Chaali Polilu

2014 Indian film
  • 31 October 2014 (2014-10-31)
Running time
155 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTulu

Chaali Polilu is a Tulu language film directed by Virendra Shetty Kavoor starring Devadas Kapikad, Naveen D Padil and Bhojaraj Vamanjoor in lead roles. Chaali Polilu is produced under the banner of Jayakirana films by Prakash Pandeshwar. The film has shared valuable messages to society. It reflects upon social evils in society and while providing an ample amount of entertainment to the audience. It is the highest grossing Tulu film of all time.[citation needed]

The film has successfully completed 511 days in PVR Cinemas which is the all time record in Tulu cinema, as well as for any regional-language film in India.[1][2][3]

Plot

The first half of the film tells about three main characters Pandu (Devadas Kapikad), Damu (Naveen D Padil) and Manju (Bhojaraj Vamanjoor). They are childhood best friends and stay in same neighbourhood. They are characterized as naughty and uninterested in studies. They are unemployed and do not do any work. The trio are called 'Chaali Polilu' by the people in the area.

Everything seems to be going on fine in their life until one day they are accused of stealing ornaments from the sanctum sanctorum in the village temple. The second half focuses on if they get out of the problem and how they solve it.

Cast

  • Devadas Kapikad as Pandu
  • Naveen D Padil as Damu
  • Bhojaraj Vamanjoor as Manju
  • Divyashree
  • Aravind Bolar as Babanna.
  • Navya
  • Arjun Kapikad (Guest appearance)
  • Sunder Rai
  • Chethan Rai
  • Padmaja Rao
  • Prasanna Shetty
  • Prajwal Pandeshwar
  • Deepak Balan
  • Prajnesh shetty
  • Dithesh Poojary
  • Brijesh Garodi
  • Ravindra Shetty Kuthethure
  • Jaganaath Shetty Bala
  • Umanatha Kotian

Soundtrack

The soundtracks of the film were composed by V. Manohar.[4] Music was released by Muzik247 Tulu.

Boxoffice Collection

Chaali Polilu crossed ₹1 crore in box office collection in just three weeks, breaking all previous box office records.[5] The film has so far collected around ₹2 crores at the box office.[6]

Awards

Tulu Cinemotsava Awards 2015

  • Best Film
  • Best Director- Virendra Shetty Kavoor
  • Best Actor - Naveen D Padil
  • Best Actress - Divyashree
  • Best Actor in a Negative Role- Chethan Rai
  • Best Music Director - V.Manohar
  • Best Editor - P C Mohanan
  • Best Choreography- Cool Jayanth

References

  1. ^ "Team of superhit Tulu flick Chaali Polilu to collaborate once more - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Tulu film 'Chali Polilu' completes 500 days". Deccan Herald. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Mangaluru: Tulu blockbuster 'Chaali Polilu' to be screened on Tuesday". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. ^ Shetty, Veerendra (9 January 2016), Chaali Polilu, Aravind Bolar, Arjun Kapikad, Devadas Kapikad, Jayakirana Films, retrieved 25 October 2023
  5. ^ "Mangaluru: 'Chaali Polilu' collection crosses Rs one crore, sets new record". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. ^ "A film fest to mark 100th Tulu film". The Hindu. 15 September 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

  • Chaali Polilu at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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  • http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=294091 Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20150715164425/http://seeandsaynews.in/tulunadu/mangaluru/6782-chaali-polilu-crew-felicitated-by-tulu-sahitya-academy