Suprabhatha

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Suprabhatha
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Directed by Dinesh Babu
Written byDinesh Babu
Produced byPrabha Raj
Starring Vishnuvardhan
Suhasini
Srividya
CinematographyDinesh Babu
Edited by
Music by Rajan–Nagendra
Production
company
Suryaprabha Films
Release date
  • 5 August 1988 (1988-08-05)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Suprabhatha is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed, written and filmed by Dinesh Babu, making his debut as a director. The film stars Vishnuvardhan and Suhasini in lead roles, along with Srividya, Maanu and Vijay Kashi in other supporting roles. [1] It tells the love story between a man who suffers from a inferiority complex because of speech defectiveness and a girl, a victim of traumatic experience of sexual assault. [2]

Contents

The film was produced by Prabha Raj under the banner of Suryaprabha Films. The film features original songs composed by music duo Rajan–Nagendra, with lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar (who also wrote the dialogs of the film). The film was presented by Charuhasan. The film was edited by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan in their Kannada film debut. [3]

The film upon release was met with widespread critical acclaim was declared a musical blockbuster. The film created a record by winning eight different awards for a single film in 1988. This was the first such film to have won multiple awards in Kannada cinema. [4] Dinesh Babu was awarded with the Best Cinematographer at the Karnataka State Awards in 1989 and Filmfare Best Director award in 1988. Vishnuvardhan received multiple awards for his performance in the film including the Filmfare Best Actor award and the Cinema Express Awards Best Actor, while Suhasini won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada.

Plot

Vijay Kumar (Vishnuvardhan), who suffers from stammering problem, lives his life alone in a beautiful valley as petrol bunk owner. He is later joined by a mute Hema (Suhasini) & her brother, Sundereshwar (Maanu) who visits the resort as a hobby to watch migrating birds.

Cast

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Rajan–Nagendra, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar. [5] The soundtrack was hugely successful upon release.

Box office

The film ran for 100 days at the box office. [6]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Dinesh Babu movies list". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cast & crew". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Vishnuvardhan movies list". Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Suprabhatha Awards". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Songs list". Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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