# Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam

Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (lit. 'A little love, a little hardship') is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by debutant Kishore Kumar Pardasani. The film stars Siddharth, Tamannaah, Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishna, and Nassar in key roles. The songs were composed by the trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, while the background score was composed by Mani Sharma.
The film was released on 5 February 2009. A commercial success at the box office, Kochem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam won three Nandi Awards and three CineMAA Awards, while Ramya Krishna won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu. It has been remade in Bengali as Romeo (2011).

## Plot

Geeta grows up in a village, under the shade of her doting father Subramanyam who takes care of everything for her and she is equally attached to him. She comes to Hyderabad for higher studies and stays at her uncle, Gachibowli Diwakar's house. There she meets with Siddharth "Siddhu" friend of her cousin. Eventually they grow close and fall in love.
Though Siddhu was a playful, carefree young chap, he has problems at his home as his parents are divorced. He reveals that to Geeta and tells her that he is coming to her village to meet his father. There he asks Geeta's hand in marriage but Subramanyam doesn't agree. He says that he couldn't marry his daughter to a person whose parents are divorced. He wants to give his daughter in a big family but at least he wants his parents to be together. Siddhu asks him whether he would agree to marriage if his parents reunite and Subramanyam agrees to that.
From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Geetha to get Prakash and Rajyalakshmi together. One night, when Prakash is driving Siddhu to his mother's home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what he's trying to say, and his father answers "that he couldn't have done anything,his mother just left him." To this Siddhu answers, "No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go." Even after this talk with Prakash, Geeta and Siddhu often fail, but eventually Siddhu reunites his parents and Geeta's father, Subramanyam, also unites the other lovers, Geeta and Siddhu.

## Cast

* Siddharth as Siddharth "Siddhu" Verma
* Tamannaah Bhatia as Geeta Subramanyam
* Prakash Raj as Prakash Verma
* Ramya Krishna as Rajyalakshmi
* Nassar as Subramanyam
* Brahmanandam as Gachibowli Diwakar, Geeta's uncle
* Venu Madhav as Bangarraju "Bangaram"
* Sudha as Geeta's mother
* Hema as Gachibowli Diwakar's wife
* Karuna as Swathi, Geeta's cousin
* Samrat Reddy as Subodh
* Ambati Srinivas as Diwakar's neighbour
* Surekha Vani
* Raghu Babu

### Cameo appearance

* Raju Sundaram in the song "Evade Subramanyam"

## Music

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Bangalore Mirror | |
| Bollyspice | |
The soundtrack features eight songs composed by Bollywood composer trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy with lyrics written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Chandrabose and Ramajogayya Sastry. The film marks the Telugu debut of the composers and their second non-Hindi soundtrack after the 2001 Tamil film Aalavandhan.
The album received overwhelmingly positive reviews from the critics. Bangalore Mirror review, said: "The intelligently localized sound in the trio’s Telugu debut does the trick". Sheetal Tiwari of Bollyspice, in her four star review, summed up: "Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have a created a totally different sound for KIKK. Do not be surprised if Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy make a habit of directing Telugu musicals because they have without a doubt left their mark." Indiaglitz described the album as an "amalgamation of class, mass and western tunes".

## Reception

Radhika Rajamani of Rediff.com called the film a "perfect entertainer." Rajamani appreciate the characterization and performances and added, "credit should go to debutant director Kishore Kumar for penning a script which is entertaining yet meaningful." Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and opined that the film's plus points are excellent songs and emotions in second half but the negative point is slow-paced narration.

## Awards
### CineMAA Awards

* CineMAA Award for Best Comedian – Brahmanandam
* CineMAA Award for Best Debut Director – Kishore Kumar

### 57th Filmfare Awards South

* Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu – Ramya Krishna
* Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
* Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu

### Nandi Awards

* Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film
* Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian – Hema
* Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer – Vikram Sirikonda & Deepak Raj

### Mirchi Music Awards (Telugu)

* Mirchi Music Awards Critic Awards (Album)
* Mirchi Music Awards Critic Awards (Song) – "Anandama"