Ye Maaya Chesave is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Naga Chaitanya and Samantha in her debut as lead. It was produced by Manjula Ghattamaneni under the banner Indira Productions with soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman. The film featured cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by Anthony Gonsalves, and dialogue by Umarji Anuradha.

Plot

Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) is a mechanical engineering graduate who dreams of becoming a filmmaker. His family rents the ground floor of a two-story house in Alappuzha, owned by a conservative Syrian Catholic family who lives upstairs. Jessie (Samantha Ruth Prabhu), the landlord’s daughter, is two years older than Karthik and has a brother named Jerry (Sudheer Babu). When Karthik meets Jessie for the first time, he instantly falls in love with her. However, when he confesses his love, Jessie, who is afraid to even speak to men due to her strict father, becomes angry with him.