Shabdavedhi

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Shabdavedhi
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Directed by S. Narayan
Written byVijay Sasanur
Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar
Starring
CinematographyR. Giri
Edited byS. Manohar
Music by Hamsalekha
Production
company
Sri Bhargavi Arts Combines
Release date
  • 10 February 2000 (2000-02-10)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Shabdavedhi is a 2000 Kannada-language action drama film directed by S. Narayan and produced by Sri Bhargavi Arts Combines. The film, based on a novel of same name by Vijay Sasanur, stars Dr. Rajkumar, Jayapradha, K. S. Ashwath, Sowcar Janaki and Umashree. The music was composed by Hamsalekha, while the cinematography and editing were handled by R. Giri and S. Manohar. The film marked the last acting venture of Dr. Rajkumar. [1]

Contents

Shabdavedhi was released on 10 January 2000 to mixed reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office. [2] [3]

Premise

Inspector Sandeep sets on a crusade against drug trafficking by creating an army of teenagers after the police department refused to help him in his crusade.

Cast

Production

This film has its credit as the comeback film of Rajkumar after almost six years. This was the first time that S. Narayan, age of 35 directed a film starring the legendary actor. The film was shot locations such as K R Circle in Bangalore, Abhiman Studio on the city's outskirts, Rama Mandira in Rajajinagar, Kashmir. [4] Mysore's police commissioner Kempaiah has given guidance for star's uniforms in the movie.

The producer of the film had originally planned to have Bhanupriya as the female lead, but she was living abroad having married then. Jayaprada was then chosen as the female lead actor. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Soundtrack

Shabdavedhi
Soundtrack album by
Hamsalekha
Released1999 (1999)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length31:48
Label Magnasound
Hamsalekha chronology
Naga Devathe
(2000)		Shabdavedhi
(1999)		 Hagalu Vesha
(2000)

Hamsalekha composed the film's background score and the soundtrack, also writing lyrics for it. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. [9]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Prema Kashmira" Hamsalekha Dr. Rajkumar, Chithra 5:20
2."Oh Gelathi"HamsalekhaDr. Rajkumar, Chithra5:16
3."Thayare Thayare"HamsalekhaDr. Rajkumar, Chithra5:10
4."Namma Yejamamrau"HamsalekhaDr. Rajkumar, Manjula Gururaj 5:33
5."Baaro Baaro Sri Krishna Baro"Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:12
6."Janarindha"HamsalekhaDr. Rajkumar5:17
Total length:31:48

Reception

Shabdavedhi received mixed reviews from critics. [10]

Critical response

Rediff wrote "The storyline and its handling added to the feeling of deja vu, as it lacked both the slickness and pace that Kannada movies today have. Perhaps director S Narayan and producer Parvathamma deliberately decided to keep to Rajakumar’s old style of films, without realising that audience tastes have changed now." [10] India Info wrote "There are few loopholes from the director and in the story by senior police officer Vijaya Sasanur that could have been avoided. However, this film is a feat to the innumerable fans of Dr. Rajkumar." [11]

Box office

Shabdavedhi completed 25 week-run in Kapali Theatre and 100 days in various centres across Karnataka. [12] The film was considered as "movies with good quality" by the Government of Karnataka and was given a subsidy of ₹10 lakhs. [13]

Controversy

In the first day of release, a technical snag in the audio system at Kapali Theatre reportedly led audience and Rajkumar's fans to ransack the place causing the owners a loss worth ₹20 lakhs. [14]

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