not possible to marry Mahesh, she pays no heed and stays depressed for days. Finally, she compromises with her aunt by demanding that her husband’s name must be Mahesh. Her aunt relents and starts the search for the groom, though in vain.

Her neighbor, Anand, promises to help Lavanya by finding a seemingly perfect “Mahesh.” Finally, as all hope seems gone, Anand meets someone named Mahesh accidentally in a bar. He becomes friends with him and sees that Mahesh is a classy, handsome guy. After “testing” him, Anand introduces Mahesh to Lavanya and the couple seem destined to be together forever. Then one day Lavanya reveals her passion for the name of “Mahesh” and she reveals the reason that she loves him because his name is Mahesh. The reason utterly shocks Mahesh. Then in drunken state he shares the conversation had with Lavanya to Anand. The next morning, Anand finds a picture of a girl in Mahesh’s wallet. The picture has a note on the back, addressed to a “Rambabu.” Anand asks who Rambabu is, and Mahesh reveals the twist: his name is actually “Rambabu.”