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
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Distributed by	GJ Cinema
Release dates	10 September 2004
Running time	156 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.This film marks the debut of Vishal Krishna as an actor. It was dubbed into Telugu as Prema Chadaragam.

Plot

Mythili (Reema Sen) showers love and affection on Viswa (Bharath), her neighbor, since childhood. Viswa happens to be the only son of a rich business tycoon Rajasekhar (Girish Karnad), who loses his mother at a young age. Mythili treats Viswa as her younger brother and spends all her time with him. Meanwhile, Ragunandan(Vishal), an income tax officer, turns up at Rajasekhar's house for an IT raid and happens to meet Mythili 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 Viswa reaches Goa in search of Mythili. He manages to kidnap Mythili and bring her to Chennai. The reasons for Viswa's obsession and possessiveness towards Mythili unfolds as the movie progresses. Ragunandan who comes back to Goa finds the house deserted. The next door neighbor tells him that Mythili eloped with Viswa. He then begins to track her down and finds that the duo had left to Chennai. Ragunandan reaches Chennai, but is unable to tell his parents the real plight. With the help of Harichandra(Vivek), his colleague, he tries to trace her out. A chance look at the video of their marriage throws light on Viswa’s hatred towards Ragunandan. Now Ragunanthan is convinced that Mythili did not go on her own will. He confronts Viswa’s father but he is of no help. Finally he traces out the location of Viswa’s hideout. Mythili on the other hand pleads with Viswa 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 Mythili hits Viswa with the boat oars. He plunges in to the sea in an unconscious condition taking Mythili along. Ragunanthan comes at the nick of the time to save her. Even though she had killed him because of her attack on him, she is filled with remorse.

Cast

• Reema Sen as Mythili Ragunandan
• Vishal as Ragunandan
• Bharath as Vishwa
• Vivek as Harichandra
• Girish Karnad as Rajasekhar
• Sriranjini as Raganundan's sister
• 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.

Chellamae
Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	An Ak Audio
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Gharshana (2004) Chellamae (2004) Arasatchi (2004)

Song title	Singers
"Vellaikaran Mutham"	Mahathi
"Aariya Udhadugal"	Hariharan, Swarnalatha
"Kummiyadi"	Sandhya
"Chella Kiliyum"	Ranjith, Anuradha Sriram
"Kadhalikkum Asai"	Kay Kay, Chinmayi, Timmy, Mahathi

Telugu Track list

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

Song title	Singers
"Pettadey Oh Muddu"	Mahathi
"Aaryula Hrudayapu Sannidhi"	Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha
"Gummadamma Kanne Gummadamma"	Sandhya
"Muddula Chilaka"	Devi Sri Prasad, Anuradha Sriram
"Venditeralo Bulliteralo"	Chakri, Chinni, Chinmayi, Timmy, Mahathi

References

1. "Vishal interview - chitchat - Tamil & Telugu film actor". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.