Kanti (film)

Kanti
Directed by	S. Bharath
Written by	S. Bharath
Story by	Kala Kantirava Shivarajkumar Abhimanigala Sangha (Belagavi)
Produced by	R. Srinivas M. Kantharaj K. P. Srikanth
Starring	Murali Ramya
Cinematography	H. C. Venu
Edited by	T. Shashikumar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production companies	R. S. Productions Company Films
Distributed by	Company Films
Release date	9 July 2004 (2004-07-09)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Kanti is a 2004 Kannada-language romance drama film directed by debutant S. Bharath, starring Murali and Ramya. The music for the film was composed by Gurukiran.

Plot

The plot revolves around a Kannada college student who upon falling in love with a Marathi girl, gets embroiled politically.

Cast

• Murali as Srikantha "Kanti"
• Ramya as Reema
• Govind Namdev as Samblekar
• T.V. Gurumurthy
• Avinash as SP Avinash
• Kishore as Beera
• Pawan Kumar
• Chandru
• Vinayak Joshi as Chidanand
• Venkata Rao
• Malathi Sardeshpande as Bharathi Devi, a lecturer
• Mumtaj in a special appearance in "Ussaaru Ussaaru" song

Production

The film takes place in Belgaum, a city in Karnataka that has a sizeable Marathi-speaking population. The film was shot in Bangalore and Belgaum. ^[1]

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Gurukiran.

Kanti
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2004
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:28
Label	Ashwini Recordings
Producer	Gurukiran
Gurukiran chronology
Partha (2003) Kanti (2004) Apthamitra (2004)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Baaninda Baa Chandira"	Kaviraj	Sonu Nigam	4:04
2.	"Eddelu Hey Rambha"	Bhangiranga	Mano	3:38
3.	"Jinu Jinugo"	Kaviraj	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:22
4.	"Bhramhachari"	Bhangiranga	Hemanth	4:30
5.	"Ussaaru Ussaaru"	V. Manohar	Malgudi Subha	4:55

Release and reception

The release of the film was delayed after the film was sent to the censor revision committee. ^[2]

A critic from Sify wrote that "Debutant director Bharat has taken care over the script that is convincing". ^[3] A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "Debutant director Bharat has handled the controversial Kannada-Maratha issue with all seriousness". ^[4]

Box office

The film was a box office success. ^{[5] [6]} After the success of this film, Murali did not have a single successful film till the release of Ugramm (2014). ^[7]

Awards

In 2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards, Murali won Best Actor, T Shashi Kumar won Best Editing and Kishore won the Best Supporting Actor awards. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Mumtaz's 'item dance' in Kanti". Viggy. 2004.
2. "Kanti faces censor problems". Screen . 30 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
3. "Kanthi". Sify . 13 July 2004. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022.
4. "Kanti". Deccan Herald . 11 July 2004. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
5. "Short Takes - a casual chat with Murali". Viggy.
6. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (17 July 2004). "'Excuse Me' exceeds all expectations - Kannada Top Films". IANS – via Nowrunning.
7. "After 14 flops, Sri Murli finally got success". Deccan Chronicle. 31 May 2014.
8. "Shruti, Murali bag Karnataka film awards". The Times of India. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
9. "Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05". viggy.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

External links

• Kanti at IMDb