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Seethakoka Chiluka (1981)

Seethakoka Chiluka poster
Original title
సీతాకోకచిలుక
Directed by
Bharathiraja
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
UA
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage romance unfolds in a rural Indian setting. The story follows a young couple navigating love and societal pressures.

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What happens

Seethakoka Chilaka (transl. Butterfly) is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language teen romantic drama film directed by Bharathirajaa. The film was produced by Edida Nageswara Rao via Poornodaya Movie Creations banner and was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Alaigal Oivathillai. Karthik (credited as Murali) played the lead role in both versions of the film, alongside Mucherla Aruna in this version, marking the career debut for both actors. The film won five Nandi Awards. The film was retrospectively featured in the Indian Panorama section of the 9th International Film Festival of India, 1983. It was remade by Bharathiraja in Hindi as Lovers in 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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