Khushi

Khushi (2001)

ఖుషి

College friends Siddhu and Madhumati part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.

Date of release
2001-04-26
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (29)
Runtime
2h 49m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Director
S. J. Suryah

Casting

Interesting facts

Kushi is a 2001 South Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by S. J. Suryah and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla. The film was initially planned as a bilingual along with the Tamil version, but released a year later due to production delays. The film features music composed by Mani Sharma. Pawan Kalyan also choreographed all the action sequences and directed three songs in the film.

Production

After watching the premiere of Vaalee (1999), A. M. Rathnam wanted to make a film with S. J. Suryah and zeroed in on a love story for the project. They cast Vijay for the Tamil version and Pawan Kalyan for the Telugu version. As Kalyan was busy with the production of Badri (2000) at the time, the Telugu version got delayed by a year while the Tamil version released in 2000.

The film was announced in 1999 with the title Cheppalani Vundi and starring Pawan Kalyan and Ameesha Patel with music by Ramana Gogula. Regarding the title Rathnam later noted, "Surprisingly for this film, our original title was Cheppalani Vundhi, on the lines of Chiranjeevi’s Choodalani Vundhi (1998).

As Ameesha Patel got busy after the release of Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), the makers had to search for a new female lead. S. J. Suryah cast Bhumika as the female lead after watching Yuvakudu (2000).

As Kalyan insisted on additional fight sequences in the film, Suryah asked Kalyan to direct them as he did not feel them necessary to the story. Kalyan also went on to direct three songs, namely, "Ye Mera Jahan," "Premante Suluvu Kaaduraa" and "Aaduvari Matalaku." The introduction song of the actress in the Tamil version was also replaced to accommodate the protagonist's introduction. One song was shot in Calcutta and two in Hyderabad.

Producer A. M. Rathnam noted in September 2000 that the filming would be completed by December and the film would release for Sankranthi festival in January 2001.

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