Advaitha (film)

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Advaitha
Directed byBM Giriraj
Produced byNM Suresh
Starring Ajai Rao
Harshika Poonacha
CinematographyKiran Sampapura
Music byVeer Samarth
Release date
  • 6 December 2013 (2013-12-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Advaitha is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language suspense thriller film directed by BM Giriraj and starring Ajai Rao and Harshika Poonacha.

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Cast

Production and release

The film began production in early 2011. [1] The shooting for the film was finished by May of 2012. [2] Rao was not paid for the film because of Suresh's financial situation after Excuse Me (2003). [3] The film was Giriraj's first film but released after Jatta (2013). [4] [5] The film released on 6 December 2013, the same day as B3 also starring Poonacha. [6] [7]

Reception

A critic from The Times of India said that "With poor script, confusing narration, bad editing that does not link sequences properly, too many characters, turns and twists, director Giriraj has reduced it to a cock and bull story". [8] Shyam Prasad S of Bangalore Mirror said that "The biggest problem with this film is that the story isn’t believable". [9]

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References

  1. "From Naviladavaru to Advaitha". Rediff.com . 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. "Not reduced to pulp". Bangalore Mirror . 14 May 2012.
  3. Anjali Muthanna (17 September 2013). "Ajai upset about delay in films". The Times of India .
  4. "Three Kannada films to release on December 6". The Times of India . 3 December 2013.
  5. "Interesting weekend for Kannada movie goers!". Rediff.com . 5 December 2013.
  6. "NM Suresh celebrates 10 years in Sandalwood". The Times of India . 4 December 2013.
  7. Shyam Prasad S. (5 December 2013). "Harshika Poonacha's Panipuri moment".
  8. "Advaitha Movie Review". The Times of India . 6 December 2013.
  9. Shyam Prasad S. (8 December 2013). "Movie review: Advaita". Bangalore Mirror .