Venkatesh and meena featuring ‘Chanti’ movie was released in 1992. The movie impressed one and all and stood as a blockbuster hit at the box office. The movie was screened in 40 theaters for 100 days, which itself is a record. The movie is a remake of tamil movie ‘Chinna Thambi'. ravi raja Pinisetty directed this film. ilayaraja scored music for this film.

The movie was later released in hindi as well with the title ‘Anari’. Karishma Kapoor played the role of meena in Hindi. The hindi version also did very well at the box office. Now coming to the point, the child artist that acted in the role of Venakesh in the film has grown up and also did a film. Yes! The child artist’s name is ajay Raghavendra. He acted in a film titled ‘Bapu Gariki Pellanta’. The movie didn’t do well at the box office and also he didn’t get any opportunities.

Similarly, the child artist that acted as meena in the film is Mounika. She later acted in various movies as a child artist. After she grew up, she married and settled down in her life. She is away from the movies now.

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