Choodalani Vundi
| Choodalani Vundi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Gunasekhar |
| Produced by | Ashwini Dutt |
| Written by |
Gunasekhar Diwakar Babu |
| Starring |
Chiranjeevi Soundarya Prakash Raj Anjala Zaveri |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | Chota K. Naidu |
| Distributed by | Vyjayanthi Movies |
Release date | 27 August 1998 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Choodalani Vundi (English: I'd like to see) is a 1998 Tollywood action thriller film directed by Gunasekhar and produced by Ashwini Dutt. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Prakash Raj, and Anjala Zaveri. The film collected around 14 crores at that time and was recorded as an Industry Hit at the box office. The film surpassed collections of the previous industry hit Pedarayudu. The movie was later dubbed into Hindi as Meri Zindagi Ek Agnipath and into Tamil as Calcutta. It was later remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail with Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji.
Plot
Ramakrishna (Chiranjeevi) is a mechanic whose life changes when he meets Priya (Anjala Zaveri) at a train station. She sees him and feels some inexplicable connection, and runs away with him to flee her father Mahendra's (Prakash Raj) goons. They end up living in the forest with their son, but Mahendra, who is an underworld don, kidnaps her so he can marry her off to another don's son. Ramakrishna confronts Mahendra and in the ensuing struggle, Priya takes the bullet shot at Ramakrishna and dies. Their son loses his voice because of the shock, and Ramakrishna is jailed. Mahendra takes the boy away to Kolkata, where the story originally started. Ramakrishna, with the help of Padmavathi (Soundarya), reunites with his son.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as Ramakrishna
- Soundarya as Padmavathi
- Anjala Zaveri as Priya
- Prakash Raj as Mahendra
- Brahmanandam as House Owner
- Dhulipala as Mahendra's father
- Brahmaji as Surya (Mahendra's assistant)
- Allu Ramalingaiah
- Ahuti Prasad
- M. S. Narayana
- Venu Madhav
Soundtrack
The music and background music of this film was composed by Manisharma. The lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy.
| Track Listing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Yamaha Nagari" | Hariharan | 6:43 |
| 2. | "Ramma Chilakammma" | Udit Narayan, Swarnalatha | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Oh Mariya" | Shankar Mahadevan, Kavitha Krishnamurthy | 5:52 |
| 4. | "Simbale Simbale" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Manasa Ekkadunnav" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Abbaba Iddu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha | 4:58 |
Awards
Plagiarism
The beginning of the song - "Simbale Simbale" has visuals of Lion King (opening sequence).
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