O Premave (1999 film)

O Premave
Directed by	Naganna
Written by	Jayanth C. Paranjee
Based on	Premante Idera (1998)
Produced by	Jai Jagadish Vijayalakshmi Singh
Starring	V. Ravichandran Rambha Srihari Srinivasa Murthy
Cinematography	G. S. V. Seetharam
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	V. Ravichandran
Production company	Sri Vaibhav Nidhi Productions
Release date	1999
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

O Premave is a 1999 Indian Kannada language romance-drama musical film directed by Naganna. The film stars V. Ravichandran along with Rambha, Doddanna and Srinivasa Murthy in prominent roles. Telugu actor Srihari made his debut in Kannada cinema with this film.

The film is a remake of Telugu blockbuster film Premante Idera (1998) directed by Jayanth Paranjee and starred Venkatesh and Preity Zinta in the lead roles. The film was produced by Jai Jagadish and Vijayalakshmi Singh and the music was composed by V. Ravichandran.

The film upon release met with very good positive response at the box-office.

Cast

• V. Ravichandran as Raja
• Rambha as Prema
• Srinivasa Murthy
• Srihari
• Sadhu Kokila
• Doddanna
• Keerthi
• Mandya Ramesh
• Umashree
• Bhavyasri Rai
• Kashi
• Bank Janardhan
• Sundar Raj
• Mandeep Roy

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by V. Ravichandran. The lyrics are written by K. Kalyan

Sl No	Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics
1	"Jaana Jaga Jaana"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	K. Kalyan
2	"O Premave"	K. J. Yesudas	K. Kalyan
3	"Cheluvinoora Chendagathi"	Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram	K. Kalyan
4	"O Jambada Koli"	Rajesh Krishnan, Suma Shastry	K. Kalyan
5	"Yaravva Ivalu Cheluve"	L. N. Shastry	K. Kalyan
6	"Uppu Thinda Mele"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	K. Kalyan

Reception

Indian Express wrote "[..] director Naganna, who is trying his hand at direction after a long gap, may not be assured of success. During the first half of the film, especially, the story moves at a snail's pace [..] The only consolation is Seetharam’s photography and Umasri, Kashi and Sunderraj’s comedic talents."