Geethanjali is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language comedy horror film directed by debutant Raj Kiran. It stars Anjali and Srinivasa Reddy in lead roles.[3] The film's soundtrack[4] and background score were composed by Praveen Lakkaraju.[5] The movie was remade in Kannada as Kathe Chitrakathe Nirdeshana Puttanna (2016).[6] Anjali won the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her performance.[7]
Srinivas "Sreenu" is a wannabe film director who aims to win a Nandi award for a story he has written. He faces ridicule from different producers, including one who tries to make him adulterate the story and another woman who tells him that everybody in her family and staff including cooks and cleaners have to like the story if she is to produce it. He meets a businessman, Ramesh Rao with whom at first he has a fight for being late for an appointment, but eventually gets along with. He narrates the story to him. Rao also wants to do a film which will win him a Nandi award as he wants to dedicate it to his father.
In the opening scene in an apartment in Hyderabad, a girl commits suicide. The death appears to be suspicious and is being investigated by inspector Shravan who at first suspects the security guard, who was the first one to find out about the suicide. The next day, the owner of the house comes with a babaji who takes the spirit of the girl into a lemon but dies in a car accident on the way back.
Sreenu tells Ramesh Rao to imagine himself in place of the hero. In a bus from Vijayawada to Hyderabad, the hero meets a girl Anjali. Both of them become friends during the journey but the next morning, Anjali leaves without Sreenu knowing. After getting down from the bus, Sreenu goes to his friend Madhunandan, and it is revealed that he had actually come to Hyderabad to meet producer Dil Raju and narrate to him a story he wrote. A broker gets them a flat in the same building where the suicide took place. After a lot of persuasion, Sreenu agrees to stay there. There he meets Athreya and Arudra who claim to be assistants of Dil Raju although they are not and began to stay with Sreenu and Madhu. That night, Anjali comes there as she thought her friends who used to stay there were still there. Sreenu manages to persuade her to come in with a cup of coffee as coffee is her weakness. Soon she becomes a regular guest at the house. One day, two policemen come there and give Sreenu a bundle and tell him to put it in the prohibited room which belongs to the owners of the flat. When he keeps them inside, he sees a picture of Anjali in the room. Sreenu asks Venkatesh, the watchman about the photo and he tells Sreenu that it is a photo of the girl who committed suicide. Sreenu, Athreya and Arudra are frightened out of their wits when Venkatesh tells them that he hasn't seen any girl enter the apartment at night since a week. That night, the doorbell rings again but Sreenu does not open the door. The next morning, he packs everything that belonged to him and runs away from the apartment.
It is now revealed that whatever Sreenu told Ramesh Rao is his real-life story. Sreenu tells Rao that he just wanted to tell the story to somebody and he doesn't want to actually make it into a movie. And saying so, he leaves from there. On the way back, Sreenu encounters a friend of Anjali whose photo he had seen in the room. When he inquires with the girl, he finds out that Anjali had a boyfriend, Madhunandan, who was in jail as people believed him to be the reason Anjali committed suicide. At first, Sreenu thinks it is his friend, Madhu but later finds out it is not. Madhu takes Sreenu, Athreya and Arudra to his uncle Shaitan Raj, a psychiatrist. Raj helps the three of them and they find out it is just a man who has been hiding there as he thought he will get a free house if they also run away. The 4 of them encourage the man to work for a living. That night, Anjali comes there to tell them the truth. She reveals to them that her name is Ushanjali and the one who died is her identical twin sister, Geethanjali. Geethanjali was in love with Madhu, but her boss, Ramesh Rao, raped her after she refuses to marry him. She commits suicide and Rao has Madhu framed for her death. The gang decides to take revenge on Rao. Sreenu tells Rao that he went back to the flat and the girl's spirit was coming that night to tell him who killed her. Rao tells Sreenu he too will come along and hear the spirit. Sreenu and the gang send Ushanjali to Shaitan Raj to train in the language and body language of devils so that she can act as Geethanjali's spirit.
That night, at Sreenu's house, Rao reveals he knows everything and that the spirit who has come now is not Geethanjali but Ushanjali. In a fit of rage, Ushanjali kills Ramesh Rao and then goes away. Just after she leaves, she returns and apologises for being late and that she is ready. It is then revealed that Ushanjali got locked inside her house and that the one who came was the real Geethanjali (who escaped from the lemon after it broke open). The ending scene shows all of them together celebrating Geethanjali's boyfriend, Madhunandan's birthday and after that a song.
