Ye Maaya Chesave

Ye Maaya Chesave
Directed byGautham Vasudev Menon
Screenplay byGautham Vasudev Menon
Produced byManjula Ghattamaneni
Sanjay Swaroop
StarringNaga Chaitanya
Samantha
CinematographyManoj Paramahamsa
Edited byAnthony Gonsalves
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Release date
  • 26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget10 crore[1]
Box officeest. 30 crore[2][1]

Ye Maaya Chesave (transl. What magic have you done?) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Naga Chaitanya and Samantha in her debut as lead.[3] It was produced by Manjula Ghattamaneni under the banner Indira Productions with soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman. The film featured cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by Anthony Gonsalves, and dialogue by Umarji Anuradha.

The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa starring Simbu and Trisha. The film received positive reviews from critics and was successful at the box office.[4] It was remade in Hindi as Ekk Deewana Tha.[5] The film is considered as one of the "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade" by Film Companion.[6]

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  2. ^ "Top Ten Telugu Films of the year". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Samantha Akkineni remembers her first shot for Ye Maaya Chesave as she completes 10 years in the industry". www.zoomtventertainment.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ^ "9 Years of Ye Maaya Chesave: Fans of this cult love story relive the romance between Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Akkineni". Bollywood Life. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Amy Jackson gets engaged to her boy friend!". NTV ENGLISH. 30 January 2024.
  6. ^ "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade | Film Companion". www.filmcompanion.in. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2021.