''Chandamama'' (

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: చందమామ,

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translation: ''Moon'') is a

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Telugu film directed by

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starring

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and Kajal Aggarwal alongside

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, and

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. The movie is produced by C. Kalyan and S. Vijayanand, the musical score is provided by

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and the base story by Akula Venkat. Popular actress

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gave her voice to Kajal Aggarwal. The film has garnered the five

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and received highly positive reviews. Over the years, the film remained as a cult classic in Telugu states for it's repeat value in television. The film was remade under the name '' A Aa E Ee'' in Tamil by

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. Adivi Sesh missed the opportunity to play Navdeep's Character.

Plot

Ranga Rao: a widower, landlord, and well-respected man, loves his beloved daughter Mahalakshmi: a sweet, intelligent, innocent, and somewhat fun-loving girl who loves her father as much as he loves her, more than anything else. His brother also has a daughter Rani and a son. Rani is like a sister to Mahalakshmi and a second daughter to Ranga Rao. Rani is a hyper, whiny, talkative but fun-loving, sweet girl. When Mahalakshmi returns from college, Ranga Rao realizes that she has grown up and decides to fix her marriage with Dhorababu, an innocent, good-natured, and rather shy boy. After the engagement, Mahalakshmi reveals to Dhorababu that in the city, she had fallen in love with Kishore, a mischievous, witty, and amiable youth. After spending the night with her, Kishore made it clear that he was not interested in marrying her. Mahalakshmi says that she did not want to lie and cheat Dhorababu, because she knows he is good and deserves better. Dhorababu goes to meet and confront Kishore, where he learns it was all a prank and that Kishore actually loves Mahalakshmi. He fakes an accident and brings Kishore to the village under the pretense of a doctor. Mahalakshmi forgives Kishore. Finding out the secret, Rani falls in love with Dhorababu and vice versa. They dare not tell anyone, however. Ranga Rao misunderstands their feelings and fixes Rani's marriage with Kishore, to take place at the same time as Mahalakshmi's with Dhorababu. The four youngsters decide the only way left is to elope, though Mahalakshmi has mixed feelings about this, as she feels it would hurt her father. At the last minute, Mahalakshmi cannot go through with it and tearfully confesses the truth to her father. Luckily, Ranga Rao understands and has the girls marry their respective lovers.

Cast

as Kishore * Kajal Aggarwal as Mahalakshmi (Voice by Charmy Kaur) *

as Dhorababu *

as Rani *

as Ranga Rao *

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as Rani's brother *

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as Ramalingeswara Rao *

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as Kondala Rao *

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as Sakkubai * Jeeva as Police Inspector *

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as Police Constable *

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Soundtrack

Music of Chandamama was launched on 20 August 2007 in a live telecasting of a private TV channel. This launch was attended by the cast and crewmembers of the film.

composed the music.

released the audio and handed over the first cassette to producer C Kalyan. Supreme Music bought the audio rights.

Remakes

Box office

The film was highly successful at the box office and completed a 100-day run on 18 December 2007.

Satellite Rights

The satellite rights of the film was sold to

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Awards

;

(in

) * Best Home - Viewing Feature Film - C. Kalyan *

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* Best Character Actor -

* Best Art Director - Srinivasa Raju * Best Male Comedian -

References

External links

*
Snippet on Nonstop Cinema

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandamama (Film) 2000s Telugu-language films 2007 films Telugu films remade in other languages Films directed by Krishna Vamsi Indian drama films