Chellamae

Chellamae
Directed by	Gandhi Krishna
Produced by	V. Gnanavelu Jayaprakash
Written by	Gandhi Krishna Sujatha Rangarajan
Starring	Vishal Reema Sen Bharath Bhanupriya Vivek Girish Karnad
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	K. V. Anand
Editing by	V. T. Vijayan
Distributed by	GJ Cinema
Release dates	10 September 2004
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Chellamae (Tamil: செல்லமே; English: Darling) is a 2004 Tamil film directed by Gandhi Krishna, who directed the critically acclaimed Nila Kaalam. The film stars Vishal, Reema Sen, Bharath, Bhanupriya and Vivek. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film became one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 2004. This film marks the debut of Vishal Krishna as an actor. It was dubbed into Telugu as Prema Chadaragam. It's a remake of the English movie The Paperboy (1994).

Plot

Reema Sen showers love and affection on Bharath, her neighbor, since childhood. Bharath happens to be the only son of a rich business tycoon Girish Karnad, who loses his mother at a young age. Reema treats Bharath as her younger brother and spends all her time with him. Meanwhile, Vishal, an income tax officer, turns up at Girish Karnad's house for an IT raid and happens to meet Reema there. They eventually fall in love and after a series of incidents they get wed locked. They settle in Goa then. The trouble begins when Bharath reaches Goa in search of Reema. He manages to kidnap Reema and bring her to Chennai. The reasons for Bharath's obsession and possessiveness towards Reema unfolds as the movie progresses. Vishal who comes back to Goa finds the house deserted. The next door neighbor tells him that Reema eloped with Bharat. He then begins to track her down and finds that the duo had left to Chennai. Vishal reaches Chennai, but is unable to tell his parents the real plight. With the help of Vivek, his colleague, he tries to trace her out. A chance look at the video of their marriage throws light on Bharat’s hatred towards Vishal. Now Vishal is convinced that Reema did not go on her own will. He confronts Bharat’s father but he is of no help. Finally he traces out the location of Bharat’s hideout. Reema on the other hand pleads with Bharat to release her. She explains that she cannot be his wife and can see him only as a son or a little brother. The plea falls on deaf ears. In a racy climax on high seas, the three protagonists fight it out and Reema hits Bharat with the boat oars. He plunges in to the sea in an unconscious condition taking Reema along. Vishal comes at the nick of the time to save her. Even though she had killed him because of his attack on her, she is filled with remorse.

Cast

• Vishal as Ragunandan
• Bharath as Vishwa
• Reema Sen as Mythili
• Vivek as Harichandra
• Girish Karnad as Rajasekhar
• Mumtaj as Herself (Special Appearance)
• Bhanupriya in a Special Appearance

Box office

• The film grossed $1 million at the box office.^[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and background score was composed by Harris Jayaraj. All Lyrics are written by Vairamuthu.

Telugu Tracklist

Lyrics are written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Chandrabose, Sahathi.G

References