Kushi (2001 film)

Kushi (transl. Happiness) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by S. J. Surya and released on 27 April 2001. Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla appeared together for the first time in this film. This film is a remake of the Tamil-language film Kushi (2000). Mani Sharma provided the soundtrack.

Khushi
Theatrical poster of Khushi
Directed byS. J. Surya
Produced byA.M. Ratnam
Written byS. J. Surya (Story & Screenplay)
Rajendra Kumar (Dialogues) [1]
Based onKushi (Tamil)
Starring
Music byMani Sharma
CinematographyP. C. Sreeram
Edited by
Distributed bySri Surya Films
Release date
  • 27 April 2001 (2001-04-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

For her role in the film, Bhumika received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu.[2]

Plot

The film opens when Madhumati ("Madhu") (Bhumika Chawla) and Siddharth Roy alias Siddhu (Pawan Kalyan) are born. Madhu's family is based in Konaseema in Andhra Pradesh and Siddhu's family is from Kolkota (he has a Telugu father and Bengali mother). As babies, Madhu and Siddhu meet in a shopping complex.

Madhu and her father love each other dearly. Madhu's father wants her daughter to get married and wanted to keep his son-in-law with them and so that his daughter will not leave him. However, her groom elopes with his girlfriend, apologizing to Madhu that he did not want to ruin another girl's life.

Siddhu receives a visa for higher studies in Canada, his car met with an accident on his way to airport, which results him hospitalized for a period. Coincidentally, he receives Madhu's blood. Madhu's convinces her father to go for higher studies and not be bothered with marriage. Sidhu cannot make it to Canada and joins the same college as Madhu. Incidentally, they meet in a temple. They become good friends, while also helping Madhu's friend, Shanti, and Siddu's friend, Babu (Sivaji), who are in love. Shanti's father is a big goon, and Madhu and Siddhu ensure that Shanti and Babu do not reveal their love to Shanti's father and get into any trouble. One day while Madhu is studying for exams, Siddhu happens to come. Madhu's sari moves in the breeze, revealing her navel. Siddhu ogles it. Madhu accuses Siddhu of ogling, and Siddhu denies it. An argument breaks out leading to them accusing each other of hiding their feelings for the other. They end their friendship.

After the summer holidays, Shanti's dad finds out about Babu. Madhu and Siddhu meet again for the sake of their friend's love. In the course of getting Babu and Shanti together, they realize they love each other. The movie ends happily, with the duo married and happily squabbling.

Cast

Remakes
Kushi (2000)
(Tamil)		Kushi (2001)
(Telugu)		Khushi (2003)
(Hindi)		Eno Onthara (2010)
(Kannada)
VijayPawan KalyanFardeen KhanGanesh
JyothikaBhumika ChawlaKareena KapoorPriyamani

Box office performance

The film had a 50-day run in 101 centres,[3] a 100-day run in 79 centres[4] and a 175-day run in eight centres.[5] Kushi grossed a distributors' share of ₹18 crore (equivalent to ₹58 crore or US$8.1 million in 2019) in 100 days worldwide and collected a share of ₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹64 crore or US$9.0 million in 2019) in 150 days worldwide. Its total collections were ₹20–21 crore.

Soundtrack

Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack of the film. The audio was released in CDs for the time in Telugu along with cassettes by Aditya Music. A classic song called "Aaduvari Maatalaku", written by Pingali from the movie Missamma, was remixed by Mani Sharma. It was sung by Murali. Other lyricists are A.M. Ratnam, Abbas Tyrewala, Chandra Bose, Pingali and Suddala Ashok Teja.[6]

Kushi
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released2001
Recorded2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:12
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Murari
(2001)		 Kushi
(2001)		 Devi Putrudu
(2001)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ye Mera Jaha"Abbas TyrewalaKK05:14
2."Ammaye Sannaga"ChandraboseUdit Narayan and Kavita Krishnamurthy04:52
3."Cheliya Cheliya"A. M. RathnamHarini and Srinivas05:41
4."Premante"A. M. RathnamDevan Ekambaram and Kalpana06:14
5."Aaduvari Matalaku"PingaliKhushi Murali03:01
6."Holi Holi"Suddala Ashok TejaMano and Swarnalatha05:12
Total length:30:14
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References
  1. "Kushi Review". www.idlebrain.com. Idlebrain. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. https://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/30566/pawan-khushi-industry-hit-story.html
  3. "Kushi 50 days centres". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  4. "Kushi 100 days centres". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Kushi". Saavn.
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