O Chinadana
{{Short description|2002 Indian Romantic comedy}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = O Chinadana
| image = O Chinadana.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
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| director = E. Sathibabu
| producer = Mullapudi Brahmanandam
| writer = Marudhuri Raja (Dialogues)
| screenplay = E. Sathibabu
| starring = {{plainlist|
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| music = Vidyasagar
| cinematography = C. Ramprasad
| editing = A. Sreekar Prasad
| studio = Rajeswari Films
| released = {{Film date|2002|01|25|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| gross = ₹6 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/ |website=T2BLive |language=en |date=19 February 2019 |access-date=12 May 2025}}
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O Chinadana is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by E Sathi Babu starring Srikanth, Raja, Gajala, Asha Saini and Sruthi Raj.{{cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-ochinnadana.html | title=Telugu Cinema - Review - O Chinnadana - Srikanth, Raja, Gajala, Sruthi Raj - e Sathi Babu - Vidya sagar - Marudhuri Raja }}{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/o-chinadana/telugu/o-chinadana-movie-reviews-1544-2.html|title=O Chinadana Review|work=Full Hyderabad|last=Verma|first=Mithun}}{{cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-ochinnadana.html | title=Telugu Cinema - Review - O Chinnadana - Srikanth, Raja, Gajala, Sruthi Raj - e Sathi Babu - Vidya sagar - Marudhuri Raja }} The film was produced by Mullapudi Brahmanandam for Rajeswari Films. The film was a box office success.{{Cite web |last=Sunil |first=Sreya |last2=Jeevi |title=Research - Telugu cinema in the first half of 2002 |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/research/anal/tollywood2002firsthalf.html |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Idlebrain.com |quote=Srikanth starrers O Chinnadana and Aaduthu Paaduthu brought smiles on the faces of their distributors mainly due to the presence of good comedy in both the films.}} The main theme of the film was taken from the Hollywood film 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Plot
Ramya falls in fall in love with Srinivasa "Seenu" Sastry, but her elder sister, Divya hates love because of her childhood friend Rajesh. The lovers plot and introduce Narasimha, a thief as Rajesh, the childhood friend to lure Divya. Rest is how the pairs marry.
Cast
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- Srikanth as Narasimha / fake Rajesh
- Raja as Srinivasa "Seenu" Sastry
- Shruthi Raj as Divya Reddy
- Gajala as Ramya Reddy
- Asha Saini as Chamanthi
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Major Rajasekhar Reddy
- Brahmanandam as Hyderabad/Secunderabad
- Ali as Ali
- Kovai Sarala as Veena Tantula Meera Bai
- Tanikella Bharani as Lawyer Avadhani
- Brahmaji as Rajesh
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as SI Kotayya
- Babu Mohan as Bhadrayya
- Benarjee
- Yamuna in a cameo
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Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.{{Cite web|work=Raaga.com|title=Oh Chinadana Songs Download, Oh Chinadana Telugu MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Telugu Songs - Raaga.com - A World Of Music|url=https://www.raaga.com/telugu/movie/Oh-Chinadana-songs-A0000231|language=en|accessdate=2018-05-31}}
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| title1 = Dimdimtara Dimdimtara
| length1 = 04:29
| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Uma Ramanan
| title2 = Havva Havva
| length2 = 04:59
| extra2 = Swarnalatha, Mano
| title3 = Oh Chinadana
| length3 = 05:07
| extra3 = Devashish
| title4 = Veelu Choosi Vela Choosi
| length4 = 04:32
| extra4 = Tippu, Gopika Poornima
| title5 = Vonti Meeda Pattu Koka
| length5 = 05:04
| extra5 = S. P. Charan, Sujatha, Swarnalatha, Mano
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Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain rated the film three out of five and wrote, "Over all, it's a watchable film that has got some entertainment value. Made on a shoestring budget, this Srikanth-starrer is all set to recover the money and make handsome profits." A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote, "This film falls precisely into that category, where everything is as morbid as the designation of this title to a Jane Austin novel." Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu noted, "Director Sattibabu and dialogue writer Maruduri Raja can take full credit for making this film an engrossing and entertaining comedy."