Smile (2003 film)

Smile
DVD cover
Directed by	Seetharam Karanth
Written by	Seetharam Karanth S. Kumar (dialogues)
Produced by	N. K. Prakash Babu
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar Neha
Cinematography	P. Rajan
Edited by	T. Goverdhan
Music by	V. Manohar
Production company	Sri Matha Pictures
Release date	25 July 2003 (2003-07-25)
Running time	2 hours 39 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Smile is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by Seetharam Karanth and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Neha. The music was composed by V. Manohar.

Cast

• Shiva Rajkumar
• Neha
• M. P. Shankar
• Lokanath
• M. S. Umesh
• Ravishankar
• M. S. Karanth
• Shankar Bhat
• M. N. Suresh
• Venkatesh Prasad
• Suresh R. Anchan
• Ramanand
• Vaijanath Biradar
• Nagesh Mayya
• Harish Raay
• Dinesh Mangalore
• M. D. Kaushik
• Shilpa
• Kishori Ballal

Production

The film began production in early 2002. ^[1] Shilpa worked on this film alongside Ninagagi (2002) and Dumbee (2003); however, both those films ended up releasing before this film. ^[2]

Soundtrack

Smile
Soundtrack album by V. Manohar
Released	25 May 2003
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	40:17
Label	Anand Audio

External audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The songs were composed and had its lyrics penned by V. Manohar. The music rights was bagged by Anand Audio.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sundari Sundari"	Badri, Nagachandrika, Mangala
2.	"Osama Osama"	Shiva Rajkumar
3.	"Hey Kan Kan Camera"	K. S. Chitra
4.	"Din Din Thara"	Badri
5.	"Kamala Mukha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Nagachandrika
6.	"Chile Chilepele"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra
7.	"Jagavidi Jagamaga"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Nanditha
8.	"Kaarirulige"	K. S. Chitra

Release

After the success of Thavarige Baa Thangi , producer N. K. Prakash expressed interest in releasing this film. ^[1] The film was initially supposed to release on 11 July 2003, ^[3] but was postponed to 28 July 2003 along with Vikram (2003). ^[4]

Reception

A critic from indiainfo.com wrote that "I feel that you have cheated the audiences. You may be wondering why this accusation in the very first sentence. But what am I to do when I feel so very let down. My disappointment is because of your [Seetharam Karanth's] film SMILE". ^[5]

References

1. "Smile - film of Shivarajkumar getting ready". Viggy. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
2. "A gift from Gonikoppa". The Times of India . 26 April 2002. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
3. "Producers to stall films release till service tax impasse ends". The Times of India . 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
4. "Smile and Vikram releasing this week". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2003. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
5. "SMILE - Review". indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2003.

External links

• Smile at IMDb