Seethakoka Chilaka | |
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Directed by | Bharathiraja |
Screenplay by | Bharathiraja |
Dialogue by | Jandhyala |
Story by | Manivannan |
Produced by | Edida Nageswara Rao |
Starring | |
Cinematography | B. Kannan |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Poornodaya Movie Creations |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Seethakoka Chilaka (transl. Butterfly) is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language teen romance film directed by Bharathiraja. The film was produced by Edida Nageswara Rao on Poornodaya Movie Creations banner and was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Alaigal Oivathillai.[1] 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.[2] It was remade by Bharathiraja in Hindi as Lovers in 1983.