Modati Cinema

Modati Cinema (transl. First movie) (Telugu: మొదటి సినిమా) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Kuchipudi Venkat and starring Navdeep and Poonam Bajwa. It was directed by to music by Swaraj.

Modati Cinema
Theatrical Release poster
Directed by	Kuchipudi Venkat
Written by	Kuchipudi Venkat
Produced by	Kunduru Ramana Reddy
Starring	Navdeep Poonam Bajwa
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Swaraj
Production company	Abhisatvika Creations
Release date	21 October 2005 (2005-10-21)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Despite the film's failure, the comedy was well received.^[1]

Plot

Sreeram is from a rich family. Sindhu is a middle-class girl with a nagging and gold digger step mother and a strict father. Sreeram is impressed by Sindhu at first sight. He helps her solve her family problems. In the process, she misunderstands him. The rest of the movie is all about how the two understand the power of their love and tie the knot on the same day they meet.

Cast

• Navdeep as Sreeram
• Poonam Bajwa as Sindhu
• Brahmanandam
• Tanikella Bharani as Sindhu's uncle
• Harish Shankar as Harish
• Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as Subrahmanyam
• Rallapalli
• Suthivelu
• Ali
• Sunil
• Venu Madhav as Vankar Yadav
• L.B. Sriram
• Raghunatha Reddy
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Sindhu's father
• Krishna Bhagawan
• Raghu Babu
• Gautam Raju
• Shankar Melkote
• Krishnudu
• Ravikant
• Raj
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Chitram Seenu
• Srinivasa Reddy
• Meka Suresh
• Telangana Shakuntala ad Shakuntala
• Pavala Syamala
• Satya Krishnan as Satya

Production

Initially, Kuchipudi Venkat narrated the story to Kunduru Ramana Reddy, but said that the budget was too high. The script was narrated to Lagadapati Sridhar before Kuchipudi Venkat reverted back to Kunduru Ramana Reddy.^[2] The music director Swaraj took four months to compose the soundtrack.^[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Swaraj.^[4] The audio release function was held in Club Jayabheri, Hyderabad on 29 September 2005. Y. V. Subba Reddy and Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry graced the function as guests.^[4][5]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Urime Megham"	Sonu Nigam, K.S. Chitra
2.	"Neeke Nuvve"	Shreya Ghoshal
3.	"Jallu Manada"	S. P. B. Charan, Suneetha
4.	"Chedyna Badyna" (Happy)	M. G. Sreekumar
5.	"Thaka Chuku"	Tippu, Sowmya Raoh
6.	"Urikee Chiru Chinuka"	Sri Ram Parthasarathy
7.	"Ninnyna Nadyna"	Shankar Mahadevan
8.	"Chedyna Badyna" (Sad)	M. G. Sreekumar

Release and reception

The film was initially scheduled to release on 12 October 2005.^[6]

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film two-and-three-quarters out of five and wrote that "The basic point of destiny guiding a couple who just met into wedlock within a few hours is interesting. But the director tried to inject more comedy element (though is pretty hilarious in a couple of tracks) than what is necessary".^[7] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "Venkat, the director has lot of promise. But the problem is he has managed to deliver only a percentage on screen. If only he had worked a bit more diligently, we would have had a much more hardy entertainer on our hands".^[8] "The film is a youth romance, and won’t give you nightmares or anything, but if you are just passing by the theater, you can continue along your way unmindful of the consequences".^[9]