Lava Kusha (2007 film)

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Lava Kusha
Directed by Om Sai Prakash
Written by Mohan Shankar
Produced byPrabhakar
Starring Shiva Rajkumar
Upendra
Jennifer Kotwal
Charmee Kaur
CinematographyR. Giri
Edited byK. Eshwar
Music by Gurukiran
Production
company
Vijaya Films
Release date
  • 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Lava Kusha is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Om Sai Prakash and written by Mohan Shankar. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Upendra, teaming up together again after Preethse . The film also stars Charmy Kaur, Jennifer Kotwal in the lead roles. The film was produced by Prabhakar under his Vijaya Productions banner.

Contents

The film revolves around two close friends who are part-time conmen. Circumstances force them to separate from each other and later realize to get back together again.

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran. [1]

Lava Kusha
Soundtrack album by
Released2007 (2007)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Anand Audio
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chindi Chindi" Kaviraj Mano, Shankar Mahadevan 04:20
2."Apple Apple"Kaviraj Upendra, Shamitha Malnad 05:02
3."Oh Snehave"Hrudaya Shiva Gurukiran, Fayaz Khan05:50
4."Kamanna Makkalu"Rudramurthy Shastry Shivrajkumar, Vijay Yesudas, Gururaj Hoskote04:23
5."Lava Kusha"Kaviraj Chetan Sosca, Hemanth Kumar, Nanditha, Chaitra H. G. 05:16
6."Hotappa Hot Sakkath"Kaviraj Puneeth Rajkumar, Chaitra H. G.05:21

Reception

A critic from The Times of India said that "There is no excuse for the experienced Saipraksh to churn out a film which has no relevance to these times". [2] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Lava Kusha may please the fans of Uppi and Shivanna". [3]

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References

  1. Lava Kusha songs
  2. "Lava Kusha Movie Review". The Times of India .
  3. "Lava Kusha is run of the mill". Rediff.com .