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[[Image:Vitruvian Man Measurements.png|thumb|300px|Some human-referenced units of measurement]]Units of measurement were among the earliest tools invented by humans. Primitive societies needed rudimentary measures for many tasks: constructing dwellings of an appropriate size and shape, fashioning [[clothing]], or [[bartering]] food or [[raw material]]s.
name = Chintakayala Ravi |
image = |
starring = [[Daggubati Venkatesh|Venkatesh]]<br>[[Mamta Mohandas]]<br>[[Anushka Shetty]]<br>[[Aarti Chhabria]] |
producer = [[Nallamalupu Bujji]] |
director = [[Yogie|Yogi]] |
music = [[Vishal-Shekhar]] |
distributor = |
released = [[October 1]], [[2008]] |
language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |
country = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]] |
imdb_id = 1187038 |
}}


'''''Chintakayala Ravi''''' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]: చింతకాయల రవి) is a [[Telugu films of 2008|2008]] [[Telugu language]] romantic comedy film starring [[Venkatesh]], [[Mamta Mohandas]] and [[Anushka Shetty]]. [[Yogie]] directs the project, while [[Nallamalupu Bujji]] produces the movie. The film is scheduled to be released on [[October]] 2, [[2008]]. Music for this film was released recently.<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/35363.html IndiaGlitz - Venky and Anushka in 'Chintakayala Ravi' - Telugu Movie News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Music director-duo [[Vishal-Shekhar]] will make their music debut in [[Tollywood]] in this film.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/35904.html| title= 'Om Shanti Om' duo Vishal-Sekhar’s music for Venky| accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> Many shots have been finished in the US, including 4 songs and important scene. Shooting in the US was for 25 days in New York and Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite news | http://searchandhra.com/cinema/chintakayala-ravi-completes-us-shoot| title= Chintakayala Ravi completes US shoot| accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref>


==Plot==
Chintakayala Ravi (Venkatesh) works in a bar named Cyber Wave in New York. He is a head waiter along with his three more friends as waiters. He is all in awe of software engineers coming to that bar as he has also reached the US with the dream of becoming a software pro. But, he became a waiter due to some unavoidable circumstances.


His mother Seshamamba (Lakshmi) tells everybody in her village in Andhra Pradesh that her son is big software engineer in America. Ravi is hit hard with a sentiment – not to cheat his mother. That's why he continues bluffing to her.


Seshamamba gets ready to conduct the marriage of her son with a village girl Lavanya (Mamta Mohandas). This girl in turn asks her childhood buddy Swetha (Anushka) in the US to enquire about Chintakayala Ravi. When Ravi arrives in the village for betrothal, he is subjected to humiliation. What happens later will form the remaining part of the story.


==History of units==
== Cast==
*[[Daggubati Venkatesh|Venkatesh]] … as Ravi (Software engineer)
*[[Mamta Mohandas]] … as Lavanya
*[[Anushka Shetty]] … as Sunitha
*[[Thotampudi Venu]]
*[[Jr. NTR]] … Special Appearance in Party Song (Shava Shava Bhalle Bhalle)
*[[Venu Madhav]]
*[[Aarti Chhabria]] in an [[item number]].


== Trivia==


* The whole story has many Nasty and Silly Directorial Mistakes
=== Typographical units ===
The [[Point (typography)|point]], which is a unit for measuring print type, is recent. It originated with [[Pierre Simon Fournier]] in 1737. It was modified and developed by the Didot brothers, Francois Ambroise and Pierre Francois, in 1755. The point was first used in the United States in 1878 by a Chicago type foundry (Marder, Luse, and Company). Since 1886, a point has been exactly 0.3514598 millimeters, or 1/72.27 inch.


* 1) While all guys from India take software courses in India and then come to The US for jobs, Interestingly Mr chintakayala Ravi comes to US for taking software course.
The [[Pica (unit of measure)|pica]] in any of several related systems measures 12 points.
* 2) A friend of Ravi( actor Venu), collapses with illness outside of the airport while he comes to pick him up when he first arrives to the US and when rushed to the hospital Mr Ravi Pays the $20,000 medical bill instantly.( Does anyone travelling by flight carry $20,000 flat cash???)
* 3) Uncle(MS Narayana), father( Chandra Mohan) of Mr Ravi go to meet him as if they go to a nearby town( They dont even give a clue that they are coming to see him, that's suprising)
* 4) He Studies Tenth Class For Six Years!!!
* 5) Anushka's Father chalapathy rao is Introduced as a Visa officer working in The Indian Embassy........and yet they stay in NewYork City(not Washington DC).


=== Units of mass ===
The grain was the earliest unit of mass and is the smallest unit in the [[Apothecaries' system of mass|apothecary]], [[avoirdupois]], Tower, and [[Troy weight|troy]] systems. The early unit was a grain of wheat or barleycorn used to weigh the precious metals silver and gold. Larger units preserved in stone standards were developed that were used as both units of mass and of monetary currency. The [[Pound (mass)|pound]] was derived from the mina used by ancient civilizations. A smaller unit was the shekel, and a larger unit was the [[talent (measurement)|talent]]. The magnitude of these units varied from place to place. The Babylonians and Sumerians had a system in which there were 60 shekels in a mina and 60 minas in a talent. The Roman talent consisted of 100 libra (pound) which were smaller in magnitude than the mina. The troy pound (~373.2 g) used in England and the United States for monetary purposes, like the Roman pound, was divided into 12 ounces, but the Roman uncia (ounce) was smaller. The carat is a unit for measuring gemstones that had its origin in the carob seed, which later was standardized at 1/144 ounce and then 0.2 gram.


