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Pellam Oorelithe
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DVD cover
Directed byS. V. Krishna Reddy
Produced byAllu Aravind
C. Ashwani Dutt
Dialogue byChintapalli Ramana
Story bySakthi Chidambaram
Based onCharlie Chaplin (Tamil)
StarringSrikanth
Venu
Sangeetha
Rakshita
Music byMani Sharma
CinematographyC. Ramprasad
Production
company
Release date
  • 15 January 2003 (2003-01-15)
Running time
149 min
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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, Sangeetha, and Rakshita. The film is a remake of Tamil film Charlie Chaplin (2002).[1][2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

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

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Music by Mani Sharma.[4]

Reception[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Santosham Film Awards 2004
  • Best Entertainment Film[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Jha, Lata (15 October 2018). "Ten Indian films with multiple remakes". Livemint. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. "Pellam Oorelithe". The Times of India. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. "In search of a title for SVK's film". Telugu cinema. Archived from the original on 22 October 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. "On a Song - Telugu cinema songs - Pellam Voorelithe - Venu, Srikanth, Rakshita, Sangeeta - Mani Sharma - SV Krishna Reddy". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. Jeevi (15 January 2003). "Telugu Cinema - Review - Pellam Voorelithe - Srikanth, Venu, Rakshita, Sangeeta, Sunil- SV Krishna Reddy - Mani Sharma". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. "Pellam Oorelthe". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005.
  7. "Telugu Cinema Etc - Nandi award winners list 2002". Idlebrain.com. 3 August 2004.

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