Pandem (movie)

Pandem
File:Pandem DVD cover.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy
Produced by	Valluripally Ramesh Babu
Written by	Veegesna Satish (story/dialogues)
Screenplay by	Sabhapati
Starring	Jagapati Babu Kalyani
Music by	Chakri
Cinematography	Sarath
Edited by	Basva Paidireddy
Production company	Maharshi Cinema
Release date	5 February 2005 (2005-02-05)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Pandem (transl. A Bet) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by Valluripally Ramesh Babu under the Maharshi Cinema banner and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy. It stars Jagapati Babu, Kalyani and music composed by Chakri. It was dubbed into Hindi as Mera Challenge.

Plot

Seenu (Jagapati Babu) is a good-for-nothing guy in a village, who always roams with a gang. Lingaraju (Ramaraju) has been the unanimously elected president of that village for the past 25 years, and is corrupt and behaves as a dictator to the village. Seeta (Kalyani), from the same village, is an elementary school teacher. Seeta is Seenu's childhood friend and falls in love with her at first sight. Seenu plays a lot of tricks and tactics to gain her love and affection. One day, Seenu comes to know that Seeta wants to marry a guy who is in a better position than her.

Meanwhile, Lingaraju makes a heavy contract deal with a few business people, who want to construct a factory in the village, which is hazardous to the people. Simultaneously, it's time for elections in the town. Lingaraju is overconfident that no one comes as his opposition. But Seenu decides to stand in the election and become president of the village so that he could reach a superior position to Seeta and he could marry her. In the beginning, no one comes for his support because he is an irresponsible lout of the village, but with Seeta's inspiration he succeeds in achieving the villagers' following and affection by doing all good deeds, which Lingaraju could not do these long years. After seeing Seenu's following, Lingaraju hesitates, at the same time he comes to known his son Rajesh (Ravi Varma) loves Seeta. So he makes a plan and arranges his son's engagement with Seeta, to demoralize Seenu. Even then, Seenu challenges Lingaraju that he would defeat him. The remaining story is how Seenu achieves both his objectives.

Cast

• Jagapati Babu as Seenu
• Kalyani as Seeta
• Ramraju as Lingaraju
• Ahuti Prasad as Satya Murthy
• M. S. Narayana as Surinarayana
• Kondavalasa as Jilla Rambabu
• Krishna Bhagawan as Muriki Appala Naidu
• Sivaji Raja as Abbulu
• Chinna as RMP Doctor
• Prudhviraj
• Ravi Varma as Rajesh
• Subbaraya Sharma as Villager
• Sarika Ramchandra Rao as Pamula Narsaiyya
• Chitram Basha
• Jeeva as Police Inspector
• Apoorva
• Mahathi as Pankajam
• Drasharamam Saroja as Saroja
• Lavanya
• Shobha Rani
• Sakhi

Soundtrack

Pandhem
Film score by Chakri
Released	2005
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	21:52
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Chakri
Chakri chronology
Dhana 51 (2005) Pandhem (2005) Chakram (2005)

Music was composed by Chakri. Music was released on ADITYA Music Company.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kukku Kukku"	Vennelakanti	Hariharan, Kousalya	4:50
2.	"Guppedu Gundela"	Vennelakanti	Chakri, Kousalya	4:36
3.	"Ammadu Gummadu"	Bhaskarabhatla	Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya	3:45
4.	"Ammalaganna Ammalara"	Sahithi	Adarshini, Matin, Simha, Vasu	4:18
5.	"Abbayo Vayasu"	Kandikonda	Ravi Varma, Sunanda	4:09
Total length:				21:52

Reception

Idlebrain rated the film 3.25 out of 5 stars.

External links

• Pandem on IMDb