Cheluva

Cheluva
Directed by	V. Ravichandran
Produced by	S. Ramesh
Written by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Starring	V. Ravichandran Meena Gouthami Suman
Music by	Hamsalekha
Cinematography	Seetharam
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Mahalakshmi Pictures
Release dates	1997
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cheluva is a 1997 Kannada comedy- drama film directed and enacted by V. Ravichandran in dual roles. The rest of the cast includes Meena, Gouthami, Suman and Tiger Prabhakar among others. The film is a remake of a popular Telugu film Hello Brother directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana and starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Soundarya and Ramya Krishna. The film was also remade in Bollywood as Judwaa starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha. This film is based on Twin Dragons

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha and was produced by S. Ramesh for Mahalakshmi Pictures banner.

Plot

Cheluva and Raja, two twin brothers, are separated in their childhood by Raghuram, a well-known criminal. Cheluva is left on the streets by Raghuram and becomes a small-time criminal. Raja brought up under his parents guidance is a well-known engineer. After several years, Cheluva has come face to face with his family. The rest of the film deals with the confusions the family face due to the lookalikes of Cheluva and Raja.

Cast

• V. Ravichandran in dual role
• Meena
• Gouthami
• Tiger Prabhakar
• Suman
• Mukhyamantri Chandru
• Srinivasa Murthy
• Umashree
• Bank Janardhan
• Doddanna
• Tennis Krishna
• B. V. Radha
• Sumithra
• Bhavyasri Rai
• Padma Vasanthi
• Sundar Raj

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Cheluvayya Cheluvayya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
2.	"Parapancha Ee Parapancha"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
3.	"Thattharo Thattha"	L. N. Shastry, L. N. Vijayalakshmi
4.	"Hanga Nodabeda Henne"	Mano
5.	"O Pranasakhi"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
6.	"Oye Oye"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
7.	"Danthada Gombe"	Mano, Latha Hamsalekha

See also

• Hello Brother
• Judwaa

External links

• Cheluva