Chandra (film)
| Chandra | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Roopa Iyer |
| Screenplay by | Roopa Iyer |
| Story by | Roopa Iyer |
| Produced by | India Classic Arts and Narasimha Arts |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | P. H. K. Doss |
| Edited by | Sri Crazymindz |
| Music by | Gautam Srivatsa |
| Distributed by | Narasimha Arts |
Release dates | 27 June 2013 (Kannada), 14 February 2014 (Tamil) |
Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | |
Chandra is a 2013 and 2014 Indian fantasy film, simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. Directed by Roopa Iyer,[1] it features Shriya Saran and Prem Kumar in the lead roles.[2] The film deals with the life of a last generation princess and her love story.[3][4] Chandra is a joint production of India Classic Arts and Narasimha Arts.[5] The film was released on 27 June 2013 to positive reviews and emerged as a high success at the Kannada Box office.[6] The Tamil version of the film was released on 14 February 2014.
Plot
The story revolves around Chandramathi (Shriya Saran), a princess, and Chandrahasa (Prem Kumar) a music teacher. The duo falls in love with each other. But the princess is engaged to Arya (Ganesh Venkatraman), settled in the US, against her wishes. She is not at all impressed by the US culture and tries to contact Chandrahasa to express her feelings. In another development, Chandrahasa promises his father that he would forget Chandramathi and allow her to marry Arya. But on the wedding day, the story takes a dramatic turn which ends on a happy note.
Cast
- Shriya Saran as Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
- Prem Kumar as Chandrahasa
- Ganesh Venkatraman as Arya
- Srinath as Maharaja
- Vijayakumar as Guruji Parameshwara
- Vivek as Yuvaraj Sukumar
- Girish Karnad
- Sukanya as Queen Sarala Devi
- Sumithra as Lalitha
- Sadhu Kokila as Andy Roberts
- Yash as Guest appearance in song "Tasse Otthu"
- Jiiva as Guest appearance
Production
Development
Roopa Iyer has studied the life of quite a few royal families in India to arrive at a subject for her film. The last branches of Royal Families are not in a position to adjust to normal social life. They do not get the right match to lead a royal life that is a gift for them from ancestors. On this basis Roopa Iyer has added the eternal 'Love' and made a meaningful and beautiful love story subject. The royal families taken over by the government facing a perturbed situation is shown in this movie.[7]
Casting
Roopa Iyer had initially considered Ramya for the lead role and even signed her for the lead role.[8] However the actress was dropped from the film later as she was not in good terms with the director and the fact that she skipped Kalaripayattu class required for her role to perform stunts.[9] Following that, various actresses such as Dia Mirza, Amala Paul, Amrita Rao and Aindrita Ray was considered for the role.[10][11] Then she finalized Shriya Saran as the leading lady.[12] Saran who earlier made her debut in Kannada cinema through Arasu opposite Puneet Rajkumar in a cameo role immediately accepted the offer after reading the script. Furthermore, actress Ramya Krishnan and singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam were chosen for a cameo appearance.[10] Prem Kumar played the protagonist in the film. P. H. K. Doss took the spot behind the camera.[13] Yesteryear actors Girish Karnad, Srinath and Sumithra was signed to appear in supporting roles.[14][15] Ganesh Venkatraman has also been roped in to play the protagonist in this film.[16]
Filming
Twenty percent of the shooting was held in USA and rest in India. It was 50 plus days schedule Roopa Iyer had planned for her second direction movie. In Mysore, Bangalore, Rajasthan and Kodagu, Roopa Iyer had chalked out shooting schedules with Mumbai-based Media Networks G.[17]
Soundtrack
Kannada
| Chandra | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Gautham Srivatsa | |
| Released | 14 January 2013 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mouna Moundadalli" | Roopa Iyer | Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Bhat | |
| 2. | "Tasse Otthu" | A. P. Arjun | Tippu | |
| 3. | "Dhiranana Dhiranana" | Roopa Iyer | Karthik | |
| 4. | "Nee Selave" | Jayanth Kaikini | Anuradha Bhat, Naresh Iyer | |
| 5. | "Omkaradalli Jhenkaradalli" | V. Nagendra Prasad | K. S. Chithra, Madhu Balakrishnan |
Tamil
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mouna Mounamthil" | Roopa Iyer | Anand , Anuradha Bhat | |
| 2. | "Raaja Raajan" | Yugabharathi | MLR Karthikeyan | |
| 3. | "Vaanil Ulla" | Roopa Iyer | Ranjith | |
| 4. | "Nee Arugey Irukkum" | Yugabharathi | Anuradha Bhat, Naresh Iyer | |
| 5. | "Omkaraminum" | Yugabharathi | Badri Prasad, Madhu Balakrishnan, Padmalatha |
References
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- ^ "Second time lucky Premkumar". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Shriya in 'Chandra' - A Sandalwood flick". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Shriya Saran comes!". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Set market - Ravi Rajagopal". IndiaGlitz.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Valentine Day release for Tamil version of Chandra". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Roopa ready!". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Ramya walks out of Roopa Iyer film". Sify. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ Ramchander (1 June 2012). "Ramya's attitude cost her Roopa Iyer's Chandra?". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ a b Ramchander (8 May 2012). "Shriya Saran steps into the shoes of Ramya". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ P. Sangeetha (Times News Network) (12 May 2012). "Shriya slashes price for Sandalwood". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Sunayana Suresh (Times News Network) (11 May 2012). "Shriya to make a comeback in south film". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Shriya back in Kollywood". Behindwoods. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "'Shriya Saran fits the part of a princess'". Deccan Chronicle. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Shriya to play Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy". CNN-IBN. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Ganesh Venkatraman: Ladies' man! Opposite Shriya Saran". IndiaGlitz. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Roopa ready!". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
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External links
- Chandra at IMDb
- Poetry in motion: 'Chandra' Kannada movie review (Read in Oneindia Kannada)
- Technically Brilliant : 'Chandra' movie review