Ramakrishna is a 2004 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film directed by Om Sai Prakash and produced by K. Bala Mutthaiah. The film stars V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Laila and Kaveri in the leading roles.
| Ramakrishna | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Om Sai Prakash |
| Written by | B. A. Madhu (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Om Sai Prakash |
| Story by | Pandiarajan |
| Based on | Aan Paavam by Pandiarajan |
| Produced by | K. Bala Muttaiah |
| Starring | V. Ravichandran Jaggesh Kaveri Laila |
| Cinematography | G. S. V. Seetharam |
| Edited by | Shyam Yadav |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
Production company | Sri Dhanalakshmi Creations |
| Distributed by | Bahaar Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film was a remake of Tamil film Aan Paavam (1985) directed and written by Pandiarajan. The film was also remade in Telugu as Naku Pellam Kavali.[1] The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.
Cast edit
- V. Ravichandran as Rama
- Jaggesh as Krishna
- Laila as Lakshmi, Krishna's Love Interest
- Kaveri as Seetha, Rama's Love Interest
- Srinivasa Murthy as School Teacher Vishwanath, Lakshmi's Father
- Doddanna as Shankrappa, Rama and Krishna's Father
- Sadhu Kokila as Rowdy Ranganna
- Om Sai Prakash as Seetha's Father
- Chitra Shenoy as Seetha's Mother
- M. N. Lakshmi Devi as Rama and Krishna's Grand Mother and Shankrappa's Mother
- Thriller Manju cameo appearance in fight scene
- Dharma
- G. K. Krishna
- Bank Suresh
- Rathnakar
- Bangalore Nagesh
- Mandeep Roy
- Anand Rao
- Master Karthik Sharma
Production edit
The film's final schedule was held at Srirangapatna.[2]
Soundtrack edit
The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics written by K. Kalyan.[3] A total of 6 tracks have been composed for the film and the audio rights brought by Manoranjan Audio. "Halli Haadu" and "Muguthi Muthu" were reused from Rajkumar's own songs "Komma Komma" (Nuvvu Vastavani; Telugu) and "Mookuthi Muthazhagu" (Kannupadapoguthaiya; Tamil) respectively.
All lyrics are written by K. Kalyan
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gili Gili Giliye" | Rajesh Krishnan, Mathangi | |
| 2. | "Gandhada Gudi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | |
| 3. | "Mugutthi Muthu Chanda" | Hariharan | |
| 4. | "Chandulli Nanna" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 5. | "Halli Hudugi Haadu" | K. S. Chithra | |
| 6. | "Halli Hudugi Haadu (sad)" | K. S. Chithra |
Reception edit
Viggy wrote "Looks like director was least bothered to polish the movie with contemporary touch; he followed the same equation that was used twenty years back!"[4] Deccan Herald wrote "Saiprakash has mixed romance, action, silly comedy and sentiments and all that go into making an out and out commercial film . It is like ‘old wine in a new bottle’".[5] Indiainfo wrote "The film is in a village backdrop. But at times the director has mixed village and city. Both the lead hero's look as if they have come from the city. Heroines are very much village belle's and things look confusing here. Editing is not so pleasing. Cinematography is okay. Music is good. Two songs are hummable. Show is worth the ticket money."[6]
References edit
- ^ Ramakrishna - Ravi and Jaggesh again
- ^ "Rama-Krishna completed". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 September 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Songs list
- ^ "Ramakrishna - film review". Viggy. 2004.
- ^ "Ramakrishna/ Mellusire Savigana". Deccan Herald. 30 May 2004. Archived from the original on 26 November 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Indiainfo: Kannada: RAMAKRISHNA". Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
External links edit
- Ramakrishna at IMDb
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