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Ye Maaya Chesave is a film of genre Drama directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon released in USA on 26 february 2010 with Naga Chaitanya
Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)
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Add to a movie listYe Maaya Chesave (English: What Magic Have You Done?) is a 2010 Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Menon, with dialogues by Umarji Anuradha. The film stars Naga Chaitanya and debutant Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles. It was produced by Manjula Ghattamaneni under the banner Indira Productions and features a critically acclaimed soundtrack ad background score composed by A. R. Rahman. Other credits include cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa, dialogues by Umarji Anuradha and editing by Anthony Gonsalves.
The film was shot along with the Tamil version Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa which was shot first with a completely different cast and climax. The television rights were sold to Zee Telugu. This film is Menon's second Telugu venture, after the critically successful Gharshana.
Upon release the music, scored by two-time Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman, became a huge success and gained Cult status over the years. Apart from highly successful soundtrack, the Background Score of the film is hailed as one of Rahman's best works.
Ye Maaya Chesave portrays the complicated relationship between a Telugu Hindu assistant director, Karthik, and a Malayali Saint Thomas Christian girl, Jessie whom he falls in love with. Jessie is torn between her love for Karthik and her family, who is steadfast in their disapproval of him. This results in a volatile relationship until Jessie leaves him without an explanation. They accidentally meet after a couple of years and the movie takes a different turn.
Ye Maaya chesave was made with a moderate budget of ₹12.5 crore (US$1 9 million)
The Tamil version was made following much speculation that Gautham Menon was set to remake it with Manjula's brother, Mahesh Babu. Shooting continued through the latter part of 2009, with the film garnering significant media interest, with schedules in the United States, with Princeton University being used as a backdrop for song picturisation.
Synopsis
Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) is a mechanical engineering graduate but aspires to become a filmmaker. Through his friend, Karthik gets introduced to director Puri Jagannadh. With his support,Karthik family, who are Hindus, rents the ground floor of a two-storeyed house which belongs to the Thekekuttus. The Thekekuttu family is a conservative Malayali Syrian Catholic family from Alappuzha, Kerala, who live upstairs. The Thekekuttus have a daughter, Jessie (Samantha), who is 2 years older to Karthik. When Karthik meets Jessie for the first time, he falls in love with her. Karthik expresses his love one day to her, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. The two meet several times afterwards and Jessie begins to admit that she likes Karthik but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father won't accept a Hindu marrying their daughter. Her parents learn about their affair and arrange a marriage for her. But at the wedding, she refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents. Suddenly, Jessie is forced by her father to marry and seeks Karthik's help, who was in Goa for a film shooting. Busy Karthik is unable to attend to her calls and messages; Jessie is unable to reach him. After a tense phone call from Jessie, Karthik goes back one night to check on her. An angry and hurt Jessie makes a final decision to break up with Karthik because of her father's strong disapproval of their love.Actors
Naga Chaitanya
(Karthik)
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
(Jessie Thekekuttu)
Krishnudu
(Krishna)
Sapan Saran
(Nandini)
Surekha Vani
(Karthik's mother)
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