"'Geethanjali' will remain as a milestone in the career of Anjali as Arundhati for Anushka Shetty and Chandramukhi for Jyothika. The film will have unexpected twists and turns. It is a very different film from all the horror thrillers which have come till now."
Debutant director Raj Kiran, announced his first film featuring Anjali and Srinivasa Reddy.[3] He titled the horror comedy women-centric film as 'Geethanjali.The first look launch event of the movie was held in Hyderabad and V. V. Vinayak, who has attended as the chief guest, launched the first look.[9]
The movie gained mixed reviews,[2] and it was a box office hit with critics praising Anjali's performance.She received Nandi Award for Best Actress, SICA Award for Best Telugu Actress. Following the success of Geethanjali, she received many offers of women-centric films which she turned down all.[citation needed]
A reviewer from Idlebrain.com wrote "The entertainment in the first half and a few moments in the second half are enjoyable. We have to wait and see how the movie lovers lap the Geethanjali up".[10] A critic from 123 Telugu wrote "The presence of A list comedians, and some funny comedy in the first half makes Geetanjali definitely a one time watch".[11] A critic from Sakshi.com says "Going into the story in the second half seems to slow down a bit. However, due to the positive aspects being in excess, some of the flaws do not stand out".[12]
Anushka Shetty plays Arundhati, a young woman who travels to her native place and finds out that she is the reincarnation of her great-grandmother. She also comes to know that her purpose in this life is to destroy an evil black magician who will stop at nothing to kill her. Directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, the film features Sonu Sood as the evil black magician and Arjan Bajwa, Sayaji Shinde, Bhanu Chander, Manorama and Kaikala Satyanarayana playing other characters. The film was widely appreciated for the special effects and performances of the cast members.
Starring Ashima Narwal, Atul Kulkarni, Sritha Chandana and Kabir Duhan Singh, the movie revolves around a group of ghost hunters. Set in an isolated and abandoned bungalow, a team of ghost hunters investigates paranormal activities to uncover the mystery surrounding sister Jessie and Amy. Things get complicated when Amy starts showing unusual mental and physical behaviour.
Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, the story follows three friends who decide to invest in a resort. However, when they start experiencing paranormal activities, they seek help from a mentalist to hunt down the spirit haunting the resort. Directed by Ohmkar, this Telugu horror comedy is a sequel to the 2015 movie Raju Gari Gadhi and a remake of the Malayalam film Pretham.
Telugu horror comedy movies offer a variety of choices to make any evening as entertaining as it can be with family and friends. While Telugu action films are fun to watch, sometimes a good scare mixed with laughter could do the same trick.
Many films in the horror comedy genre offer some highly engaging storylines that are wrapped in thrilling scares and humorous moments. So, here are some of the top Telugu horror comedy movies everyone should watch at least once.
If you are in the mood to watch a fun-filled zombie-infested tale with an excellent story from Telugu cinema, check out the Prasanth Varma directorial movie Zombie Reddy. The Teja Sajja starrer features the tale of Mario, a game developer from Hyderabad who with his friends Bhadram and Maggie creates a successful game.
However, things take an interesting turn when Bhadram gets bitten by an old man and soon turns into a zombie. The rest of the film focuses on how they survive the zombie apocalypse in the village with some highly entertaining humor moments.
However, after many trials, he manages to meet a potential filmmaker and rents out an apartment to continue their film. Soon enough, they realize that there is a ghost inside their apartment who seeks revenge on the ones who led her to suicide.
Another fun-filled and thrilling tale with scares from Telugu cinema is the Sudheer Babu-led 2013 Prema Katha Chitram. The movie focuses on the life of three friends and a stranger banding together to end their lives for good.
However, the place they select for their final days happens to be haunted by a spirit who possesses the girl in their group whenever someone touches her. The rest of the humorous tale focuses on how they get rid of the spirit from her body while also realizing newfound purposes in life.
The 2017 horror comedy film featuring Taapsee Pannu in the lead role is the hilariously funny Anando Brahma. The movie written and directed by Mahi V. Raghav follows the tale of an NRI who wants to sell his ancestral house but is unable to find buyers due to rumors spreading of it being haunted.
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