Released · Telugu film · 2008
Sundarakanda
సుందరకాండ
Sundarakanda release date: 8 February 2008 (theatres). Directed by Bapu; starring Allari Naresh, Charmy Kaur and Kota Srinivasa Rao.
- Film release
- 8 February 2008 · All 2008 films
- Director
- Bapu
- Music
- Vidyasagar
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
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Film release: 8 February 2008 · all 2008 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 25 September 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
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Sundarakanda is a 2008 Telugu drama directed by Bapu from a story by his long-time partner Mullapudi Ramana, starring Charmme Kaur and Allari Naresh. It is a remake of the Hollywood film What a Girl Wants (2003), with music by Vidyasagar, and was released on 8 February 2008.
What the story is about
Pinky is a lively young woman raised by her mother Sita, who lives apart from her husband. When Pinky insists, Sita tells her the past. On a study tour of a tribal village she met Raja Ravivarma, son of the zamindar Surendra Varma, and the two fell in love and married on the spot. The shock of his son marrying a commoner left the zamindar unable to use his legs, and Ravivarma’s mother begged Sita to leave the palace to save the family’s honour. After she left, a scheming relative, Bhushanam, accused her of running off with the family’s gold, so that even her husband came to distrust her.
Pinky sets out to win over her father’s family and bring her parents back together. To get inside the household, she poses as an envoy sent by party bosses to pick a candidate for a minister’s post, with help from Naresh, a journalist. Her father’s political rival Kota and his followers supply the comedy and political satire.
Cast and crew
- Charmme Kaur as Pinky
- Allari Naresh as Naresh, a journalist
- Prema as Sita
- Sunil Sharma as Raja Ravi Varma
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kota
- Ranganath as Zamindar Surendra Varma
- Sangeetha as Bharathi
- Vizag Prasad as Bhushanam
- L. B. Sriram, Rallapalli, Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao and Chittajalu Lakshmipati
Director: Bapu. Story: Mullapudi Ramana. Music: Vidyasagar.
Reviews
Wikipedia’s summary credits the songs, with lyrics in a tribal idiom, and the visuals, from rustic outdoor locations to the ornate interiors of a feudal household, which it says bear Bapu’s stamp. Critics were less kind about the film as a whole. Rediff gave it two and a half stars out of five and wrote that “Sundarakanda is certainly not a Bapu film”. Another review quoted by Wikipedia felt that anyone who respected Bapu and Ramana for their earlier work would be disappointed by “this old-fashioned flick”. We have not found box-office figures from a named outlet.
Where to watch Sundarakanda
We do not have a confirmed streaming listing for Sundarakanda on file. If we verify one with a platform, it will appear on this page.
Sources: the Wikipedia article on Sundarakanda and the review it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.
Cast of Sundarakanda (2008)
- Allari Naresh as Naresh
- Charmy Kaur as Pinky
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kota
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- L. B. Sriram
- Ranganath as Surendra Varma
- Lakshmipati
- Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
- Prema as Sita
- Rallapalli
Also in the cast (TMDB): Sunil Sharma as Raja Ravi Varma, Sangeetha Krish as Bharathi, Vizag Prasad as Bhushanam.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q7639232 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.