Goods of commerce were originally traded by number or volume. When weighing of goods began, units of mass based on a volume of grain or water were developed. For example, the talent in some places was approximately equal to the mass of one cubic foot of water. Was this a coincidence or by design? The diverse magnitudes of units having the same name, which still appear today in our dry and liquid measures, could have arisen from the various commodities traded. The larger avoirdupois pound for goods of commerce might have been based on volume of water which has a higher [[bulk density]] than grain. For example, the Egyptian hon was a volume unit about 11 per cent larger than a cubic palm and corresponded to one mina of water. It was almost identical in volume to the present U.S. pint (~473 mL).


==References==
The stone, quarter, hundredweight, and ton were larger units of mass used in Britain. Today only the stone continues in customary use for measuring personal body weight. The present stone is 14 pounds (~6.35 kg), but an earlier unit appears to have been 16 pounds (~7.25 kg). The other units were multiples of 2, 8, and 160 times the stone, or 28, 112, and 2240 pounds (~12.7 kg, 50.8 kg, 1016 kg), respectively. The hundredweight was approximately equal to two talents. The ton of 2240 pounds is called the "long ton". The "short ton" is equal to 2000 pounds (~907 kg). A tonne (t) is equal to 1000 kg.
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=== Units of time and angle ===
{{Tollywood}}
[[Image:HinduMeasurements.svg|thumb|right|Hindu units of time on a [[logarithmic scale]].]]
We can trace the division of the circle into 360 degrees and the day into hours, minutes, and seconds to the Babylonians who had [[sexagesimal]] system of numbers. The 360 degrees may have been related to a year of 360 days. Many other [[systems of measurement]] divided the day differently; other [[calendar]]s divided the year differently.
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[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
==See also==
[[Category:Indian films]]
* [[Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement]]
[[Category:2008 films]]
* [[Megalithic yard]]
* [[Pseudoscientific metrology]]
* [[Weights and measures]]
* [[Airy points]]
* [[Imperial unit]]
* [[U.S. customary unit]]
* [[SI]]
* [[Mesures usuelles]]
* [[Units of measurement]]
* [[Systems of measurement]]
* [[History of measurement systems in India]]
* [[Winchester measure]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Units of area]]
[[Category:Units of length]]
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[[Category:Area]]

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Revision as of 18:30, 10 October 2008

Chintakayala Ravi
Directed byYogi
Produced byNallamalupu Bujji
StarringVenkatesh
Mamta Mohandas
Anushka Shetty
Aarti Chhabria
Music byVishal-Shekhar
Release dates
October 1, 2008
CountryIndia India
LanguageTelugu

Chintakayala Ravi (Telugu: చింతకాయల రవి) is a 2008 Telugu language romantic comedy film starring Venkatesh, Mamta Mohandas and Anushka Shetty. Yogie directs the project, while Nallamalupu Bujji produces the movie. The film is scheduled to be released on October 2, 2008. Music for this film was released recently.[1] Music director-duo Vishal-Shekhar will make their music debut in Tollywood in this film.[2] Many shots have been finished in the US, including 4 songs and important scene. Shooting in the US was for 25 days in New York and Washington D.C.[3]

Plot

Chintakayala Ravi (Venkatesh) works in a bar named Cyber Wave in New York. He is a head waiter along with his three more friends as waiters. He is all in awe of software engineers coming to that bar as he has also reached the US with the dream of becoming a software pro. But, he became a waiter due to some unavoidable circumstances.

His mother Seshamamba (Lakshmi) tells everybody in her village in Andhra Pradesh that her son is big software engineer in America. Ravi is hit hard with a sentiment – not to cheat his mother. That's why he continues bluffing to her.

Seshamamba gets ready to conduct the marriage of her son with a village girl Lavanya (Mamta Mohandas). This girl in turn asks her childhood buddy Swetha (Anushka) in the US to enquire about Chintakayala Ravi. When Ravi arrives in the village for betrothal, he is subjected to humiliation. What happens later will form the remaining part of the story.

Cast

Trivia

  • The whole story has many Nasty and Silly Directorial Mistakes
  • 1) While all guys from India take software courses in India and then come to The US for jobs, Interestingly Mr chintakayala Ravi comes to US for taking software course.
  • 2) A friend of Ravi( actor Venu), collapses with illness outside of the airport while he comes to pick him up when he first arrives to the US and when rushed to the hospital Mr Ravi Pays the $20,000 medical bill instantly.( Does anyone travelling by flight carry $20,000 flat cash???)
  • 3) Uncle(MS Narayana), father( Chandra Mohan) of Mr Ravi go to meet him as if they go to a nearby town( They dont even give a clue that they are coming to see him, that's suprising)
  • 4) He Studies Tenth Class For Six Years!!!
  • 5) Anushka's Father chalapathy rao is Introduced as a Visa officer working in The Indian Embassy........and yet they stay in NewYork City(not Washington DC).


References

  1. ^ IndiaGlitz - Venky and Anushka in 'Chintakayala Ravi' - Telugu Movie News
  2. ^ "'Om Shanti Om' duo Vishal-Sekhar's music for Venky". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  3. ^ "Chintakayala Ravi completes US shoot". {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Text "http://searchandhra.com/cinema/chintakayala-ravi-completes-us-shoot" ignored (help)
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