''Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu'' is a 2010 Indian

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film written and directed by D. P. Raghuram. It stars

Shiva Rajkumar Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema.

and

Sonal Chauhan Sonal Chauhan (born 16 May 1987) is an Indian actress, singer and model who predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi language films. She made her acting debut with Hindi film '' Jannat'' and her Telugu film debut with ''Rainbow'', both in 200 ...

. The film was notable in that it had scenes shot in the

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Cast

Shiva Rajkumar Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema.

as Vishwanath *

as Prakruthi *

Hariprriya Shruthi Chandrasena, known professionally as Haripriya, is an Indian actress and model who chiefly works in Kannada films, in addition to a few Tamil and Telugu films. Haripriya is currently engaged to Kannada actor Vasista.N. Simha. Early li ...

as Sahana * Chitra Shenoy as Sharada, Prakruthi's mother * Chandrashekar as Desai, Prakruthi's father * H. G. Dattatreya as Gopala Gowda * Shanthamma as Shanthamma * Venkatesh Prasad as Nikhil * Kavya as Nischitha * Tarun Sudheer as Manoj * Sangeetha as Sumathi * Avinash as Patil *

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as Sumithra * Rekha Kumar as Pavani, Patil's daughter * Nagashekar *

Mandeep Roy Mandeep Rai is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Mandeep Rai as an actor include '' ...Re'' (2016), '' Aaptha Rakshaka'' (2010), '' Amrithadhare'' (2005), ''Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu'' (2001). Career Mand ...

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as narrator * Prem Kumar as Prem in a cameo appearance

Synopsis

Vishwas (

Shiva Rajkumar Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema.

),also called as Vishwa by his friends. He is a poor, happy-going, carefree, humble and generous person. He is doing a job of a travel guide. Prakruthi (

), is arich girl but an introvert, who does not believe in the concepts of love and marriage because of the traumatic experience she went through in her childhood. Vishwa makes her understand her believes are not true. His helping nature, simpleness attracted her. She falls for him instantly. How does she win his love forms the plot of the movie.

Production

Filming

"Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu" Muhurat shot and formal launch was done on 11 December 2008 in Sri Durga Parameswari Temple at Vidyaranyapura in Bangalore, India. Principal photography began that day, as informed by the makers. On 18 March 2010, entire shooting of the film has been completed.

Soundtrack

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scored the film's background score and the soundtrack. The soundtrack album consists of eight tracks. Lyrics for the tracks were written by V. Nagendra Prasad,

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, S. Narayan and

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

. A remixed version of the song "

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" from the film ''

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'' (1993) was used in the film. The album was released on 30 November 2009 and was distributed in by Anand Audio. A

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was distributed along with the audio CD of the album that contained a 55-minute video of the film's making.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "While Sonal is simply superb, Haripriya is equally good. Dattanna, Prem, Tarun, Venkatesh Prasad have done justice to their roles. Kabir Lal's camera work is pleasing to the eyes. V Harikrishna walks away with all honours for his brilliant musical work. Chinthan, dialogue writer, needs special mention for his good work. A movie for the family audience". B S Srivani from

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wrote "Dialogues by Chintan, cinematography by Kabir Lal and music by V Harikrishna all complement the director’s vision, providing ample tour-time for the intrepid travellers. “Cheluveye...” is Shivanna's 98th release. The film is a must watch, not only for his fans but also families and armchair tourists".

References

{{Reflist 2010 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010 romance films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2010 directorial debut films Indian romance films