Chandralekha (1998 film)

Chandralekha is a 1998 Telugu film, produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna and V. Ram Prasad on Great India Enterprises banner, directed by Krishna Vamsi. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ramya Krishna and Isha Koppikar in lead roles and music composed by Sandeep Chowtha. This is the second combination of NagarjunaVamsiChowtha after Ninne Pelladatha. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt made a special appearance for the first time in a Telugu film. This film is a remake of Mohanlal starred Malayalam film Chandralekha directed by Priyadarshan.

In a new development Seeta happens to rescue a woman called Chandrika Varma or Chandra Ramya Krishnan after a car accident, hospitalizing her. Chandra is the daughter of a wealthy businessman Varma Murali Mohan. Seetarama Rao is mistaken by the hospital staff to be her husband Raj Kapoor. Soon her relatives including her father arrive and they too mistake him as Raj Kapoor because no one had ever seen or talked to him. Also, it happened that Chandra was a major client of Seetarama Raos Bank Manager, who too mistook him for Chandras husband, and was now eager to please him. Seetarama Rao, who is good at heart, initially intended to reveal the truth to everyone but later decides to masquerade as Raj Kapoor till he gets loan approval from the Bank Manager. Chandra lay bedridden paralyzed unable to react but was able to witness all the commotions around her.Some of the relatives of Chandra were never convinced about Seetarama Rao from the outset. To make matters worse for Seeta enters the arena Lekha Isha Koppikar, a close friend of Chandra and who is a medical graduate. She had talked to Raj Kapoor on the phone previously and become immediately suspicious about Seeta. The relatives join with Lekha to find out the truth. Lekha and others play cat and mouse with Seeta trying to uncover his veracity, with Seeta staying ahead of the game for a while. Finally, Lekha fortuitously comes to know the real story of Seetarama Rao but she is moved by his life struggles. In the meantime, Chandra revives from her paralysis but she too forgives Seetarama Rao for everything also, she had developed a liking for him. But one of the jealous relatives of Chandra Pruthvi Raj manages to expose Seeta before everyone. Then Chandra admits all the truth to everyone. She was not in fact a car accident but was a suicide attempt after her fiance, the real Raj Kapoor, had betrayed her, and their marriage had never commenced. But she was now in love with Seetarama Rao and hoped to marry him. Chandr

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