Ekadantha

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Ekadantha
Directed by Sachin
Written bySachin
Based on Navra Maza Navsacha by Sachin Pilgaonkar
Produced bySriram
Gopi
Kumar
Starring Vishnuvardhan
Ramesh Aravind
Prema
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited byT. Shashikumar
Music by Gurukiran
Production
company
Ekadantha Productions
Release date
  • 16 March 2007 (2007-03-16)
Running time
147 min
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Ekadantha is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed and written by Bollywood actor - director Sachin starring Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind and Prema. It features soundtrack from Gurukiran. Released on 16 March 2007, the film met with average and critical response at the box-office.

Contents

The film is based on the Novel Chala na gade [1] which was made into his 2004 Marathi film Navra Maza Navsacha which was inspired by the 1972 Hindi movie Bombay to Goa which in turn was a remake of 1966 Tamil movie Madras to Pondicherry . [2]

Cast

Production

The film came into fruition in 2005 when Sachin told his friend Vishnuvardhan about his novel's positive reception when he made it into a Marathi film. Vishnuvardhan suggested Sachin make the novel into a Kannada film. The film's producers previously produced News (2004). [3] The film was shot in Ganpatipule, Maharastra. [1]

Soundtrack

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

Sl NoSong TitleSinger(s)Lyrics
1"Bandal Badaayi" Gurukiran Gurukiran
2"Ganapati Bappa" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra V. Manohar
3"Ekadantha"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraGoturi
4"Hogona Hogona"Gurukiran, Shamita Malnad V. Manohar
5"Ee Sonta Nodu" Vishnuvardhan, Malgudi Subha, SachinShiva

Reception

Critical response

R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "This is one film which entertains you fully barring the first ten or fifteen minutes which has been surprisingly lagging and has some jarring sequences. But once Dr. Vishnuvardhan's character makes an entry into the scene, the film takes off to zoom and then it is zoom...vroom...ooh.... haa for the viewers. It is laughter all the while with each character in the film trying his level best to make the audience laugh". [5] Rediff.com wrote that "Ekadantha simply rocks -- it's an enjoyable film all the way". [6]

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References

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  2. "The Remake Saga - Indian Express".
  3. "Ekadantha - Sachin's Kannada debut". Viggy. 2005.
  4. Ekadantha songs
  5. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (18 March 2007). "Ekadantha Review". IANS . Retrieved 9 November 2023 via Nowrunning.
  6. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (20 March 2007). "Review: Sachin's Kannada debut rocks!". Rediff.com . Retrieved 9 November 2023.