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Chanti is a film of genre Romance with Daggubati Venkatesh

Chanti (1992)

Chanti
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Chanti is a 1992 Telugu drama film, a remake version of Tamil film Chinna Thambi. directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty and produced by K. S. Rama Rao on Creative Commercials. The film stars Venkatesh and Meena in pivotal roles, with original soundtrack was composed by Illayaraja. The movie was again remade in Hindi as Anari (1993) with Venkatesh and Karishma Kapoor in lead roles. The Telugu film was a musical blockbuster.

The film was the first film to cross 100 days in more than 40 direct centers that was an industry record that time.

Synopsis

The story begins starts with the birth of a baby girl, Nandini, in the world of feudal landlords (Zamindars) whose word is a law for the villagers who work on their land. Nandini's three brothers throw a feast in honor of the girl child. The young son of the local singer (who had died) is brought in to sing for the event. The three brothers raise Nandini like their own child as their parents had died. At the age of 5, an astrologer predicts that Nandini will bring much happiness to the family, but her marriage will be based on her choice and not the choice of her brothers. This angers the brothers and to prevent this from happening, she is raised within the confines of the house.She is home schooled and when she does go out, all the men are warned to hide from Nandini and that seeing Nandini will be met with dire consequences.

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