| Pedavi Datani Matokatundhi | |
| Director: | T Guru Prasad |
| Screenplay: | TG Keerthi Kumar |
| Story: | TG Keerthi Kumar |
| Music: | Zenith Reddy |
| Cinematography: | Naman-Yatin |
| Editing: | Nirmal Kumar |
| Studio: | Film Monks Entertainment Private Limited |
| Runtime: | 124 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Telugu |
Pedavi Datani Matokatundhi is an Indian Telugu-language, fantasy romantic comedy film directed by T Guru Prasad, written by TG Keerthi Kumar and produced by Aditi and TG Keerthi Kumar.[1] [2] It features Raavan Reddy and Payal Wadhwa and Naresh in the lead roles. The film was released on 27 July 2018.[3]
Tarun is a stud and a famous musician during high school days, but arrogant and rude to his classmates except to his best friend, Abhay (Moin). He rejects and insults love proposals of many girls, including Ahaana's (Payal Wadhwa). Sai (Maurice Sadiche), another classmate of his, seeks to join Tarun's music band but gets bullied by Tarun and Abhay in front of the class. Few years later, Tarun is a college dropout and works as Janitor with Abhay as an accountant, both in the same company with Sai, as their boss. Sai constantly insults Tarun at the workplace, to take revenge of the embarrassing high school incident. Tarun falls in love with same Ahaana, the girl who he rejected and insulted during school days. Ahaana is now a beautiful, independent girl who refuses to forgive Tarun for what he did to her. Tarun claims himself to be a loser with all the problems. His father (V.K.Naresh), who works in a CCTV agency, constantly scolds him and motivates him at the same time. One day, Tarun accidentally falls into a cupid curse. He has to complete a task of matching three couples within 48 hours or he can never tell Ahaana that he loves her or for that matter, get any kind of love life again. Tarun is on chase to complete the task and save himself from the curse, with the help of his cupid associate Bunty (Nandu Kumar). He manages to complete the task, comes out of the curse and makes Ahaana fall in love with him.
This film has five songs composed by Zenith Reddy and lyrics are written by Rahman.[4] Music released on Lahari Music.[5]
A critic from 123telugu rated the film out of 5 and wrote that "All in all, Pedavi Datani Matokatundi comes with a different concept but fails to pack a punch, owing to its ill-paced narration and confusing screenplay. The movie looks half-baked as it heads with no real direction".[6] [7]