Chintakayala Ravi

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Chintakayala Ravi is a 2008 Telugu romantic comedy directed by Yogi and produced by Nallamalupu Bujji under Lakshmi Narasimha Productions, starring Venkatesh in the title role with Anushka Shetty and Mamta Mohandas, and Venu Thottempudi in a supporting part. Vishal–Shekhar composed the songs and Mani Sharma the background score. It released on 2 October 2008. Our record lists a running time of 152 minutes.

What the story is about

Ravi is the head waiter at Cyber Wave, a bar in New York, where he works alongside three friends. He came to America dreaming of becoming a software professional, but circumstances got in the way, and he still has a soft spot for software engineers. Back in his Andhra Pradesh village, his mother Seshamamba tells everyone that her son is an outstanding software engineer in America, and Ravi, not wanting to hurt her, keeps up the lie. The trouble starts when she arranges his marriage to Lavanya, a village girl who agrees because she believes the story, and Lavanya asks her childhood friend Sunitha to check up on the groom. Sunitha finds out the truth, and Ravi arrives home for the engagement to a very unfriendly welcome.

Cast

• Venkatesh as Chintakayala Ravi
• Anushka Shetty as Sunitha
• Mamta Mohandas as Lavanya
• Lakshmi as Seshamamba, Ravi’s mother
• Chandra Mohan as Govinda Rao, Ravi’s father
• Sayaji Shinde as Ramachandra Rao, Lavanya’s father
• Venu Thottempudi as Srikanth
• Brahmanandam as Pinky
• Sunil as Pendurthi Babu
• Ali as Nachimi
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Venky Doors
• M. S. Narayana as Anjineyalu
• Prakash Raj as the narrator
• N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in a guest appearance in the song “Shava Shava Bhalle Bhalle”

Music, reception and awards

Vishal–Shekhar’s songs, with lyrics by Chandrabose, were released on Aditya Music. Radhika Rajmani of Rediff.com called the film a “proper commercial family entertainer” and praised Venkatesh’s performance. The music earned three Filmfare Awards South nominations: Best Music Director – Telugu for Vishal–Shekhar, Best Female Playback Singer for Shreya Ghoshal (“Merupulaa”) and Best Lyricist for Chandrabose (“Enduko”). We have found no reliably sourced box-office figure.

Where to watch Chintakayala Ravi

Chintakayala Ravi streams on Aha. The platform’s own listing confirms it; we do not have the date it was added on file.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Chintakayala Ravi and the review it cites, linked above; the Aha listing; our own cast and crew records.