''Pellaina Kothalo'' () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

, produced and directed by Madan on Aa Naluguru Films banner. The film stars

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

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, and music composed by Agastya.

Plot

The film begins with two software engineers Veeramachineni Harikrishna & Lakshmi who are pantophobia and testy. Moreover, the two are consistently reliant on their besties Bhagawan & Janaki. A dominating wife & husband invariably suppress their spouse Satyabhama & Chalapati respectively. Hari & Lakshmi are formally arranged by elders to meet ''(Pelli Choopulu)''. Whereupon, they like each and knitted. Soon after, the pair adjudicate for a warm climate around them. But their trains indoctrinate their mindset in the name of ascendancy and personal freedom. Additionally, it offers advice that the ''first night'' is the right time to keep the partner under the toe. Beginning with Hari & Lakshmi's attempt to wield others and waiting for a spot opposite to blink, they never consummated. Once, Lakshmi's old mate Prakash arrives when to arouse her husband Lakshmi pretends closeness to him. Fortuitously, his wife Astha is Hari's previous salsa tutor one has an infatuation with him. So, he also repeats the same which enrages their ego, and silly squabbles launch. Eventually, the couple overboard on their mates which hit rock bottom and they settle to spilt. Simultaneously, Hari's grandparents' land from their village who are unbeknownst to the state of play. Hence, Hari & Lakshmi enacts affinity to gratify them. Plus, the elders invite the twosome to the village to conduct a heritage ritual ''Dampatya Vratam''. Accordingly, they proceed and start the ritual. As a result, intimacy, and geniality emerge between them. Parallelly, Bhagawan & Janaki are aware that it is just their consort's virtue to be surrendering to them and transform. Besides, Hari & Lakshmi discovers the entire ritual is fake, forged by old men, and freaks out. At that point, the oldies affirm that being conscious of their marital life they made this play. Thus, to impress upon them that nuptial is neither agreement nor adjustment it is holy bondage. Listening to it, soul-searching starts inside the duet who realizes the eminence of marriage and the importance of the better half. Finally, the movie ends happily with the first night of Hari & Lakshmi.

Cast

as Veeramachineni Harikrishna "Hari" *

as Lakshmi "Lucky" * Astha Singhal as Astha "Chintu" *

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as Prakash *

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as Veeraraju, Hari's grandfather *

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* Sunil as Chalapathi *

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as Ali *

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as Priest *

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as Lakshmi's uncle * Venu Madhav as Venu Madhav *

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as Hari's father * Krishna Bhagawan as Bhagawan *

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as Ali's boss * Madhu *

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as Hari's grandmother *

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as Janaki * Hema as Satya Bhama *

Gundu Sudarshan Gundu Sudarshan (born Surampudi Sudarshan Rao) is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Telugu films. He acted in more than 350 films. He also has stage experience from the age of 10. He entered the film industry with ''Mister Pellam'' in ...

as Traffic Police Officer *

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as Lakshmi's aunt * Madhumani * Devisri * Sushma * Waheeda Rehman as a servant at Hari's grandfather's house

Soundtrack

Music composed by Agashtya. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Reception

Jeevi of idlebrain.com wrote that the film "showcases Jagapati Babu’s brilliance as an actor all over again".https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-pellainakothalo.html

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1580000 2006 films Indian romantic comedy films 2006 romantic comedy films Films set in Mumbai Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films set in Hyderabad, India 2000s Telugu-language films