Chandramukhi Pranasakhi
| Chandramukhi Pranasakhi | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Seetharama Karanth |
| Written by | Shashidhar Bhat (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Seetharam Karanth |
| Story by | Seetharam Karanth |
| Produced by | N. K. Prakash Babu |
| Starring | Ramesh Aravind Prema Bhavana |
| Cinematography | R. Giri |
| Edited by | P. R. Sounder Raj |
| Music by | K. Kalyan |
Production company | Sri Matha Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Chandramukhi Pranasakhi is a 1999 Indian Kannada language film, directed by Seetharam Karanth, starring Ramesh Aravind, Prema and Bhavana in the lead roles. It's one of the highest grossing Kannada films of the year 1999. The movie is considered as one of the best movies in the career of Ramesh Aravind. At the 1999–2000 Karnataka State Film Awards, the film won two awards, Third Best Film and Best Music Director (K. Kalyan). The film was later remade in Telugu language as Naalo Unna Prema, starring Laya and Jagapathi Babu.
Plot
Susheel falls in love with a singer, Sahana on seeing her sing in a music programme. He then finds her among the guests at his friend's wedding and writes her a love letter. However, the letter is read by Sahana's sister, Bhavana and replies to it not taking it seriously, but later falls in love with Susheel. Bhavana lies to everyone except her best friend and continues the mail and calls. One among those calls, Susheel plans to visits Sahana's home in Mangalore, but isn't able to meet her. Bhavana welcomes him and takes the gifts he brought for Sahana, which contains a locket (Heart shaped with Sahana & Susheel photo) in it. Meanwhile, Susheel, aka Ramesh Aravind gets to know through a newspaper that Sahana is about to perform in Town Hall, Bengaluru. And for that concert she wishes to wear the locket which Bhavana carries along with her, though unwilling to hand it over to Sahana, but accedes later and gives her the locket. For the concert, Susheel his uncle, accompanied by Mom visits, and by the end of it, he tries to speak to Sahana. she treats him as any other fan and friction arises, which leads to a slap. In fit of anger, she arrives to her residence and confronts her sister Bhavana, who is listening to the song sung by Susheel. Both sisters get into an argument which is later paused by their parents and a similar situation arises in Susheel's premises too. The elders think it worthy to have a word facing each other. Susheel visits, he feels sorry for slapping Sahana after her concert, Sahana's father asks her to speak with him alone to understand each other, Susheel enquires about Bhavana, who is hiding and listening to their talks. Susheel, who is angry, speaks to Bhavana asking whether she is OK if he marries her sister Sahana, for which she answers yes. But he says no, because it is Bhavana who reciprocated his feeling for his letter and phone calls and he wishes to marry Bhavana, not Sahana, because she doesn't have any feelings towards him.
The movie ends with the elders happy with the decision made by their children. Sahana is happy that her sister found her love.
Cast
- Ramesh Aravind as Susheel
- Prema as Sahana
- Bhavana as Bhavana
- Srinivasa Murthy as Govindaiah, Susheel's uncle
- Vaishali Kasaravalli as Susheel's mother
- Shivaram as Ex-Colonel Ramarao, Sahana's father
- B. V. Radha as Sahana's mother
- Akhila as Kavya, Bhavana's friend
- Mandeep Rai
- M. N. Suresh
- Mysore Ramanand
- Renukamma Murugodu
- Cheluva murthy
- Seetharam karanth
- Shashidhar Bhat
Soundtrack
| Chandramukhi Pranasakhi | |
|---|---|
 Soundtrack cover | |
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 6 May 1999 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 41:19 |
| Label | Lahari Music |
K. Kalyan composed the background score for the film and the soundtracks, also writing the lyrics for all the soundtracks. The album has eight soundtracks.[1]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nenapugala Maathu Madhura" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Manase O Manase" | K. S. Chithra, Badri Prasad | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Aralo Hunnime" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:49 |
| 4. | "El El Mallige" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra, Bhutto | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Modala Prema Patrave" | K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 6:46 |
| 6. | "Chiguru Bombeye" | K. S. Chithra | 4:49 |
| 7. | "Chandramukhi Hoy" | Chorus | 4:45 |
| 8. | "Ondu Prema Pallakkiya Mele" | K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:04 |
| Total length: | 41:19 | ||
Box-office
Chandramukhi Pranasakhi was superhit at the box office, with melodious songs composed by K. Kalyan. It was one of the highest grossing Kannada films of the year 1999. The movie is considered as one of the milestone movies in the career of actress Bhavana.
Awards
Karnataka State Film Awards 1999-2000
- Third Best Film - Sri Matha Pictures
- Best Music Director – K. Kalyan
Filmfare Awards South - 1999
- Best Music Director - K. Kalyan
References
- ^ "Chandramukhi Pranasakhi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved 1 October 2014.