Deepavali (2000 film)

Deepavali
VCD cover
Directed by	Dinesh Babu
Written by	Dinesh Babu
Produced by	S. Shankar
Starring	Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Bhavana
Cinematography	Dinesh Babu
Edited by	Nagesh Yadav
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Production company	Shri Shankari Productions
Release date	2000 (2000)
Running time	145 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Deepavali is a 2000 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film starring Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Chandini and Bhavana. ^[1] The film is directed and written by Dinesh Babu. ^[2] The film became a box-office failure. ^[3]

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan as Ravi alias Ravindranath
• Ramesh Aravind as Hari alias Harichander
• Bhavana as Anu
• Chandini as Nandhini
• Ragasudha
• Ramesh Bhat
• Hema Choudhary
• K. R. Vijaya
• Sanketh Kashi
• Mandeep Roy
• Tennis Krishna
• Shivaram
• Deepa Bhaskar

Production

The film was originally launched under the title Mela with Mahesh Sukhadare, director of Sambrama being the director. It was launched at Kanteerava studios. ^[4]

Soundtrack

Deepavali
Soundtrack album by M. M. Keeravani
Released	2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	25:28
Label	Manoranjan Audio
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Choosoddaam Randi (2000) Deepavali (2000) Bava Nachadu (2001)

All the songs are composed and scored by M. M. Keeravani. ^{[5] [6]}

Track-List

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nooraru Banna Seri"	K. Kalyan	Rajesh Krishnan, Nanditha	1:23
2.	"Mukkoti Suryaniva"	K. Kalyan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:35
3.	"Harusha Devige"	M. N. Vyasa Rao	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:56
4.	"Shruti Layada Jothe"	Rudresh Nagasandra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:33
5.	"Chaitra Moodida"	Rudramurthy Shastry	Nanditha	4:57
6.	"Bhanu Varusha"	M. N. Vyasa Rao	M. M. Keeravani, Ganga Sitharasu	5:04
Total length:				25:28

Reception

A critic from indiainfo.com wrote that "The film is certainly worth a dekho (watch) for those on the look out for clean entertainment". ^[7] go4i wrote "It's a neat and clean film without any vulgarity, senseless action and violence. The film has comedy too. [..] The first and the second half of the film are balanced, a rare quality these days." ^[8]

References

1. "Deepavali". Online Bangalore. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
2. "R VISHNUVARDHAN NATIONAL AWARD FOR RAMESH ARAVIND". Chitraloka. 7 September 2019.
3. "CHANDINI IS IMMATURE". Chitraloka. Archived from the original on 2 August 2001. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
4. "Mela". Screen India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2000. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
5. "Deepavali songs". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
6. "M. M. Keeravani: Deepavali (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Music Streaming – Listen on Deezer". 15 June 2000. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
7. "Deepavali - A sparkling entertainer". movies.indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
8. "Deepavali". g04i. Archived from the original on 10 August 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

External links

• Deepavali at IMDb