Chitram Bhalare Vichitram

Chitram! Bhalare Vichitram!! is a 1991 Telugu comedy film. The ensemble cast blockbuster film was directed by P. N. Ramachandra Rao.^[1][2] Upon release the film received very positive reviews, and remained a cult classic. The film was later remade into Kannada as Bombat Hendthi (1992) and Tamil as Aanazhagan (1995).^[3][4][5][6]

Plot

Raja (Naresh), Sudhakar (Subhalekha Sudhakar), Raghava (Maharshi Raghava), Brahmanandam (Brahmanandam) are good friends and stay together as tenants at Gorojanala Garudachalam (Kota Srinivasa Rao). After being thrown out of the house they start searching new house for rent but no one are ready to give their house for bachelors.

Finally, they land up in a place where the landlady insists on having a family as her tenants. The four bachelors dress up to be a man (Sudhakar), his retarded brother (Raghava), his father (Brahmanandam) and his wife (Naresh). Now Naresh's (called "Prema" and who happens to be in a woman's attire) lady love happens to be the landlady's daughter and all hell breaks loose.

Cast

• Naresh as Nimmagadda Rajeswara Rao "Raja" / Prema
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Sudhakar
• Maharshi Raghava as Raghava
• Brahmanandam as Brahmanadam
• Rajeevi as Swapna
• Tulasi
• Giribabu
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Gorojanala Garudachalam
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Phani
• Bindu Ghosh
• Jaya Latha
• Pradeep Shakthi
• Attlii Lakshmi as Annapurnamma
• Chitti Babu as Swapna's servant
• Raavi Kondala Rao as Raghava's uncle
• Radha Kumari as Raja's grand mother
• M. S. Rayudu
• Sudhakar Reddy
• Shyam Babu
• Vijji
• Vijaya Krishna

Soundtrack

Vidyasagar, a relatively newcomer at that time, gave a few really good tunes with the notable ones being the "Seetalu Yerugani" and "Maddela Daruvei". The melodious former shot on the occasion of Prema's Seemantam ceremony is composed in Kalyani Raagam and it is still being played at Seemantam functions in Hyderabad.

• "Brahmachaarulam"
• "Navvukune Mana"
• "Aho Priya Mettaga"
• "Maddela Daruvei"
• "Seetalu Yerugani"

Dubbing for the disguised characters

The voice for the female character of Naresh (as "Prema") was given by the veteran dubbing artiste Roja Ramani which enhanced the said role and became one of the major highlights of the movie. She so excellently modulated her voice that it perfectly suited the role and all the scenes involving Prema became invariably hilarious and haunting. Naresh also did great justice to the voice by his brilliant acting and beautifully getting into the skin of the character without any inhibitions usually associated with such roles that militate against natural performance. The voice for the old disguise character of Brahmanandam was given by Mimicry artist Mimicry Nageswara Rao [alias] Mittipati Nageswara Rao to mimic veteran actor Nagabhushanam.

Awards

Nandi Awards

• Nandi Special Jury Award (actor) - Naresh (1991)^[7]

References

External links

• Chitram Bhalare Vichitram at the Internet Movie Database