Mahalakshmi (film)

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Mahalakshmi
Directed byKarthik Raghunath
Written byRudramurthy Shastry (dialogue)
Screenplay byRaja Venkataramanan
Story byG. R. C. C. Katha Vibhaga
Produced byK. Madanlal
Starring Ramesh Aravind
Kumar Govind
Shruti
CinematographyR. R. Rajkumar
Edited byP. R. Sounder Rajan
Music byN. Govardhan
Production
company
Gloria Rakesh Cine Circuit
Release date
  • 16 February 2001 (2001-02-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Mahalakshmi is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Karthik Raghunath and starring Ramesh Aravind, Kumar Govind and Shruti in the titular role. The film was released to negative reviews.

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Plot

Mahalakshmi and Shyam are married, but Shyam is often busy with work. He dies in a car crash. To overcome her grief, Mahalakshmi works as a nurse and marries Ramanna a.k.a. Ram. Ram brings home Karna, an amnesia patient, whom Mahalakshmi suspects to be Shyam. What happens after Karna undergoes an operation and regains his memory forms the rest of the story. [1]

Cast

Production

The director worked on several Tamil films for two decades before making his Kannada debut with this film. [2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by N. Govardhan, [3] who won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director. [4]

SongSinger(s)Lyricist
"Thaala Mela"Butto, Manjula Gururaj T. Ramesh Rao
"Aakashadache" Rajesh Krishnan, Nanditha
"Kannu Kannu"Ramesh Chandra, Nanditha
"Neenu Yaarendu Helalu"
"Haaruva Hakkige"B. R. ChayaRudramurthy Shastry

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that the director "fails to evoke the needed response. He has been fast in his narration but all that is not enough. His brilliance needed some more thought so that it could have been a slick film". [2] A critic from indiainfo.com wrote that "All in all, Mahalaxmi is like watching a tele-film". [1]

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