Chitralahari (film)

Vijay Krishna is an engineering graduate who is called a loser because of his bad luck and lack of social skills. He is often misunderstood and rejected by everybody except for his father, Narayana, who supports him in every situation.

He is, however, an intelligent graduate who has an idea for an app to help people in road accidents and is looking for investors. He is in a relationship with Lahari, but he lies to her that he does not drink.

Whenever he goes to the bar, he often drinks with his friend Mike, who is a writer. They call themselves "Glassmates." He also never mentions that he works at a TV repair shop part-time and only mentions that he is working on a project. Vijay pitches the idea for his app to Janardhan, an executive in a company, who insults him and calls him unfit to complete his project because people do not care about rules. Vijay challenges Janardhan in front of his staff, arrogantly and confidently.

Lahari finds out the truth with the help of her misandrist friend Swecha and also listens to Vijay's pitch and breaks up with Vijay. Swecha, however, gives Vijay a chance and takes him to Mumbai, where he completes the project. While they are in Mumbai, they stay at the house of one of the employees, Kishore, who calls Swecha "sister" because he thinks Swetha has a negative attitude towards men.

When they are done with the project plan and are executing the plan, Janardhan makes the plan fail again. This makes Vijay angry, and he thinks he is fit for nothing.

Before he leaves Mumbai, he finds out that Lahari and Swecha are friends and tells Lahari it was not her decision to break up with him. In order to complete the project, Vijay plans and executes an accident to prove his device's capability. After the accident, he is brought to court, where he is accused of being reckless and irresponsible in order to bring the app to public attention. The public prosecutor gives him a hard time with a barrage of allegations. During the interval, Lahari expresses her unconditional love for him. Once the session resumes, he is given the right to pursue his dream by the judge.

On 15 October 2018, it is announced that Kishore Tirumala will be directing Sai Dharam Tej's next movie, Chitralahari, on Mythri Movie Makers.^[5] On the same day, other cast and crew were announced. The regular shooting started from 19 November 2018 and completed by March 2019.^[6] The film was released on 12 April 2019.^[7]

Music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.^[8]