Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
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| Directed by | Kishore Kumar Pardasani |
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| Story by | Kishore Kumar Pardasani |
| Produced by | Nallamalupu Bujji |
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| Cinematography | Vijay K. Chakravarthy |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (transl. Little liking and little difficulty) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by debutant Kishore Kumar Pardasani. The film stars Siddharth, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishna, and Nassar while Brahmanandam and Venu Madhav play supporting roles. The film has score composed by Mani Sharma with the soundtrack by trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy.
The film was released on 5 February 2009. It has won three Nandi Awards and three CineMAA Awards, while Ramya Krishnan won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu. It has been remade in Bengali as Romeo (2011).
Plot
Geeta grows up in a village, under the shade of her doting father Subramanyam who takes care of everything for her and she is equally attached to him. She comes to Hyderabad for higher studies and stays at her uncle, Gachibowli Diwakar's house. There she meets with Siddharth "Siddhu" friend of her cousin. Eventually they grow close and fall in love.
Though Siddhu was a playful, carefree young chap, he has problems at his home as his parents are divorced. He reveals that to Geeta and tells her that he is coming to her village to meet his father. There he asks Geeta's hand in marriage but Subramanyam doesn't agree. He says that he couldn't marry his daughter to a person whose parents are divorced. He wants to give his daughter in a big family but at least he wants his parents to be together. Siddhu asks him whether he would agree to marriage if his parents reunite and Subramanyam agrees to that.
From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Geetha to get Prakash and Rajyalakshmi together. One night, when Prakash is driving Siddhu to his mother's home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what he's trying to say, and his father answers "that he couldn't have done anything,his mother just left him." To this Siddhu answers, "No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go." Even after this talk with Prakash, Geeta and Siddhu often fail, but eventually Siddhu reunites his parents and Geeta's father, Subramanyam, also unites the other lovers, Geeta and Siddhu.
Cast
- Siddharth as Siddharth "Siddhu" Verma
- Tamannaah Bhatia as Geeta Subramanyam
- Prakash Raj as Prakash Verma
- Ramya Krishna as Rajyalakshmi
- Nassar as Subramanyam
- Brahmanandam as Gachibowli Diwakar, Geeta's uncle
- Venu Madhav as Bangarraju "Bangaram"
- Sudha as Geeta's mother
- Hema as Gachibowli Diwakar's wife
- Karuna as Swathi, Geeta's cousin
- Samrat Reddy as Subodh
- Ambati Srinivas as Diwakar's neighbour
- Surekha Vani
- Raghu Babu
- Cameo appearance
- Raju Sundaram in the song "Evade Subramanyam"
Music
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| Released | December 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Purple Haze & Purple Rain Studios, Mumbai | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 38:40 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
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The soundtrack features 8 songs composed by Bollywood composer trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy with lyrics written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Chandrabose and Ramajogayya Sastry. The film marks the Telugu debut of the composers and their second non-Hindi soundtrack after the 2001 Tamil film Aalavandhan.
The album received overwhelmingly positive reviews from the critics. Bangalore Mirror review, said: "The intelligently localized sound in the trio’s Telugu debut does the trick". Sheetal Tiwari of Bollyspice, in her four star review, summed up: "Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have a created a totally different sound for KIKK. Do not be surprised if Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy make a habit of directing Telugu musicals because they have without a doubt left their mark." Indiaglitz described the album as an "amalgamation of class, mass and western tunes".
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Egire Egire" | Chandrabose | Clinton Cerejo, Hemachandra, Raman Mahadevan, Shilpa Rao | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Aanandama" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Abacha" | Chandrabose | Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shilpa Rao | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam (title track)" | Seetharama Sastry | Shankar Mahadevan | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Evade Subramanyam" | Chinni Charan | Shankar Mahadevan | 5:31 |
| 6. | "Antha Siddanga" | Seetharama Sastry | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Enduku Chentaki" | Seetharama Sastry | Unni Krishnan | 5:04 |
| 8. | "Panchirey" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Kirti Sagathia, Sadhana Sargam | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Endhuku Chentaki (film version)" | Seetharama Sastry | Shankar Mahadevan |
Reception
Radhika Rajamani of Rediff.com called the film a "perfect entertainer." Rajamani appreciate the characterization and performances and added, "credit should go to debutant director Kishore Kumar for penning a script which is entertaining yet meaningful." Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and opined that the film's plus points are excellent songs and emotions in second half but the negative point is slow-paced narration.
Awards
- CineMAA Award for Best Comedian – Brahmanandam
- CineMAA Award for Best Debut Director – Kishore Kumar
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu – Ramya Krishnan
- Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
- Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
- Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film
- Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian – Hema
- Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer – Vikram Sirikonda & Deepak Raj
- Mirchi Music Awards (Telugu)
- Mirchi Music Awards Critic Awards (Album)
- Mirchi Music Awards Critic Awards (Song) – "Anandama"