Godavari (Telugu: గోదావరి) is a 2006 Telugu musical, romantic film that was written and directed by Sekhar Kammula. G.V.G. Raju produced the film. Sumanth and Kamalinee Mukherjee played the lead roles. The film was a success at box office in addition to receiving several Nandi and Filmfare awards. Music of the film was composed by K.M. Radha Krishnan
Plot
Ram (Sumanth), an engineering student just returned from the United States of America, is an aspiring politician. However, people don't believe that he has a future in politics due to his idealism. Seetha Mahalakshmi (Kamalinee Mukherjee) is an independent woman who runs a clothing store. Due to the insistence of her parents, she agrees for marriage. She is however rejected by the potential groom, who cites her extreme independence as his reason.
Ram is in love with his cousin Raji (Neetu Chandra), who is already engaged to an influential and rich IPS officer Ravi. Ram tries hard to convince Raji's father to give his daughter's hand to him, but his efforts are in vain as her father is only interested in the rich and powerful, and Ram is neither. Ram cannot digest the fact that Raji agreed for marriage with Ravi. The family plans to go to Bhadrachalam for the wedding on a house boat along the river Godavari. Ram reluctantly agrees to go for the wedding upon Raji's insistence.
On the house boat, Sriram meets Seetha Mahalakshmi. Initially, both get into a lot arguments and debates. Seetha however starts to feel sorry for Ram upon disovering his feelings towards Raji. She gradually begins to spend time with Ram and they become friends. Both fall in love with each other eventually, not even realizing it.
Towards the end of the journey, Raji discovers the selfish nature of her fiance Ravi and develops cold feet. She changes her mind and tells Ram that she is willing to marry him now. Ram is unsure since her wedding with Ravi is only a day away. However, Seetha mistakenly thinks that Ram has agreed to marry Raji and is heart broken. Somehow she gets involved in helping Raji run away from her marriage with Ravi. Ram, however, does not show up at the place where he tells Raji to meet him at. Disappointed, Raji changes her mind about Ram and agrees to go ahead with her marriage to Ravi. Before the wedding, Seetha leaves abruptly for home without telling Ram, as she still thinks the worst of him. Ram desperately searches for Seetha meanwhile. A few days later, he finally manages to meet Seetha at her house in Hyderabad. He explains himself saying that he never intended to elope with Raji in the first place and that he just wanted to expose Raji's fickle nature. After clearing the misunderstanding, he expresses his love for Seetha. She accepts him and all ends well.
Cast
Sumanth ... Ram
Kamalinee Mukherjee ... Seeta Mahalakshmi
Neetu Chandra ... Raji
Kamal Kamaraju ... Ravi
Tanikella Bharani ... Captain Chintamani
Shiva ... Chinna
Crew
Director: Sekhar Kammula
Screenplay: Sekhar Kammula
Story: Sekhar Kammula
Dialogue: Sekhar Kammula
Producer: G.V.G Raju
Music: K.M. Radha Krishnan
Cinematography: Vijay C. Kumar
Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy
Art Direction: Kishore Choksey
Costume Designer: Aravind Joshua
Soundtrack
Uppongele Godavari (Singer: S. P. Balasubramanyam)
Andamgaa Lena Asalem Balena (Singer: Sunitha; Cast: Kamalini and Sumanth)
Manasa Gelupu (Singers: Shankar Mahadevan and K. S. Chitra)
Manasa Vacha (Singers: Unnikrishnan and K. S. Chitra)
Rama Chakani Sita (Singer: Gayathri)
Tippulu Tappulu (Singer: Shreya Ghoshal)
Credits : Wiki
Another classic from Veeturi
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