Kalisundam Raa

Kalisundam Raa
Kalisundam Raa
Film score by S. A. Rajkumar
Released	1999
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	29:37
Label	Supreme Music
Producer	S. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar chronology

Kalisundam Raa
Kalisundam Raa
	File:Kalisundam Raa.jpg Theatrical poster
Directed by	Udayasankar
Produced by	D. Suresh Babu; D. Rama Naidu (presents)
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers; (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Udayasankar
Story by	Deenaraj; Udayasankar
Starring	Venkatesh; Simran
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography	K. Ravindra Babu
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh; K.Madhav
Production; company	Suresh Productions
Release date	14 January 2000;
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹10 crore (US$1.1 million)
Box office	₹26.7 crore (US$3.1 million)

Kalisundham Raa (transl. Come, Let's be together) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran , with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. The film won four Nandi Awards by Government of Andra Pradesh.

At the time of its release, it was the highest grossing Telugu movie of all time until it was broken by Narasimha Naidu the following year.^[2] The film was remade in Hindi as Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein, with Fardeen Khan and introducing Richa Pallod in 2002.

Plot[edit]

Raghaviah and Ram Mohan Rao are brothers-in-law. But Ram Mohan Rao is at loggerheads with Raghavayya because of a family feud. Raghavayya is nearing his 60s and it's time for his Shastipoorti ceremony. Upon incessant requests from his wife, Raghavayya decides to invite (for the first time) his daughter-in-law and grandchildren who are staying in Bombay. Raghu is the alienated handsome grandson of Raghavayya. After arriving at Ramapuram from Bombay, he faces embarrassment from the members of Raghavayya's family. There he meets a childlike beauty Manga. Manga and Raghu play a few pranks on each other and slowly they fall deeply in love. But they never admit their love to each other. With his unconditional love towards the family members, Raghu wins their confidence and hearts.

Later on, Raghu discovers the cause of the feud between the families of Raghavayya and Ram Mohan Rao. Raghu's father Bhaskar Rao is supposed to marry Ram Mohan Rao's daughter Rajani. Bhaskar prefers his college flame Kousalya rather than Rajani, so he leaves for Mumbai and gets married, and disappointed Rajani opts for suicide. Ram Mohan Rao blames it on Raghavayya and starts treating him indifferently. Erra Babu, the fiery son of Ram Mohan Rao, is another victim of the incident. He develops a prejudice against Raghavayya and aims for his blood.

After a few days of timely strategic manipulation, Raghu succeeds in bringing the two troubled families together. Then they decide to marry Manga off to Ram Mohan Rao's grandson to tighten their family bonds. Raghu sacrifices his love in order to make sure that everybody is happy. As the preparations are going on for the wedding Manga, they find that Manga is missing. Everyone knows about Raghu and Manga's love story and finally Erra Babu realizes his mistake and also agrees to their love and unites both lovers.

Cast[edit]

Venkatesh as Raghu
Simran as Manga
K. Viswanath as Raghaviah
Srihari as Erra Babu
Brahmanandam as Ramavadhani
Ali as Snake Man
AVS as Venkatadri
M. S. Narayana as Lawyer Lingam
Ahuti Prasad as Shankar Rao
Ranganath as Ram Mohan Rao
Rallapalli as Govindu
Prasad Babu as Prasad
Vinod as Siva
Achyuth as Bhaskar Rao
Raja Ravindra as Ram Mohan Rao's son-in-law
Ananth as Constable
Chitti Babu as Subbavadhani
Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Barber
Gautam Raju as Peon
Chandra Mouli
Madhu as Rowdy
Jenny as Priest
Annapurna as Janaki
Venniradi Nirmala as Kousalya
Rama Prabha as Kantham
C. R. Vijayakumari as Aliveelu Mangatayaru
Vinaya Prasad as Anasuya
Sudha as Raghu's aunty
Kalpana Rai as Rathalu
Shanoor Sana as Parvathi
Malika as Raghu's aunty
Kalpana
Meena Kumari as Rajani
Harika as Sirisha
Deepika
Manoja
Lata
Master Sajja Teja as Sandeep
Master Aajaa Mohar
Master Kireethi
Master Pavan
Master Aseem
Baby Sindhura
Baby Bhagyasri

Soundtrack[edit]

Music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Music released on SUPREME Music Company.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Pacific lo"	Chandrabose	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram	4:16
2.	"Nuvve Nuvve"	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri	Hariharan, Sujatha	4:23
3.	"Prema Prema"	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri	Unni Krishnan	1:59
4.	"Manasu Manasu"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:40
5.	"Kalisunte Kaladusukam"	Veturi	Rajesh	4:42
6.	"Boom Boom"	Chandrabose	Shankar Mahadevan	5:05
7.	"Nachave Palapitta"	Chandrabose	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha	4:11
Total length:				29:37

Remakes[edit]

Year	Film	Language	Cast
2002	Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein	Hindi	Fardeen Khan, Richa Pallod
2003	Ondagona Baa	Kannada	V Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty

Box office[edit]

Kalisundham Raa was rated as the biggest hit in Telugu cinema in 70 years until the release of Nuvve Kavali in 2000.^[3] It ran for a record 100 days in 76 centres, 175 days in 17 centres and 200 days in 3 centres. It broke the records made by Samarasimha Reddy in 1999.