Passion Post #6 – Chintakayala Ravi

Good things happen to those who are good. Chintakayala Ravi is the perfect example of this. Starring Venky Mama, Chintakayala Ravi, a modest man from a modest middle-class family, is a man who seems to have nothing in his life. After coming to America as a student with the money to pay for his tuition, Chintakayala seems to have lost it somehow, which is what he tells his friends. However, Chintakayala doesn’t tell this fact to his family back in India. Does it work though?

For the while, yes. Chintakayala Ravi convinces his family back at home that he graduated and works for a software company for about 5 years. In reality, he works as a bartender at a bar that seems to have the same name as another software company nearby, which helps convince his parents even more. Chintakayala Ravi therefore leads a difficult life, as he still is trying to redeem his software job or even education to make up for all the time lost. Managing his job and family responsibilities become too difficult for Chintakayala, especially as his younger sister is getting married soon and has to use his money to fund it for the family. He still leads a humble life while being good and helping everyone, which leads to people taking advantage of him. This in turn causes Chintakayala to lose even more money. Eventually, with the little money he has left, he buys the plane ticket back to India to hopefully find a solution there while his sister’s marriage is going on.

Pressures increase however when all his relatives begin asking Chintakayala for help and ask him about the US, as he is the first one in the family, and one of the only ones from the village, to move to America. He somehow manages to keep the secret for time, mainly due to the fact that there’s another software company there. However, the truth finally gets revealed when one of his friends accidentally mentions Chintakayala’s bar. The whole family gets confused and almost upset with Chintakayala, as they assume Chintakayala lost the money, to which Chintakayala doesn’t argue. 

However, suddenly when the marriage is about to get canceled, a millionaire comes to the wedding and tells the family what really happened. When Chintakayala came to America, he saw a man suddenly collapse on the floor while walking out of the airport. After moving him to the hospital and personally staying with him, the doctor requests immediate surgery. After surgery, the man is still unconscious and will be for a while, but someone has to pay the bill. Because no one knew the man, Chintakayala offered to pay for hospital bills with his own tuition money. That man turned out to be a millionaire.

In the end, Chintakayala was offered free education and a guaranteed top management position in the software company that is owned by the millionaire.

4 thoughts on “Passion Post #6 – Chintakayala Ravi

  1. I am once again unbelievably disappointed that you decided to spoil the end of the movie for your audience again. I was very interested in watching this movie this weekend following my busy week of exams and now I am not able to. I do enjoy this plot though and the millionaire covering for Chintakayala in front of his family, making him to be the bigger person. As well as it all worked out for Chintakayala in the went by getting free education and a management position with that software company.

  2. Does the main character have any relation to Ravi from Jesse on Disney channel. Was just wondering. Anyways, tough read as always. From the description that you gave me it seems that this movie kind of has a Pursuit of Happyness vibe. Ravi is met with adversity and has to overcome it. The more I read this description it seems like they kind of coppied pursuit of happiness except just much worse. It admirable how you can sit through these movies and then say good things about them. Its kind of like our other bloggin group mate who thinks his soccer team is good. You guys should think about acting. It would definitely suit you.

  3. This movie is actually so funny to me, and I love rewatching some of the scenes. I do remember watching this as a kid but you’ve reminded me of it, and I think I’ll rewatch it sometime soon. I adore the way he keeps trying even though he’s kind of a loser. He’s extremely funny, and I’m glad it ultimately went his way. He’s definitely a hilarious character, and this movie is just very funny to me.

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