Ishtam (2001 Telugu film)
Ishtam (English translation: Liking) is a Telugu movie produced by Ramoji Rao (Eenadu Group) and directed by Vikram Kumar and Raj Kumar. This is the debut movie of Shriya Saran. Charan paired up with Shriya Saran for the first time. This was Charan's only film as an actor as he didn't act in any other film after this.[1][2][3]
| Ishtam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar |
| Starring | Charan Dodla Shriya Saran Poonam Dhillon Chandra Mohan |
| Music by | DG Gopinath (debut) |
| Cinematography | V Srinivas Reddy |
| Edited by | Nandamuri Hari |
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Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Karthik (Charan), hailing from a rich family, is quite inept in his academics. Neha (Shriya Saran) is Subbu's (Chandra Mohan) daughter and she's motherless. Karthik is the senior of Neha in the college and rags her quite a bit. When Karthik's mother Lakshmi (Poonam Dhillon) meets with an accident, Neha rescues and admits her in a hospital. Over time, Lakshmi and Neha become friends and Neha falls in love with Karthik. But when Subbu proposes to get Karthik and Neha married, Lakshmi refuses. The film is about why Lakshmi doesn't accept the marriage, who initially wanted Neha to marry Karthik.
Cast
- Charan Dodla as Karthik
- Shriya Saran as Neha
- Chandra Mohan as Subrahmanyam "Subbu", Neha's father
- Poonam Dhillon as Lakshmi, Karthik's mother
- Sarath Babu as Chakravarthy, Karthik's father
- Jayasudha as Neha's mother
- Srinivasa Reddy as Ravi, Karthik's friend
- Khayyum as Raghu, Karthik's friend
- Naveen as Gopi
- Sravan as Sravan
Soundtrack
The music was composed by DJ Gopinath and released by Mayuri Audio.
| Ishtam | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by DJ Gopinath | |
| Released | 2001 |
| Recorded | 2001 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 36:22 |
| Label | Mayuri Audio |
| Producer | DJ Gopinath |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nuvvante Ishtamani" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | K. S. Chithra, Hariharan | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Ee Andala Collegelo" | Pothula Ravi Kiran | Tippu | 5:15 |
| 3. | "Evaraina Chusara" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | K. S. Chithra, Hariharan | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Why Don't You Enjoy" | Kulasekhar | T. R. Karthik | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Conventulo Collegelo" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:19 |
| 6. | "Yaavuru Yaavure Chinnadaanaa" | Varikuppala Yadagiri | Varikuppala Yadagiri | 5:35 |
| 7. | "Chiru Chiru Nagavula" | Bhuvana Chandra | K. S. Chithra | 4:24 |
| Total length: | 36:22 | |||
References
- "Charan of Ishtam fame dies". web.archive.org. 26 June 2019.
- "Telugu Cinema - Review -Istam - Charan & Sreya - Usha Kiran Movies - Raj Kumar - Vikram". www.idlebrain.com.
- "Ishtam Hero Charan Died | Ishtam Movie Hero Charan Died". web.archive.org. 13 October 2018.