Chaitrada Chandrama (transl: Spring's moon) is a 2008 Indian Kannada sports drama film directed, written and composed by S. Narayan.
The plot follows Pankaaj Kumar, a prolific domestic cricketer who falls in love with a girl in his class.
The plot sees Pankaaj Kumar, a prolific domestic cricketer with the record of staying unbeaten (not out) for 63 consecutive innings.
His parents are very proud of him, and he is very happy, but instead of going to Mumbai to join the Indian national team, he goes to Kashmir with his girlfriend, where he dances with her.
When they return, the girl's father beats Pankaaj mercilessly, angered at the fact that he was dating his daughter.
The girlfriend's father challenges Pankaaj to score a century in his debut match to win his daughter, otherwise, they will have to breakup forever.
With 1 run required of 1 ball, and Pankaaj batting on 96, he decides to go for a six, instead of a four, to win the girlfriend's father's heart.
The stadium CGI kept disappearing and appearing in the scenes where the U-19 Final match was taking place, thereby leading to times where an empty ground would be shown.
Sify.com noted, "Chaitrada Chandrama falls flat as the story is outdated, the length is a big bore and maturity is lacking in key artistes".
[2] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "Lots of unnecessary scenes drag the film to an irritating length".