Kushi (2001 film)

Kushi
Kushi
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	30:12
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology

Khushi
Khushi
	Theatrical poster of Khushi
Directed by	S. J. Surya
Written by	S. J. Surya (Story & Screenplay); Rajendra Kumar (Dialogues)
Based on	Kushi (Tamil)
Produced by	A.M. Ratnam
Starring	Pawan Kalyan; Bhumika Chawla; Sivaji;
Cinematography	P. C. Sreeram
Edited by	B. Lenin; V. T. Vijayan; Kola Bhaskar;
Music by	Mani Sharma
Distributed by	Sri Surya Films
Release date	27 April 2001;
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Kushi (transl. Happiness) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by S. J. Surya and released on 27 April 2001. Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla appeared together for the first time in this film. This film is a remake of the Tamil-language film Kushi (2000). Mani Sharma provided the soundtrack.

For her role in the film, Bhumika received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu.^[2]

Plot

The film opens when Madhumati ("Madhu") (Bhumika Chawla) and Siddharth Roy alias Siddhu (Pawan Kalyan) are born. Madhu's family is based in Konaseema in Andhra Pradesh and Siddhu's family is from Kolkota (he has a Telugu father and Bengali mother). As babies, Madhu and Siddhu meet in a shopping complex.

Madhu and her father love each other dearly. Madhu's father wants her daughter to get married and wanted to keep his son-in-law with them and so that his daughter will not leave him. However, her groom elopes with his girlfriend, apologizing to Madhu that he did not want to ruin another girl's life.

Siddhu receives a visa for higher studies in Canada, his car met with an accident on his way to airport, which results him hospitalized for a period. Coincidentally, he receives Madhu's blood. Madhu's convinces her father to go for higher studies and not be bothered with marriage. Sidhu cannot make it to Canada and joins the same college as Madhu. Incidentally, they meet in a temple. They become good friends, while also helping Madhu's friend, Shanti, and Siddu's friend, Babu (Sivaji), who are in love. Shanti's father is a big goon, and Madhu and Siddhu ensure that Shanti and Babu do not reveal their love to Shanti's father and get into any trouble. One day while Madhu is studying for exams, Siddhu happens to come. Madhu's sari moves in the breeze, revealing her navel. Siddhu ogles it. Madhu accuses Siddhu of ogling, and Siddhu denies it. An argument breaks out leading to them accusing each other of hiding their feelings for the other. They end their friendship.

After the summer holidays, Shanti's dad finds out about Babu. Madhu and Siddhu meet again for the sake of their friend's love. In the course of getting Babu and Shanti together, they realize they love each other. The movie ends happily, with the duo married and happily squabbling.

Cast

Pawan Kalyan as Siddhartha "Siddhu" Roy
Bhumika Chawla as Madhumati
Sivaji as Babu
Rajan P. Dev as Gudumba Satti
Betha Sudhakar as Dance Master
Nassar as Siddhu's father
Janaki Sabesh as Siddhu's mother
Vijayakumar as Madhu's father
Sudha as Madhu's mother
Ali as Babu Moshai
Mumtaj as Anitha
Ajay as College Student (cameo appearance)
S. J. Surya in a guest appearance
Ravi Mariya in a cameo appearance

Remakes

Kushi (2000) (Tamil)	Kushi (2001) (Telugu)	Khushi (2003) (Hindi)	Eno Onthara (2010) (Kannada)
Vijay	Pawan Kalyan	Fardeen Khan	Ganesh
Jyothika	Bhumika Chawla	Kareena Kapoor	Priyamani

Box office performance

The film had a 50-day run in 101 centres,^[3] a 100-day run in 79 centres^[4] and a 175-day run in eight centres.^[5] Kushi grossed a distributors' share of ₹18 crore (equivalent to ₹72 crore or US$8.6 million in 2023) in 100 days worldwide and collected a share of ₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹80 crore or US$9.5 million in 2023) in 150 days worldwide. Its total collections were ₹20–21 crore.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack

Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack of the film. The audio was released in CDs for the time in Telugu along with cassettes by Aditya Music. A classic song called "Aaduvari Maatalaku", written by Pingali from the movie Missamma, was remixed by Mani Sharma. It was sung by Murali. Other lyricists are A.M. Ratnam, Abbas Tyrewala, Chandra Bose, Pingali and Suddala Ashok Teja.^[6]

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ye Mera Jaha"	Abbas Tyrewala	KK	05:14
2.	"Ammaye Sannaga"	Chandrabose	Udit Narayan and Kavita Krishnamurthy	04:52
3.	"Cheliya Cheliya"	A. M. Rathnam	Harini and Srinivas	05:41
4.	"Premante"	A. M. Rathnam	Devan Ekambaram and Kalpana	06:14
5.	"Aaduvari Matalaku"	Pingali	Khushi Murali	03:01
6.	"Holi Holi"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Mano and Swarnalatha	05:12
Total length:				30:14

References

^ "Kushi Review". www.idlebrain.com. Idlebrain. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ https://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/30566/pawan-khushi-industry-hit-story.html
^ "Kushi 50 days centres". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
^ "Kushi 100 days centres". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Kushi". Saavn.

External links

Kushi at IMDb

[idlebrain-1] "Kushi Review". www.idlebrain.com. Idlebrain. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[2] ttps://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/30566/pawan-khushi-industry-hit-story.html

[3] "Kushi 50 days centres". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.

[4] "Kushi 100 days centres". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Kushi". Saavn.

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