Pelli Peetalu

Pelli Peetalu
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Directed by	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Produced by	V. B. Rajendra Prasad
Written by	Diwakar Babu (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Story by	Kamal
Based on	Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (1996)
Starring	Jagapati Babu Soundarya
Music by	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Cinematography	Sarath
Edited by	K. Ramgopal Reddy
Production company	Jagapati Art Pictures
Release date	16 July 1998 (1998-07-16)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Pelli Peetalu (English: Wedding Seats) is a 1998 Telugu romantic comedy film, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under the Jagapati Art Pictures banner and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. It stars Jagapati Babu and Soundarya in the lead roles, with music composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.^[1] Upon release, the film received positive reviews, and remained a musical hit.^[2][3] The film was a remake of the Malayalam film Ee Puzhayum Kadannu and was also remade in Kannada as Sambhrama in 1999, starring Ramesh Aravind and Kaveri in pivotal roles.

Plot

Gopi (Jagapati Babu) is a simple man who has too much self-respect to work under anyone, so he opens his own watch repair shop in his hometown. Anjali (Soundarya) is the third daughter of a music teacher who lives with her elder sisters Aswini (Shilpa), Aruna (Jhansi) who is mute, and their grandmother (Nirmalamma). They also have a stepbrother Raghu (Hemanth), who always harasses them a lot. Anjali works at a store in the city and keeps coming to her hometown every weekend. It so happens that Gopi and Anjali run into each other a few times and slowly, they fall in love.

However, Anjali has a problem with their marriage since she has two elder unmarried sisters. Gopi takes all the responsibilities of Anjali and he finds a groom for Anjali's mute sister Aruna, but the marriage does not work out, then Gopi's friend Brahmaji (Brahmaji), who runs a meat shop comes forward to marry Aruna to help Gopi. Anjali’s second sister Ashwini is in love with a guy Ravindra (Raja Ravindra); his mother (Telangana Shakuntala) asks for 1 lakh worth of ornaments as dowry, Gopi agrees for it, he sells his shop and decides to work in Tatabbai’s (Tanikella Bharani) shop on 10 years agreement by selling his self-respect.

Just before the wedding, on the previous night, Raghu steals the ornaments from Anjali's house. Gopi chases him and in the quarrel, Gopi kills Raghu accidentally. He confesses to Anjali that he killed him, but they hide this due to the wedding. After the wedding, Gopi surrenders himself to Police and he is sentenced to 5 years. After five years, Gopi comes back from jail, Anjali and her whole family give him a warm welcome, and the movie ends on a positive note.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. Lyrics written by Chandrabose. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on Music Two Thousand Company.

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