Pellam Oorelithe

Pellam Oorelithe (transl. When wife is out of town) is 2003 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy starring Srikanth, Venu Thottempudi, Sangeeta, and Rakshita. The film is a remake of Tamil film Charlie Chaplin (2002).^[1][2]

Pellam Oorelithe
DVD cover
Directed by	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Story by	Sakthi Chidambaram
Based on	Charlie Chaplin (Tamil)
Produced by	Allu Aravind C. Ashwani Dutt
Dialogue by	Chintapalli Ramana
Starring	Srikanth Venu Thottempudi Sangeeta Rakshita
Cinematography	C. Ramprasad
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Siri Media Arts
Release date	15 January 2003 (2003-01-15)
Running time	149 min
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Vivek (Srikanth) runs an advertisement agency. He is married to Sandhya (Sangeeta). Subbu (Venu Thottempudi) works as a photographer with Vivek. Vivek treats him as a brother. During a photo shoot, he happens to see Raaji (Rakshita) and falls in love with her. Samba (Sunil), a womanizer, sends a prostitute, Tilottama, to the guesthouse of Vivek when Sandhya prepares to visit her mother's house. When Tilottama arrives at Vivek's place, Sandhya suddenly comes back on some work and enquires Vivek who she is. In a hurry to cover up his act, Vivek lie to her that she is the wife of Subbu. This leads to so many problems for Vivek and Subbu. What happens when the wives come to know about their husbands' lies forms the climax.

Cast

• Srikanth as Vivek
• Venu Thottempudi as Subbu
• Sangeeta as Sandhya
• Rakshita as Raaji
• Sunil as Samba
• Jyothi as Tilottama
• Brahmanandam as Hotel worker
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Tilottama's brother
• Suman Setty
• M. S. Narayana
• Giri Babu as Raaji's father
• Ali as Man in temple
• L. B. Sriram as Astrologer
• Jenny as Doctor

Production

Sarada, Donga Donga Dorikadu and Aatalo Aata were the titles originally in consideration.^[3]

Soundtrack

Music by Mani Sharma.^[4]

• "O Mallepoovuraa" - Udit Narayan, Kalpana
• "Milamila Merise" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Gopika Poornima
• "Jhoom Sharabi" - Chakri, Mallikarjun, Gopika Poornima, Preethi
• "Ulakki Papa" - Karthik, Usha
• "Dondapandulanti" - Hariharan, Kalpana

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film three-and-half stars out of five and stated that "This film is a clean comedy film from first frame to last frame."^[5] A critic from Sify praised the performances of the cast and wrote that the film is "Worth A Good Laugh".^[6]

Accolades

Santosham Film Awards 2004

• Best Entertainment Film^[7]