Vellipomakey
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{{Infobox film
| name = Vellipomakey
| image = Vellipomakey_poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Yakub Ali
| producer = Dil Raju
| story =
| screenplay =
| writer =
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Vishwak Sen
- Nithyasree Reddy
- Supriya
}}
| music = Prashanth R Vihari
| cinematography = Vidya Sagar Chinta
Akhilesh Kothakota
| editing = Ali Mohammed
| studio = Sri Venkateswara Creations
Sai Akhilesh Productions
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2017|09|02}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
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Vellipomakey ({{translation|Don't go away}}) is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Yakub Ali. The film stars debutant Vishwak Sen and Nithyasree Reddy.
Plot
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Chandu is an animator from Warangal. Most of his friends have relationships and he doesn't have one. Shruthi, is his colleague from work and they work in a project together. Before Chandu asks Shruthi out, she rejects him. He later receives a friend request from Swetha. Swetha makes a large impact on Chandu's life: he is isolated from his friends and work.
Things go haywire for Chandu as Swetha goes missing out and he gets worried. Upon searching he reaches a School building where Chandu finds out a guy who is Swetha's cousin and explains him that Swetha is fed up with her parents behaviour, out of frustration she left her house and stays at her grandmother's home. And then Swetha falls in love with a guy who later cheats her on being in relation with another girl and Swetha takes a lot of time in the process of healing up. In order to be happy, she selects unknown persons in the form of love where her cousin won't object her because she's happy for a particular time upon spending some memorable moments with them. Chandu asks her cousin to call Swetha once to meet but she won't show up. Chandu leaves the place in a depressed state and settles his friend's love matter with a neat clarification to his parents. Later Chandu joins another company where he meets Shruthi, his previous company's colleague who works with him again. It is implied that they are interested in each other and that, Chandu has begun to move on.
Cast
- Vishwak Sen as Chandrasekhar "Chandu"
- Nithyasree Reddy as Swetha
- Supriya as Shruthi
- Prashant Podagatlapalli as Kishore
- Swetha as Anusha
- Vidya as Deepthi
- Pavan as Raju
Production
The film began production as a one-hour independent film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/prashanth-r-vihari-interview-melting-pot-of-genres/article17558316.ece|title=Prashanth R Vihari: Melting pot of genres|author=Srivathsan Nadadhur|date=21 March 2017|work=The Hindu|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112041521/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/prashanth-r-vihari-interview-melting-pot-of-genres/article17558316.ece|url-status=live}} The film was produced on a low budget. Dil Raju announced his interest in producing the film after watching the film's trailer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/240817/vellipomakey-finally-set-to-release.html|title=Vellipomakey finally set to release|work=Deccan Chronicle|author=Pranita Jonnalagedda|date=24 August 2017|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918034610/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/240817/vellipomakey-finally-set-to-release.html|url-status=live}}
Soundtrack
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| artist = Prashanth R Vihari
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| recorded = 2017
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| producer = Prashanth R. Vihari
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| next_title = Mental Madhilo
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The film was scored by debutante Prashanth R Vihari and the lyrics were written by Sri Sai Kiran.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/did-you-know/rahul-ravindran-reveals-lyricist-sri-sai-kirans-work-for-vellipomakey-inspired-him-to-take-him-on-board-for-chi-la-sow/articleshow/65319866.cms|title=Rahul Ravindran reveals lyricist Sri Sai Kiran's work for 'Vellipomakey' inspired him to take him on-board for 'Chi La Sow'|date=8 August 2018|work=The Times of India|author=Neeshita Nyayapati|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=12 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512205914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/did-you-know/rahul-ravindran-reveals-lyricist-sri-sai-kirans-work-for-vellipomakey-inspired-him-to-take-him-on-board-for-chi-la-sow/articleshow/65319866.cms|url-status=live}}
- "Edho Cherukundi" - Muheet Bharti
- "Ela Ela" - Kamalaja Rajagopal, Karthik Rodriguez
- "Ila Na Jathaga" - Prashanth R. Vihari
- "Yemo Ye Vaipo" - Abhay Jodhpurkar
- "Silent Wail Alaap" - Abhijith Rao
Release and reception
Vellipomakey was originally scheduled to release on 10 March before the release was pushed to 2 September.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/270217/vellipomakey-set-to-release.html|title=Vellipomakey set to release|date=27 February 2017|work=Deccan Chronicle|author=Pranita Jonnalagedda|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307153411/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/270217/vellipomakey-set-to-release.html|url-status=live}}
The Hindu wrote that "A confident storyteller here translates his script to celluloid with precision, the film is a calming experience and the impact is more than the sum of its elements- the stirring background score and slick cinematography lend depth to the frames".{{Cite web|author=Srivathsan Nadadhur|date=1 September 2017|title='Vellipomakey' review: Simple story told well|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vellipomakey-is-a-sweet-little-film-that-sheds-throws-new-light-on-modern-age-relationships/article19601049.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021841/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vellipomakey-is-a-sweet-little-film-that-sheds-throws-new-light-on-modern-age-relationships/article19601049.ece|url-status=live}} The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and wrote that "The strength of Vellipomakey lies in the fact that Yakub is able to narrate an ordinary tale effectively without any frills, bells or whistles".{{Cite news|last=Nyayapati|first=Neeshita|date=2 September 2017|title=Vellipomakey|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/vellipomakey/movie-review/60335799.cms|accessdate=14 June 2021|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303091701/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/vellipomakey/movie-review/60335799.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|author=Neeshita Nyayapati|date=2 September 2017|title='Vellipomakey' movie review highlights: An ordinary first half promises an extraordinary conclusion|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/vellipomakey-movie-review-highlights-an-ordinary-first-half-promises-an-extraordinary-conclusion/articleshow/60334687.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913043120/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/vellipomakey-movie-review-highlights-an-ordinary-first-half-promises-an-extraordinary-conclusion/articleshow/60334687.cms|url-status=live}}
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