Cheluva

Cheluva
Cheluva
Directed by	V. Ravichandran
Written by	B. Suresh [Dialogues]
Screenplay by	E. V. V. Sathyanarayana
Story by	E. V. V. Sathyanarayana
Based on	Hello Brother by E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Produced by	S. Ramesh
Starring	V. Ravichandran; Meena ; Gautami
Cinematography	G. S. V. Seetharam
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production; company	Mahalakshmi Pictures
Release date	30 September 1997;
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cheluva is a 1997 Kannada comedy-drama film directed and enacted by V. Ravichandran in dual roles. The rest of the cast includes Meena, Gautami and Tiger Prabhakar among others.^[1] The film is a remake of Telugu film Hello Brother which itself was loosely based on the Hong Kong action comedy Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan.^[2]^[3]

The film featured an original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha and was produced by S. Ramesh for Mahalakshmi Pictures banner.

Plot

Cheluva and Vijay, two twin brothers, are separated in their childhood by Raghuram, a well-known criminal. Cheluva is left on the streets by Raghuram and becomes a small-time criminal. Vijay was brought up under his parents' guidance and is a well-known engineer. After several years, Cheluva has come face to face with his family. The rest of the film deals with the confusion the family face due to the lookalikes of Cheluva and Vijay.

Cast

V. Ravichandran (double acting) as Cheluva/Vijay
Meena as Meena
Gautami as Moha
Tiger Prabhakar as Police Officer Prathap
Kazan Khan as Kodanda, an evil
Mukhyamantri Chandru as sidekick of Kodanda
Srinivasa Murthy
Umashree as lady PC
Bank Janardhan as Bhandlee Bhandari
Doddanna as Head P.C.
Tennis Krishna as PK
B. V. Radha as Akhilandeshwari, Mother of Moha
Sumithra
Mahesh Anand as Raghuram
Bhavyasri Rai
Padma Vasanthi
Sundar Raj
Pramila Joshai
Ponnambalam
Vijay Kashi
Bank Suresh
Stunt Siddu
Shiva Kumar
Dingri Nagaraj
Sarigama Viji
M. D. Kaushik

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha.^[4]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Cheluvayya Cheluvayya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
2.	"Parapancha Ee Parapancha"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
3.	"Thattharo Thattha"	L. N. Shastry, L. N. Vijayalakshmi
4.	"Hanga Nodabeda Henne"	Mano
5.	"O Pranasakhi"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
6.	"Oye Oye"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
7.	"Danthada Gombe"	Mano, Latha Hamsalekha

References

^ "Cheluva". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
^ Srinivas, S. V. (2005). "7. Hong Kong Action Film and the Career of the Telugu Mass Hero". In Morris, Meaghan; Li, Siu Leung; Chan, Stephen Ching-kiu (eds.). Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 111–124 (112). ISBN 978-1-932643-19-0.
^ "David Dhawan's blue-eyed boys". Rediff.com. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ Cheluva songs

External links

Cheluva at IMDb

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[1] "Cheluva". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[2] Srinivas, S. V. (2005). "7. Hong Kong Action Film and the Career of the Telugu Mass Hero". In Morris, Meaghan; Li, Siu Leung; Chan, Stephen Ching-kiu (eds.). Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 111–124 (112). ISBN 978-1-932643-19-0.

[Rediff-3] "David Dhawan's blue-eyed boys". Rediff.com. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

[4] Cheluva songs

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