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| Directed by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Written by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Based on | Appu (Kannada) |
| Produced by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Starring | Ravi Teja Rakshita |
| Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Chakri |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Idiot: O Chanti Gaadi Prema Katha (lit. 'Idiot: Chanti's love story') is a 2002 IndianTelugu-languageactionromantic comedy film which released on 22 August 2002 and was directed byPuri Jagannadh. It was the second collaboration betweenRavi Teja andPuri Jagannadh after the successful filmItlu Sravani Subramanyam. The dialogue was written byPuri Jagannadh with soundtrack byChakri.[1] This film starsRavi Teja andRakshita (in her Telugu debut, reprising her role from original). It turned out to be a blockbuster.[2][3] The film ran for 100 days in 36 centres. The film was a remake of director's own 2002Kannada movieAppu.[4]
Bhaskar Rao a.k.a. Chantigadu is the son of a headconstable Venkata Sami. Chanti is a guy with a carefree attitude. He is beaten by a rival gang at night and is rescued by a beautiful girl, Suchitra. She pays his hospital bills and donates her blood. She is gone from the hospital by the time Chanti becomes conscious. When Chanti's friends inform him about the girl who rescued him, he starts loving her immediately for her goodheartedness, though he did not see her. Suchi later turns out to be the daughter of the city police commissioner Vipra Narayana.
Chanti meets Suchi in the college for the first time and expresses his love. When she does not agree, he tries to tease her. She complains to her father, and he takes Chanti to the police station and severely beats him before being rescued by his father and his fellow constables. Even though Chanti is beaten by Narayana, he becomes more adamant to win his ladylove. He proposes to Suchi again in the college. She asks him to jump from the building. When he is ready to do so, she agrees to his love.
However, Narayana is not happy about their relationship and ropes in some rowdies to amputate his leg. Suchi discovers this and runs to help him, but is met with an accident. Both of them get admitted to the same hospital, and they unite there also. Narayana finally arranges her marriage with another person, to which she openly opposes and tries to commit suicide. Chanti comes and rescues her, but Narayana still wants to get her married to a man of his own choice. He also engages goons to kill Chanti. Chanti finally escapes all the troubles and meets theDGP to help him to marry his love. The DGP finally suspends Narayana and arranges Chanti's marriage in the police station. Finally, Chanti appears forcivil services and is selected forIPS.
This is a remake of the Kannada filmAppu directed by Puri Jagannath which was the debut movie ofPuneeth Rajkumar.[5]
| Idiot | ||||
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| Released | August 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 29:02 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Chakri | |||
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The music was composed byChakri and the soundtrack was released under the Sohan Audio label.[6] They consists of six tracks with two reused songs from their original language songs. The tune of the songJai Veeranjaneya was based on the songKolumande Jangama from the 1996 Kannada filmJanumada Jodi. Conversely, the songChoopultho Guchi was copied and used multiple times first by Mika Singh with the songSawan Mein Lag Gaye Aag.[7]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sye Sara Sye" | Kandikonda | Chakri | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Choopultho Guchi" | Kandikonda | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Cheliya Cheliya" | Peddada Murthy | Ravi Varma | 5:19 |
| 4. | "Ee Roje" | Kandikonda | Kousalya | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Le Letha" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Udit Narayan, Kousalya | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Jai Veeranjaneya" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Raghu Kunche | 4:25 |
| Total length: | 29:02 | |||