Godavari (film)

Godavari

Theatrical poster
Directed by Sekhar Kammula
Produced by G. V. G. Raju
Written by Sekhar Kammula
Starring Sumanth
Kamalinee Mukherjee
Neetu Chandra
Music by K. M. Radha Krishnan
Cinematography Vijay C. Kumar
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by Amigos Creations(India)
KAD Entertainment(USA)
Release dates
 19 May 2006[1]
Running time
 160 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget Rs. 70 million[2] (70 million) (estimated)

Godavari (Telugu: గోదావరి) is a 2006 Telugu musical, romantic film that was written and directed by Sekhar Kammula and produced by G. V. G. Raju. 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

Godavari is a film about Ram, Seetha and the river cruise from Rajamundry to Bhadrachalam that brings them together. It is a semi-urban love story set against the scenic backdrop of the Godavari river aboard a houseboat also called "Godavari".

SriRam (Sumanth) is an idealistic man. He wishes to make a career in politics to serve people, even though he's a software engineer with a master's degree from the USA. He lives with his grandmother. He's in love with his cousin, Raji, who he hopes to marry someday.Raji gets a marriage proposal from Ravi, an IPS officer.Raji's father says that he does not want Raji to marry Ram as he feels insecure about Ram's professional and financial future.Even Raji says that she's not sure about her feelings for Ram.Ram says that he will prove himself and then marry Raji.He works on a project with a company and earns 1 lakh rupees.He is happy and excited, and rushes to share this news with Raji, but he realises that she has already agreed to marry Ravi and remains silent.A heartbroken but realistic Ram is forced to join her and his family on the river journey to Bhadrachalam, where Raji is to get married.

Seetha (Kamalinee) is a fashion designer who runs an unsuccessful clothing boutique. Her parents are not very keen about her business and want her to get married instead. Seetha, being an independent woman who wants to succeed in her life, is not enthusiastic about the idea; however, circumstances force her to reluctantly agree with her parents. Unfortunately, the marriage alliance doesn't work out for her and she subsequently chooses to take a break from everything by going on the same Godavari river journey.

Ram and Seetha meet aboard the cruise liner and from there starts a story where at first, they don't start off well, but develop a bond of friendship and get to understand each other.How they finally fall in love and accept each other forms the crux of the story.The story also reflects the characteristic culture of the Godavari region. There are also several sub stories involving the other characters on the house boat.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

References

  1. ↑ "Release dates for Godavari (2006)". IMDB.
  2. ↑ "Box office/business for Godavari (2006)". IMDB.

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