Chaitrada Premanjali

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Chaitrada Premanjali
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Directed by S. Narayan
Written byS. Narayan
Produced byM. Shashikala
Starring Raghuveer
Shwetha
Lokesh
Abhijeeth
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by Hamsalekha
Production
company
M. C. Productions
Release date
  • 13 January 1992 (1992-01-13)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Chaitrada Premanjali is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed and written by S. Narayan making his debut in direction. The film stars newcomers Raghuveer and Shwetha along with Lokesh and Abhijeeth in other pivotal roles. The film met with positive reviews upon release from critics and audience eventually becoming the musical hit of the year. [1] [2]

Contents

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The soundtrack proved to be one of the biggest hit albums of the year.

Plot

Fresh faces romance with a tragic end. Karate champion Prem (Raghuveer) goes to the family country retreat to practice for a tournament and falls for village girl Anju (Shweta). Her father (Lokesh), however, prevents the marriage and tries to force her to marry a womanizer with an obliging father. Prem wins his trophy and rescues Anju, but the couple is killed by the bad guys.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha for Lahari Music audio company. [3]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."O Kogile" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam  
2."O Malenadina"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra  
3."Dance Dance"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
4."Nannavare Nanage"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj  
5."Daari Bidu"Manjula Gururaj 
6."Chaitrada Premanjaliya"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chandrika Gururaj  
7."Kaveri Theeradalli Mungarige" Latha Hamsalekha  

Release

The film was ready for release but no theaters were willing to screen the film citing that Raghuveer was not good looking. Ultimately, with the intervention of producer Ramu, theatre owners agreed to screen the film until Khuda Gawah (1992) starring Amitabh Bachchan released. However, soon after the release of this film, theaters had house full shows and Khuda Gawah had to delay its release in Karnataka by one month. [4] [5]

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