Movie Name: Cheppalani Vundi,
Cast : Vadde Naveen, Raasi, Prakash Raj
Music : Mani Sharma
Director : Chandra Mahesh
Genre : Drama
Language :Telugu
Release Date : 31st August 2001
Songs :
1.Saare Jahan Se Accha
2.Ko Ko Ko
3.Guntalakidi Gummadi
4.Vennela Chinukullo
5.Maapatela Kostava
Story :
Pessimism is a wrong attitude in life, and you should always try to see the nice in things. So here
goes.
Firstly, this film is a good learning experience for a lot of people - Tollywood now knows one more
way that a film can flop.
Then, with Naveen Vadde we can only look forward to better things in life. He's starred in 4 films
in one year now (Chaala Baagundi, Maa Aavidameedottu..., Subhakaryam and now this) with ratings of
2, 1, 1 and 1.5, so things can only move up - for him (with better films, which, given his
histrionic capabilities, appears unlikely), or for all of us (if this ends it all).
Then, the film has done the Canadian economy a whole lot of good - a whole lot of the budget was
spent there (the temptation to use alternate words for "spent" is overwhelming, but I'm being
optimistic, remember?). Combined with a similarly expensive release last week, that's a whole lot of
gratitude Tollywood has earned from the Canadians.
See, I knew I could do it! Three whole points!
Now to earn back my credibility, here's the true story. Cheppalani Undi is an expensive mistake that
a lot of people will pay for, and hopefully you won't be among them. The tale starts by showing
Vinay (Naveen) winning the 800m track event at the world championships held at Toronto, and setting
a world record in the process. It's difficult to say why. The whole thing appears conjured up to
show some Canadian landscape in the ensuing song and dance (can you beat that - Tollywood is trying
to be logical about them?), and I rest my case in calling the movie an expensive mistake.
Anyway, Vinay returns home and is longing to meet his ladylove Priyanka, who happens to be his