Chandamama Kathalu

Chandamama Kathalu

Year: 2014

Runtime: 134 mins

Language: Telugu

Director: Praveen Sattaru

Drama

This Telugu anthology film, directed by Praveen Sattaru, explores eight interconnected stories centered around love. The film is produced by Chanakya Bhooneti and features a large ensemble cast, including Lakshmi Manchu, Naresh, Naga Shaurya, and Vennela Kishore. The narratives weave together the lives of the main characters, creating a complex and engaging viewing experience. Music is composed by Mickey J Meyer, and filming concluded in December 2013.

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1

Crisis sparks a writing plan

Saaradhi confronts his young daughter's chronic illness and the mounting need for 5 lakhs. He decides to cope by writing a novel, hoping storytelling can shield his family from despair. He envisions weaving seven intertwined stories drawn from the world around him.

Daybreak Home
2

The writer begins weaving seven stories

Saaradhi starts turning everyday encounters into intimate vignettes, letting each fragment feed the others. The draft grows as personal longing, loss, and hope thread through the pages. The process reframes his daughter’s illness as a chorus of ordinary lives.

Ongoing Home
3

Haseena's Dubai illusion and revelation

Haseena accepts a proposed marriage to a wealthy Dubai bachelor based on a photograph. She travels to Dubai to meet him, only to discover he is older than pictured and works as a taxi driver. The shock redefines what security and love mean in her life.

Soon after Dubai
4

Renu trusts Raghu, elopes

A slick con artist Raghu pretends to care for Renu, convincing her to elope. When her father intervenes, the plan collapses and Renu’s world is upended. The arc probes trust, love, and the costs of chasing fortune.

Soon after City
5

Raju and Gowri face social pressures

Raju slips into Gowri’s home one night and is caught, and societal pressures push them toward marriage. He moves to the city and takes a municipal job, hoping for stability, while Gowri confronts their precarious union. The move marks a shift toward a new life.

Night to morning Gowri's home and the city
6

Gowri's death and a father's burden

Gowri bears a premature delivery and dies in childbirth, leaving Raju to raise their daughter and navigate overwhelming grief. The tragedy reshapes his future and his responsibilities to his child. The family’s fate becomes a cornerstone of Saaradhi’s evolving mosaic.

After marriage City hospital
7

Saritha and Mohan's second chance road trip

Two youths who could not marry in their teens finally seize a second chance by traveling together on a road trip. The journey tests their bond and proves love can endure when social constraints loosen. Their venture becomes a hopeful counterpoint to personal loss elsewhere.

After reunion Road, highways
8

The Beggar and the dream of a new home

The Beggar hides ten lakhs across several stash spots, dreaming of buying a house. He negotiates a deal to secure a new home, but death comes in his sleep the night before the transaction closes. The thread underscores how fortune eludes even the careful.

Night before death City hideouts
9

Lisa and Venkatesh find a quiet companionship

Lisa Smith and Venkateshwara Rao drift into a shared night at a bar, which blossoms into companionship and ultimately marriage. Their encounter threads a human connection into Saaradhi’s larger urban tapestry. The episode highlights fragile, evolving bonds.

Night Bar
10

Saaradhi’s final pages and publisher search

Saaradhi finishes the final pages of his manuscript and seeks a publisher, hoping to give his stories a wider life. The act mirrors his unsettled own fortunes, reflecting the lives he has written and the hope he clings to. The pursuit frames the manuscript as both art and lifeline.

Final pages Home to publisher
11

The beggar's bag changes everything

Saaradhi discovers the beggar’s bag containing the missing 10 lakhs, a turning point that links the stories back to him. The money heals his daughter and enables Gowri’s husband to care for his child. The narrative circle begins to close, offering hopeful interference from chance.

Climax Beggar stash location and Saaradhi’s home
12

Epilogue: a fragile, hopeful circle

The stories feed one another and Saaradhi’s life steadies in small, quiet ways. He recognizes that hope can arrive through others’ fortunes even as his own remains fraught. The film ends with a sense of continuity, compassion, and tomorrow’s faint light.

Ending Home

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