Nuvve Kavali

Story:

The 2000 Telugu-language romantic film Nuvve Kavali was produced by Ramoji Rao under the banner of Ushakiran Movies and directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar. Starring Tarun, Richa Pallod, Sai Kiran, and Varsha (the former three making their debuts in lead roles), the movie is an official version of the 1999 Malayalam film Niram.

On October 13, 2000, Nuvve Kavali was released to overwhelmingly good reviews, particularly for Trivikram Srinivas’ dialogue and Koti’s songs and background score. The movie was the highest-grossing Telugu film at the time of its release and had a lengthy theatrical run, earning a distributor’s share of almost ₹19.20 crore at the box office. Nuvve Kavali, which was shot entirely in Ramoji Film City and produced on a shoestring budget of ₹1.2 crore, became a sleeper hit and won the 48th National Film Awards’ Best Telugu Feature Film prize.  Four Filmfare Awards South were won by the movie, including Best Telugu Film.

Plot

Madhu and Tarun have been great friends since childhood. In the same hospital, they were born on the same day. Even their parents, who are now neighbours, were great friends in college. Madhu and Tarun are so inseparable that they attend the same college and take the same course. Except for Varsha, the naive and awkward girl who has a huge crush on Tarun, everyone knows they are simply friends. She asks him about his feelings for Madhu after noticing them, and he laughs and strongly rejects them.

Prakash, a very gifted singer and another student, falls in love with Madhu after she joins him in spontaneous singing during a college event. In order to compete in a few inter-college tournaments, he, Madhu, and others travel to Bangalore for a week. For the first time in their lives, they are apart, and Tarun begins to miss Madhu terribly, but he is unable to comprehend how he feels. Rukku, his maid who frequently makes fun of him and Madhu, begins making fun of him by saying that he is missing her because he loves her. Tarun gradually comes to the realisation that he does love her. When she gets back, he purchases a greeting card and a gift to show his affection. In the meantime, he witnesses a college girl slapping her friend after he asked her to marry him.

“Such guys are a shame towards friendship because they pretend to be friends but really have other intentions,” she explains in a worried attitude. In order for a girl and a guy to be best friends worry-free, she hopes that all guys could be like Tarun. Tarun chooses not to tell Madhu how he feels for fear that she may respond similarly.

After returning from Bangalore, Madhu informs Tarun that Prakash asked her to marry him while they were there. When she visits his room to ask him how to respond, she unintentionally partially unlocks the drawer that contains his present and greeting card. He quickly shuts it, urges her not to open it, and says that if she likes Prakash, she should accept the proposal. She eventually accepts Prakash’s proposal, but things later become a little rocky because Prakash dislikes Tarun and Madhu’s closeness.

Madhu’s grandma soon visits Prakash’s home to schedule their wedding. Preparations for her marriage are under way after her parents give their approval. After being married, it is agreed that Madhu and Prakash will move to the United States, where his entire family has made their home. At that point, she understands that getting married would mean permanently leaving Tarun and ending their love. She tries to discuss her unexpected distaste for marriage with Tarun. He states nonchalantly that it is all inevitable and a part of life. How can he speak so heartlessly, she asks? She expresses her desire to stay and questions why she felt compelled to love Prakash. She chastises him for not seeing her as the object of his affection in the first place. Emotionally driven, Tarun now embraces Madhu, sobs, and flees from her.

Madhu begins to question his behaviour and recalls the drawer he refused to let her open. She is astonished to discover the card and present when she enters his room. She declares that she will inform everyone about them and that she does not wish to wed Prakash.Tarun adamantly declines, claiming that their parents have granted them unrestricted independence and that it would be incredibly self-centred and careless of them to betray their confidence. She completes the engagement ceremony at his demand.

Tarun claims that he will not be there at the wedding since he has to travel out of state for a basketball game after the engagement. He ignores the parents’ attempts to persuade him. They reminisce about their entire upbringing while Madhu drives him to the station. Madhu sobs and cradles Tarun as he boards the train at the station. He can’t get away.The parents come to the police after the maid at the house tells them everything. On the platform steps, they locate Madhu and Tarun and inform them that their feelings are normal and that it is the way of the world. They promise Madhu and Prakash that their marriage will be dissolved and that they would continue to be together as they always have.