Cheluvina Chittara

Cheluvina Chittara (pronunciation^ⓘ transl. Galant Design) is a 2007 Kannada-language film directed and produced by S. Narayan. Ganesh, Amoolya played the lead roles. The music was composed by Mano Murthy. This film is a remake of Tamil film Kaadhal.

Cheluvina Chittara
movie poster
Directed by	S. Narayan
Written by	Balaji Sakthivel
Based on	Kaadhal
Produced by	S. Narayan
Starring	Ganesh Amoolya
Cinematography	G. Renu
Edited by	P.R. Sounderraj
Music by	Mano Murthy
Release date	22 June 2007 (2007-06-22)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	₹30 crore[1]

Plot

Maadesha works as a mechanic in a garage. He is liked by an innocent college-going girl Aishwarya who is the daughter of a local don Potharaju. Aishwarya is deeply in love with him and they elope. Later the gang members of Potharaju are in search of the couple. The lovers are lured by the bride's uncle, and they are taken back to Potharaju. An enraged Potharaju beats up Maadesha and takes out the Mangalsutra of Aishwarya to forcibly get her married to a person she was engaged to earlier.

After a few years, Aishwarya while travelling with her husband and her child, comes across Maadesha; she finds him as a mentally deranged beggar roaming near a traffic signal. Aishwarya faints realizing that the beggar is Maadesha and gets admitted to the nearby hospital. At night she runs from the hospital to the same signal in search of Maadesha and she finds him sitting over there. Aishwarya cries to Maadesha and feels bad that she was responsible for his pathetic situation. Aishwarya's husband also comes to the spot and understands his wife's situation. He admits Maadesha in a mental health centre and also takes care of him.

Cast

• Ganesh as Maadesha
• Amoolya as Aishwarya (Aishu)
• Komal Kumar
• R. G. Vijayasarathy
• Kaadhal Krishnamurthy
• Suresh Chandra
• Manikantha Surya
• Appu Venkatesh
• Sardhar Sathya
• Pipeline Ramesh
• Asharani
• Gowramma
• Jaishri Raj

Soundtrack

Cheluvina Chittara
Soundtrack album by Mano Murthy
Released	1 April 2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	20:03
Label	Anand Audio
Producer	Mano Murthy

Mano Murthy composed the music for the film and soundtracks. The album has six soundtracks.^[2]

The song "Janumada Gelathi" is reused from the original soundtrack "Unakena Irupen" composed by Joshua Sridhar.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kanaso Idu"	S.Narayan	Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan	5:34
2.	"Ullasada Hoomale"	S.Narayan	Shreya Ghoshal	4:03
3.	"Iralare Cheluve"	S.Narayan	Kunal Ganjawala, Shreya Ghoshal	5:09
4.	"Kendowle Kane Chendadlu Kane"	S.Narayan	Priyadarshini	4:34
5.	"Bytu Coffee"	S.Narayan	Priyadarshini, Chetan Sosca, Nanditha, Stephen	4:22
6.	"Janumada Gelathi"	S.Narayan	Chetan Sosca	4:23
Total length:				28:05

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "Brilliant director S. Narayan seems to have lost his magic touch, as his latest film Cheluvina Chittara, a remake of that brilliant Tamil film Kadhal is unimpressive and lacks nativity".^[3] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Cheluvina Chiththaara will certainly work for the family audience as it is clean and natural, but its success will depend on how the audience accepts the last few reels of the film".^[4]

Box-office

It completed 175 days and grossed an approximately ₹30 crore.^[1] After the success of this film, Ganesh earned the moniker 'Golden Star'.^[5]