Chinna Cinema () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film by Ajay Kambhampati as his directorial debut, and starring Arjun Kalyan, Komal Jha, Ravi Varma, Pradeep Shakti, L.B. Sriram, Surya, and Dr. M. Balayya with music by Praveen Lakkaraju. Plot Ramu (Arjun Kalyan) lands in the USA with the dream of making much money with little effort. He stays with his friends and works at a local Indian grocery store owned by B. Jay (Mahesh Sriram) and operated by B. Jay's brother-in-law S. Jay (Karthik Srinivas). He takes an instant liking towards Janaki (Sumona Chanda) when he sees her the first time. Ramu is motivated to earn and send more money to his father Narayana (Surya) for building a new home. The new home is actually for an orphanage ("Raamaalayam") that is run by an old man, Bapiraju (Dr. M. Balayya). A certain part of the movie has few episodes with a flashback. Komal Jha features as Damayanthi. a Nartaki (dancer) of the 1950s in a village. Cast Arjun Kalyan as Ramudu Sumona Chanda as Janaki Komal Jha as Damayanthi Ravi Varma Pradeep Shakti L.B. Sriram Surya as Narayana Dr. M. Balayya as Bapiraju Vennela Kishore as Sri Prithvi as Daange Thagubothu Ramesh Ravi Varma as Cowboy Krishna Mahesh Sriram as B. Jay Karthik Srinivas as S. Jay RJ Ghajini as Film director Siddhanth Raghunadh Srini Kolla Gautam Raju Sudarshanam Nagaraju Sandhya Janak Reception Times of India panned the film, offering that while filmmaker Ajay Kambhampati "chose an interesting premise - Daanam Chese Vaadiki Swartham Undakudadu (A philanthropist must not have a selfish motto)", he "miserably failed to translate the idea into cinema. In trying to package a commercially entertaining film with an underlying philosophical message, the movie ends up being neither entertaining nor profound." Expanding, they offered that the film "is a predictable fare that has revenge plot - often seen in Telugu films and doesn't offer anything new. The element of surprise is missing from the narration and it meanders aimlessly." They noted that in a revenge-drama "the protagonist's moves to counter goons should be meticulously etched but that was badly missing," and offered that the plot line was illogical, the film's sequences looked uninteresting, and the romance between Ramudu (Arjun Kalyan) and Janaki (Sumona Chanda) was dull and failed to make an impression. Filmibeat noted filmmaker AK Kambhampati's "passion, dedication and hard work are clearly visible