Simple Agi Ondh Love Story

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Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
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Directed by Suni
Screenplay by Suni
Story bySuni
Produced byS. Hemanth
Suni
Starring Rakshit Shetty
Shwetha Srivatsav
CinematographyManohar Joshi
Edited bySachin B. Ravi
Music by Bharath B. J.
Production
company
Suvin Cinemas
Release date
  • 8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
Running time
130 minutes
Country India
LanguageKannada
Budget₹ 1 crore [1]
Box office8 crore (US$1.0 million) [1]

Simple Agi Ondh Love Story (or Simpalaag Ond Love Story) is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Suni, and stars Rakshit Shetty and Shwetha Srivatsav. The film was remade in Telugu in 2018 as Idi Naa Love Story .

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Plot

Kushal (Rakshit Shetty) is sent by his radio jockey sister Rachana to Polibetta located in Kodagu to meet her boyfriend's sister, Dr.Ithihasini, in the hope that the two will take a liking to each other, leading to marriage, and thus paving the way for her own marriage.

Kushal meets a bubbly girl (Shwetha Srivatsav) who claims to be Ithihasini, and says the rest of the family is out of town. The two share their past romantic liaisons. Ithihasini's actions seem a little odd and her responses to Kushal's questions all avoid direct answers so it's not really a surprise when Kushal's sister calls to tell him that the girl he has been spending time with is not Ithihasini at all. When confronted the fake Ithihasini comes up with a number of different stories, but Kushal finds her even more intriguing as a result and declares his love for her despite not knowing who she actually is, although he does finally discover her real name is Khushi. Khushi is suffering from anterograde amnesia (loss of memory), the story takes a drastic leap from here.

Cast

Production

Simple Agi Ondh Love Story created a lot of buzz by its trailer where it had crossed more than a 100 thousand views in just 3 days. The trailer generated a lot of hype and curiosity among Kannada cine goers wherein the dialogues had become the talk of the town. [2]

Filming

The film revolves only around two characters mainly the hero and the heroine and hence not much characters can be seen in the movie. The film was extensively shot in Pollibetta in Kodagu district of Karnataka and surrounding places near Madikeri and Chikmagalur during rainy season and had used a special camera to capture the nature lavishly.

Reception

Critical response

Released with much hype and anticipation, the film received tremendous response from both the critics and audience. Shrikant Srinivasa from Rediff gave the movie a 4/5 and concluded "Simple Agi Ondh Love Story is a must-see film for all those in love, for the freshness in narration and dialogues". [3] A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 4 out of 5 stars and says "Baanali badalaago and Smiliruvanthe Saraasari (sung by debut singer Priyanka Jois). Manohar Joshi’s camera is an added attraction to the story shot in the lush green locations of Kodagu. DI Sachin’s editing is remarkable". [4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The music is good; so is the cinematography. The film is worth a watch, perhaps for the attempt. Otherwise, watching 50 First Dates once again is not a bad idea". [5]

Soundtrack

Simple agi ond love story
Soundtrack album by
Released24 January 2013
Recorded2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length29:42
Label Jhankar Music

Bharath B. J. composed the music for the film and the soundtracks. The album has 9 soundtracks. [6]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Baanali Badalago"Siddu Kodipura Sonu Nigam 4:48
2."Karagida Baanalli"Prakash Srinivas Sowmya Raoh 4:49
3."Smile Iruvanthe Sarasari" Suni Priyanka2:55
4."Nanna Preethi Kusuri"Suni Vijay Prakash 2:09
5."Sereyadanthe Sarasari"Suni Bharath B. J. 2:42
6."Hale Gujuri Hosa Battery"SuniBharath B. J.2:27
7."Belligge Gymmu"SuniPavan Ranadheera2:15
8."Smile Iruvanthe Sarasari (Instrumental)"SuniBharath B. J.2:40
9."Baanali Badalago (Remixed)"Siddu KodipuraSonu Nigam4:57
Total length:29:42

Awards

61st Filmfare Awards South

Won

Nominated

Sequel

The film had a sequel under the same theme. Named "Simpallag Innondh Love Story", the sequel was released in March 2016 and did well at the box-office.

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