Panchadara Chilaka

1999 Indian film

Srikanth
Kausalya

Music byS. A. Rajkumar

Production
company

Divya Art Pictures

Release date

29 October 1999 (1999-10-29)

CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Panchadara Chilaka (transl. Sugar parrot)^[2] is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, starring Srikanth and Kausalya.^[3]^[4] It is a remake of the 1980 Tamil film Oru Thalai Ragam.^[5]

Plot

Cast

Srikanth as Murali
Kausalya as Kalyani
Prithvi as Prithvi
M. S. Narayana as college principal
Ali as Ali
Jayalalitha
Raksha as Ali's wife
Naveen Choudhary as Jagan
Renuka as Kalyani's elder sister
Madhuri Sen

Production

The film was shot at Araku Valley and Ramoji Film City.^[6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar with lyrics by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. The song "Anukunnana" is based on Rajkumar's own tune "Azhaga Azhaga" from Ponmanam (1998).^{[citation needed]}

Tracklist^[7]^[8]
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
3.	Untitled		4:42
4.	"Chanda O Chanda"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:24
5.	"Haire Haire"	Rajesh	4:33
6.	"Undi Undi Urimindi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:29
Total length:			26:23

Reception

Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot gave the film a negative review, criticising the plot and characterisations as illogical and insipid. He also criticised the direction of Kodi Ramakrishna, but noted that the music and lyrics were good.^[9]

References

^ Chilukuri, Arun (31 January 2019). "బాపురమణల లోని రమణ". HMTV (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ Nigam, Richa (24 August 2020). "Five Indian sweets that are nothing short of a piece of art: Sweets which look too pretty to eat". Media India Group. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "40 ఏళ్లు దాటినా నో పెళ్లి అంటున్న హీరోయిన్స్ వీళ్లే." News18 (in Telugu). 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "Unmarried Actress: వయసు 50 దాటినా.. పెళ్లికి దూరంగా ఉన్న హీరోయిన్లు వీళ్లే." News18 (in Telugu). 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "மறக்க முடியுமா? ஒரு தலை ராகம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Panchadrara Chilaka: A campus romance". Screen. 12 March 2000. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
^ "Panchadara Chilaka (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Panchadara Chilaka Full Songs Jukebox | Srikanth, Kousalya | Kodi Ramakrishna | S.A.Raj Kumar. Aditya Music. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022 – via YouTube.
^ Griddaluru Gopalrao (12 November 1999). "ఇంపు, సోంపు లేని 'పంచదార చిలక'" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2022.