Chaarulatha

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Chaarulatha
Sundar C Babu
Production
companies
Global One Studios
Dwarakish Chithra
Distributed bySax Pictures
Release date
  • 20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Kannada
  • Tamil

Chaarulatha (also spelled as Charulatha) is a 2012 Indian

Sundar C Babu composed the film's music.[2] The film’s story is about conjoined twins.[3][4] Produced by Global One Studios and distributed by Hansraj Saxena's Sax Pictures
.

Charulatha released on 21 September 2012 with dubbed Malayalam and Telugu versions with the same title.

Plot

The story takes it off showing the conjoined twins Charu and Latha. Charu and Latha lived in Vizag as one body and soul until Ravi comes into their lives. Both sisters fall in love with him, however, Ravi falls in love with Charu, causing a rift between her and Latha. Finally, their mother plans to separate their attached bodies through surgery. The surgery, however, results in Latha’s accidental death. Mysterious events begin to unfold as Latha begins to haunt Charu. Several twists take place in line as the story unfolds. She also sees the dead twin playing the violin they used to play in the past and the twin starts to come forward to reach her and disappears as Ravi touches Charu. Later, in the hospital, Ravi visits the twins' mother where she tries to tell Ravi something but is unable to do so. As the problems began to go down, Ravi again visits the twins' mother and she tells him something at the graveyard. Ravi goes to the cemetery, only to find that the real person who died was Charu and that Latha has been impersonating Charu. Flashbacks reveal that after falling in love with Charu, Ravi comes to visit Charu finally as he was leaving town which makes Latha angry. Latha refuses to follow Charu to the balcony to see Ravi for the last time. Ravi leaves after giving a paper to the guard containing a picture of Charu, delighting Charu but leaves Latha outraged. Latha tears the picture angrily and this creates problem between the twins. Latha fights with Charu on the stairs and both of them fall from the stairs. In this, Charu dies and Latha calls her mother to help. After this, both of them are separated. After fighting with Ravi, Latha ties him up to a chair and tells him the truth that she also loved him. Charu’s spirit burns the house in anger and Latha stays inside, refusing to leave unless Ravi tells that he too loves her. Latha's mother scolds and begs Ravi to save her only daughter. Ravi sacrifices his love to save Latha, and reciprocate’s the latter’s feelings. The film ends with Ravi and Latha keeping flowers for Charu at her grave, as Ravi watched Charu’s soul smiling at him as Latha walks towards him, implying that she has blessed their union.

Cast

Production

Priyamani was recruited to enact dual roles as conjoined twins in a film loosely based on the Thai horror film Alone.[5] Skanda Ashok was signed to play the male protagonist. Actors such as Saranya Ponvannan, Seetha and Vettaikaran Sai Sasi were signed on for crucial roles.[6] Yoganand, Shabari and Kalidas penned the dialogues. The budget of the film was reported to be ₹60 million (US$750,000).[5] Priyamani denied that the film was based on the Hollywood film Stuck on You, asserting that it had an "original storyline".[7]

The film went on the floor on Ugadi festival day at Kanteerava studio Bangalore.[8]

Music

The audio launch function of Charulatha was held at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai. Hansraj Saxena, Dhananjayan Govind, Priyamani, Saranya Ponvannan, composer Vijay Antony, lyricist Madhan Karky alongside directors K. Bhagyaraj, K. S. Ravikumar and R. Kannan graced the event. Ravikumar released the audio and Bhagyaraj received it.[citation needed]

Release

The film was released in Kannada and Tamil version. The film was also dubbed in

U certificate.[10]

The film was released on 21 September 2012. The satellite rights of the Tamil Version of film were sold to Sun TV.[11]

Reception

Charulatha received mixed to positive reviews. A critic from

Sify.com wrote "The saving grace of the film is Priyamani’s twin role as otherwise the script and presentation is shoddy. There is more comedy elements thrust into the film than the essentials of a horror film".[17]

Box office

The film below average mark at the box office ranging 20% - 35% occupancy on first day collected only ₹ 16.6 million (Both versions).The film under performed during its first weekend grossed ₹ 40 million (Both versions) despite having huge number of theaters.[18]

Accolades

Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards
Best Actress
 Priyamani Won

See also

  • Geethaanjali, a 2013 Malayalam-language film with a similar story-line
  • Maattrraan, a 2012 Tamil-language film based on conjoined twins

References

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  3. ^ "Priyamani excited". DeccanChronicle. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Priya Mani to play conjoined twins in Charulatha". Rediff. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Christopher, Kavya (5 August 2012). "No comparisons please!". The Times of India. Tiruchirappalli. Retrieved 5 August 2012.[dead link]
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  7. ^ "Priya Mani to essay her most difficult role". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  8. ^ "'Charulatha' launched". IndiaGlitz. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Priyamani dubs in 4 languages for Charulatha!". IndiaGlitz. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Different Certificates for 'Charulatha' – Why?". Supergoodmovies.com. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Charulatha TV Serial & New Episodes on KTV – Latest News, Photos & Videos". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  12. ^ "CHAARULATHA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Charulatha: Spirited, just about". The Hindu. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Chaarulatha". Deccan Herald. 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  15. ^ "'Charulatha' (Multilingual)". The New Indian Express. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Review: Chaarulatha is Priya Mani's show all the way". Rediff.com. 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Movie Review : Charulatha". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Charulatha box office collection". Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

External links

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