Idiot (2002 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Idiot

| image = Idiot 2002 film poster.jpg

| director = Puri Jagannadh

| producer = Puri Jagannadh

| writer = Puri Jagannadh

| based_on = Appu (Kannada)

| starring = Ravi Teja
Rakshita

| music = Chakri

| editing = Marthand K. Venkatesh

| cinematography = Shyam K. Naidu

| studio = Vaishno Academy

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|08|22}}

| runtime = 133 minutes

| country = India

| language = Telugu

| budget =

| gross = ₹16 crore distributors' share{{cite web |title=Tollywood Top 10 Box Office Collection Movies In 2002 |url=https://t2blive.com/tollywood-top-10-box-office-collection-movies-in-2002/l |website=T2BLive |language=en |date=19 February 2019 |access-date=12 April 2025}}

}}

Idiot: O Chanti Gaadi Prema Katha ({{lit|Idiot: Chanti's love story}}) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action romantic comedy film which released on 22 August 2002 and was directed by Puri Jagannadh. It was the second collaboration between Ravi Teja and Puri Jagannadh after the successful film Itlu Sravani Subramanyam. The dialogue was written by Puri Jagannadh with soundtrack by Chakri.{{Cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-idiot.html |title=Telugu Cinema – Idiot – Review |last=G. V. Ramana |website=idlebrain.com |publisher=GV |access-date=26 September 2016}} This film stars Ravi Teja and Rakshita (in her Telugu debut, reprising her role from original). It turned out to be a blockbuster.{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/idiot/cast-crew.html |title=Idiot Cast and Crew |last=Web master |website=filmibeat.com |publisher=Filmibeat |access-date=26 September 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/idiot/telugu/idiot-movie-reviews-1689-2.html |title=Idiot movie review |last=Kiran |first=Nadella |website=movies.fullhyderabad.com |access-date=26 September 2016}} The film ran for 100 days in 36 centres. The film was a remake of director's own 2002 Kannada movie Appu.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/articleshow/75161463.cms|title = From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages| newspaper=The Times of India | date=15 April 2020 }}

Plot

Bhaskar Rao a.k.a. Chantigadu is the son of a head constable Venkata Sami. Chanti is a guy with a carefree attitude. He is beaten by a rival gang at night and is rescued by a beautiful girl, Suchitra. She pays his hospital bills and donates her blood. She is gone from the hospital by the time Chanti becomes conscious. When Chanti's friends inform him about the girl who rescued him, he starts loving her immediately for her goodheartedness, though he did not see her. Suchi later turns out to be the daughter of the city police commissioner Vipra Narayana.

Chanti meets Suchi in the college for the first time and expresses his love. When she does not agree, he tries to tease her. She complains to her father, and he takes Chanti to the police station and severely beats him before being rescued by his father and his fellow constables. Even though Chanti is beaten by Narayana, he becomes more adamant to win his ladylove. He proposes to Suchi again in the college. She asks him to jump from the building. When he is ready to do so, she agrees to his love.

However, Narayana is not happy about their relationship and ropes in some rowdies to amputate his leg. Suchi discovers this and runs to help him, but is met with an accident. Both of them get admitted to the same hospital, and they unite there also. Narayana finally arranges her marriage with another person, to which she openly opposes and tries to commit suicide. Chanti comes and rescues her, but Narayana still wants to get her married to a man of his own choice. He also engages goons to kill Chanti. Chanti finally escapes all the troubles and meets the DGP to help him to marry his love. The DGP finally suspends Narayana and arranges Chanti's marriage in the police station. Finally, Chanti appears for civil services and is selected for IPS.

Cast

{{cast listing|

Ravi Teja as Bhaskar Rao a.k.a Chantigadu
Rakshita as Suchitra a.k.a Suchi
Prakash Raj as Police Commissioner Vipra Narayana
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Head Constable Venkata Swamy
Sangeetha as Rajyalakshmi, Chanti's mother
Ali as Motorcycle thief
Kaikala Satyanarayana as DGP
Giri Babu as Police Officer
Jeeva as Police Officer
Pruthviraj as Police Officer
Jr. Relangi as Police Officer
Vidya Vathi as Chanti's sister
Sairam Shankar as Sai, Chanti's friend
Srinivasa Reddy as Chanti's friend
MS Narayana as College Principal
Narsing Yadav as Yadav

}}

Production

This is a remake of the Kannada film Appu directed by Puri Jagannath which was the debut movie of Puneeth Rajkumar.{{cite web|last1=Chinnarayana|first1=Pulagam|title=ఇడియట్ చంటిగాడు లోకల్|url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/funday/idiot-movie-story-307819|website=sakshi.com|date=23 January 2016|publisher=Jagati Publications|access-date=26 September 2016}}

Soundtrack

{{Infobox album

| name = Idiot

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Chakri

| cover =

| alt =

| released = August 2002

| recorded = 2002

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soundtrack

| length = 29:02

| label = Aditya Music

| producer = Chakri

| prev_title = Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Ammayilu Abbayilu

| next_year = 2003

}}

The music was composed by Chakri and the soundtrack was released under the Sohan Audio label.{{cite web |last=NaChaKi |date=5 December 2002 |title=Press Meet - Manmadhudu |url=http://www.telugucinema.cc/artman/publish/manmathuDu_press.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030219114713/http://www.telugucinema.cc/artman/publish/manmathuDu_press.shtml |archive-date=19 February 2003 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=Telugu Cinema}} They consists of six tracks with two reused songs from their original language songs. The tune of the song Jai Veeranjaneya was based on the song Kolumande Jangama from the 1996 Kannada film Janumada Jodi. Conversely, the song Choopultho Guchi was copied and used multiple times first by Mika Singh with the song Sawan Mein Lag Gaye Aag.{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=Rhs9B4t6-ejPRpwx&v=660gG2YhkA0&feature=youtu.be | title=Kolumande Jangama - Janumada Jodi - ಜನುಮದ ಜೋಡಿ - Kannada Video Songs | website=YouTube | date=11 July 2021 }}

{{track listing

| headline = Track list

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| total_length = 29:02

| title1 = Sye Sara Sye

| extra1 = Chakri

| lyrics1 = Kandikonda

| length1 = 4:50

| title2 = Choopultho Guchi

| extra2 = Shankar Mahadevan

| lyrics2 = Kandikonda

| length2 = 4:29