Meeku Maathrame Cheptha

Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (transl. I will tell only you) is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film written and directed by Shammeer Sultan, and produced by Vardhan Deverakonda and Vijay Deverakonda under the banner King of the Hill Entertainment. The film features Tharun Bhascker and Abhinav Gomatam in lead roles while Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vani Bhojan, and Avantika Mishra play supporting roles. The film marks the debut of Sultan as director and Deverakonda as producer, who also makes a cameo appearance.^[1]

Meeku Maathrame Cheptha
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shammeer Sultan
Written by	Dialogues Shammeer Sultan Tharun Bhascker
Screenplay by	Shammeer Sultan
Produced by	Govardhan Rao Deverakonda Vijay Deverakonda
Starring	Tharun Bhascker Abhinav Gomatam Anasuya Bharadwaj Vani Bhojan Avantika Mishra
Cinematography	Mathan Gunadeva
Edited by	Sreejith Sarang
Music by	Sivakumar
Production company	King of the Hill Entertainment
Distributed by	Global Cinemas (India) Freeze Frame Films (overseas)
Release date	1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Premise

It revolves around a man who lies to his fiancée and then his friends help him cover up the lies, which leads to humorous situations.

Cast

• Tharun Bhascker as Rakesh, a VJ working at a TV channel
• Abhinav Gomatam as Kamesh, Rakesh's best friend
• Vani Bhojan as Stephie, Rakesh's love interest
• Pavani Gangireddy as Jacqueline
• Anasuya Bharadwaj as Samyuktha, Rakesh's friend's sister
• Naveen George Thomas as Rakesh's friend
• Avantika Mishra as Rakesh's co-star
• Vinay Varma as Rakesh's co-star's uncle
• Vijay Devarakonda as himself in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Meeku Maathrame Cheptha
Soundtrack album by Sivakumar
Released	5 October 2019
Recorded	2019
Studio	Jubilee 10 Studios, Hyderabad Trinity Waves, Chennai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music

The soundtrack is composed by Sivakumar and lyrics by Rakendu Mouli. Shammeer Sultan and AsurA.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"La la la"	Rakendu Mouli	Vedala Hemachandra, Krishnan Ganesan, Uma Neha	2:56
2.	"Chaalu Chaalu"	Shammeer Sultan, Rakendu Mouli	Anurag Kulkarni	3:16
3.	"Abadham"	AsurA	Chandana Raju	2:58
4.	"Mooskoni Parigethu"	Shammeer Sultan, Rakendu Mouli	Revanth Kumar	2:48
5.	"Nuvve Hero"	Shammeer Sultan, Rakendu Mouli	Anurag Kulkarni, Rahul Sipligunj, Rap Written & Performed by AsurA	3:01

Reception

Suresh Kavirayani of Deccan Chronicle rated the film 3 stars of 5, and praised the performances of the cast. "Tharun Bhascker steals the acting honours [...] Abhinav Gomatam does a fantastic job and is on par with Tharun Bhascker".^[2] The Hindu critic Y. Sunitha Cowdhary opined that though the film had situational humour and interesting dialogues, it is only entertaining in parts.^[3]

A reviewer from News18 India called the film, "Smartest Black Comedy of the Year". The reviewer rated the film 3.5/5 and stated: "There is a sneakingly sinuous feel of a Guy Ritchie crime thriller in this Telugu gamechanger of a film. Except that Ritchie's characters are more laconic."^[4]