Abhay (2009 film)

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Abhay
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Directed byMahesh Babu
Written byJanardhan Maharshi
Produced byB G Babu Reddy
Starring Darshan
Aarti Thakur
CinematographyRamesh Babu
Edited byKiran Kumar K L
Music by V. Harikrishna
Production
company
Nithin Productions
Release date
  • 2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)
Running time
140 min
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Abhay is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Mahesh Babu and produced by Babu Reddy under Nithin Productions banner. The film stars Darshan and Aarti Thakur in the lead roles, while Pradeep Rawat, Om Prakash Rao and Salim Baig appear in pivotial roles. [1]

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Cast

Production

Miss India World 2006 Aarti Thakur made her debut with this film. [2] The film was shot in Bangalore, Bangkok, Mysore and Switzerland. Filming was completed in mid-2009. [3]

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by V. Harikrishna. [4]

Sl NoSong TitleSinger(s)Lyricist
1"Baanu Kempadante"Sunitha Goparaju Jayanth Kaikini
2"Yaako Eno" Sonu Nigam V. Nagendra Prasad
3"Neene Kane" Tippu, Anuradha Bhat Kaviraj
4"Shaane Bhoga" Malgudi Subha V. Nagendra Prasad
5"Yammo Mayammo" Rajesh Krishnan V. Nagendra Prasad
6"Abhay is Crazy" Karthik V. Nagendra Prasad

Reception

Sify gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Darshan is back with yet another formula film. The film is a mix of stale plots and unrewarding scenes." [5] The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "This film, directed by Mahesh Babu, has a masala mix of fights, romance, drama and action that's strictly for Darshan fans." [6] R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Abhay is strictly meant for Darshan fans." [7] Bangalore Mirror wrote "A film that will appeal only to Darshan fans but not in a way that they would want to pay and watch again." [8]

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References

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