Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam

Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (lit. 'A little love, a little hardship') is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by debutant Kishore Kumar Pardasani. The film stars Siddharth, Tamannaah, Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishna, and Nassar in key roles. The songs were composed by the trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, while the background score was composed by Mani Sharma.^[2] It has been remade in Bengali as Romeo (2011).

Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Kishore Kumar Pardasani
Screenplay by	Deepak Raj Vikram Siri Abburi Ravi (dialogues)
Story by	Kishore Kumar Pardasani
Produced by	Nallamalupu Bujji
Starring	Siddharth Tamannaah Bhatia Prakash Raj Ramya Krishna Nassar
Cinematography	Vijay K. Chakravarthy
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy (songs) Mani Sharma (score)
Production company	Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
Release date	5 February 2009 (2009-02-05)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹18 crore distributors' share[1]

The film was released on 5 February 2009. A commercial success at the box office, Kochem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam won three Nandi Awards and three CineMAA Awards, while Ramya Krishna won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu.

Plot

Geeta grows up in a village, under the shade of her doting father Subramanyam who takes care of everything for her and she is equally attached to him. She comes to Hyderabad for higher studies and stays at her uncle, Gachibowli Diwakar's house. There she meets with Siddharth "Siddhu" friend of her cousin. Eventually they grow close and fall in love.

Though Siddhu was a playful, carefree young chap, he has problems at his home as his parents are divorced. He reveals that to Geeta and tells her that he is coming to her village to meet his father. There he asks Geeta's hand in marriage but Subramanyam doesn't agree. He says that he couldn't marry his daughter to a person whose parents are divorced. He wants to give his daughter in a big family but at least he wants his parents to be together. Siddhu asks him whether he would agree to marriage if his parents reunite and Subramanyam agrees to that.

From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Geetha to get Prakash and Rajyalakshmi together. One night, when Prakash is driving Siddhu to his mother's home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what he's trying to say, and his father answers "that he couldn't have done anything, his mother just left him." To this Siddhu answers, "No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go." Even after this talk with Prakash, Geeta and Siddhu often fail, but eventually Siddhu reunites his parents and Geeta's father, Subramanyam, also unites the other lovers, Geeta and Siddhu.

Cast

• Siddharth as Siddharth "Siddhu" Verma
• Tamannaah Bhatia as Geeta Subramanyam
• Prakash Raj as Prakash Verma
• Ramya Krishna as Rajyalakshmi
• Nassar as Subramanyam
• Brahmanandam as Gachibowli Diwakar, Geeta's uncle
• Venu Madhav as Bangarraju "Bangaram"
• Sudha as Geeta's mother
• Hema as Gachibowli Diwakar's wife
• Karuna as Swathi, Geeta's cousin
• Samrat Reddy as Subodh
• Ambati Srinivas as Diwakar's neighbour
• Surekha Vani
• Raghu Babu
• Prudhvi Raj as Chari

Cameo appearance

• Raju Sundaram in the song "Evade Subramanyam"

Music

Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam
Soundtrack album by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Released	December 2008
Recorded	Purple Haze & Purple Rain Studios, Mumbai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	38:40
Label	Aditya Music
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology
Rock On!! (2008) Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam (2008) Chandni Chowk to China (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Bangalore Mirror	[3]
Bollyspice	[4]

The soundtrack features eight songs composed by Bollywood composer trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy with lyrics written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Chandrabose and Ramajogayya Sastry.^[5] The film marks the Telugu debut of the composers and their second non-Hindi soundtrack after the 2001 Tamil film Aalavandhan.

The album received overwhelmingly positive reviews from the critics. Bangalore Mirror review, said: "The intelligently localized sound in the trio’s Telugu debut does the trick".^[3] Sheetal Tiwari of Bollyspice, in her four star review, summed up: "Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have a created a totally different sound for KIKK. Do not be surprised if Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy make a habit of directing Telugu musicals because they have without a doubt left their mark."^[4] Indiaglitz described the album as an "amalgamation of class, mass and western tunes".^[6]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Egire Egire"	Chandrabose	Clinton Cerejo, Hemachandra, Raman Mahadevan, Shilpa Rao	4:08
2.	"Aanandama"	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri	Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal	4:50
3.	"Abacha"	Chandrabose	Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shilpa Rao	4:39
4.	"Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam (title track)"	Seetharama Sastry	Shankar Mahadevan	5:22
5.	"Evade Subramanyam"	Chinni Charan	Shankar Mahadevan	5:31
6.	"Antha Siddanga"	Seetharama Sastry	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	4:43
7.	"Enduku Chentaki"	Seetharama Sastry	Unni Krishnan	5:04
8.	"Panchirey"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Keerthi Sagathia, Sadhana Sargam	4:55
9.	"Endhuku Chentaki (film version)"	Seetharama Sastry	Shankar Mahadevan

Reception

Radhika Rajamani of Rediff.com called the film a "perfect entertainer." Rajamani appreciate the characterization and performances and added, "credit should go to debutant director Kishore Kumar for penning a script which is entertaining yet meaningful."^[7] Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and opined that the film's plus points are excellent songs and emotions in second half but the negative point is slow-paced narration.^[8]

Awards

CineMAA Awards

• CineMAA Award for Best Comedian – Brahmanandam
• CineMAA Award for Best Debut Director – Kishore Kumar

57th Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu – Ramya Krishna^[9]
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu

Nandi Awards

• Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film
• Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian – Hema
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer – Vikram Sirikonda & Deepak Raj

Mirchi Music Awards (Telugu)

• Mirchi Music Awards Critic Awards (Album)^[10]
• Mirchi Music Awards Critic Awards (Song) – "Anandama"^[10]