Ravoyi Chandamama

Ravoyi Chandamama (also spelt Raavoyi Chandamama, meaning “Come On, Oh Moon”) is a 1999 Telugu romance directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. Nagarjuna, Jagapathi Babu, Anjala Zaveri and Keerthi Reddy star, and Mani Sharma composed the music. Its title comes from a song in Missamma (1955), and its story is loosely based on the 1957 Hollywood film An Affair to Remember. Released on 15 October 1999, it was not a commercial success.

What the story is about

Sasi, a famous Indian pop singer, is touring the United States, while Meghana, an American-educated young woman, lives there with her uncle’s family. Both are engaged to other people back home. They meet at a party, where Meghana takes him for arrogant, and then find themselves on the same cruise from Singapore to Visakhapatnam. Over the voyage, including a stop in the Andaman Islands to visit Sasi’s grandmother, they fall in love. Cautious about their feelings, Sasi proposes that they spend 90 days apart without contact and meet at the Vizag lighthouse if nothing has changed. Whether they keep that appointment is the heart of the film, as in the Hollywood classic it borrows from.

Cast

• Nagarjuna as Sasi
• Anjala Zaveri as Meghana
• Jagapathi Babu as Sujeeth, Meghana’s fiancé, and Keerthi Reddy as Rukmini, Sasi’s fiancée
• Chandra Mohan as Meghana’s father and Sowcar Janaki as Sasi’s grandmother
• Ali, M. S. Narayana and Tanikella Bharani in supporting roles; Aishwarya Rai in the item number “Love To Live”

Music and production

Mani Sharma composed the songs, released by Supreme Music; a Hindi-dubbed version was titled Sanam Tere Hain Hum. Part of the film was shot in Canada. The same Hollywood story was remade in Hindi as Mann the same year.

Release and reception

The film opened on 15 October 1999 and did not do well commercially. Reviews were negative. Jeevi of Idlebrain.com found the first half decent but the second half “unbearable”, with the director losing his grip and rushing to the climax. Deccan Herald accused the director of taking viewers “for a ride”, and Sify wrote that a big budget and star cast were not enough without “a thoroughly worked out screenplay”, calling it “a disappointing fare” for Nagarjuna’s fans.

Where to watch Ravoyi Chandamama

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Ravoyi Chandamama and the reviews it cites, linked above; Wikidata; our own cast and crew records.