Chaitrada Premanjali
Directed byS. Narayan
Written byS. Narayan
Produced byM. Shashikala
StarringRaghuveer
Shwetha
Lokesh
Abhijeeth
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byHamsalekha
Production
company
M. C. Productions
Release date
13 January 1992
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Chaitrada Premanjali is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed and written by S. Narayan making his debut in direction. The film stars newcomers Raghuveer and Shwetha along with Lokesh and Abhijeeth in other pivotal roles. The film met with positive reviews upon release from critics and audience eventually becoming the musical hit of the year.[1][2]

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The soundtrack proved to be one of the biggest hit albums of the year.

Plot

Fresh faces romance with a tragic end. Karate champion Prem (Raghuveer) goes to the family country retreat to practice for a tournament and falls for village girl Anju (Shweta). Her father (Lokesh), however, prevents the marriage and tries to force her to marry a womanizer with an obliging father. Prem wins his trophy and rescues Anju, but the couple is killed by the bad guys.

Cast

  • Raghuveer as Prem
  • Shwetha as Anju
  • Abhijeeth as Mahesh, an evil man
  • Lokesh as Seenappa, Anju's father
  • Srinivasa Murthy as Manmatha Rao, Prem's father
  • Rajanand as Manjayya, servant of Prem's estate
  • Jyothi Gurucharan as step-mother
  • Ashalatha as Prem's dead mother
  • Sathyajith as karate trainer
  • S. Narayan as Shankar, Prem's close friend
  • Swasthik Shankar as Jagapathi Rao, Mahesh's father
  • Shobharaj as Veerabhadra
  • Thriller manju as Robert, karate champion
  • Vikram
  • K.D. Venkatesh
  • Guru Murthy

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha for Lahari Music audio company.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."O Kogile"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
2."O Malenadina"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 
3."Dance Dance"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
4."Nannavare Nanage"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj 
5."Daari Bidu"Manjula Gururaj 
6."Chaitrada Premanjaliya"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chandrika Gururaj 
7."Kaveri Theeradalli Mungarige"Latha Hamsalekha 

Release

The film was ready for release but no theaters were willing to screen the film citing that Raghuveer was not good looking. Ultimately, with the intervention of producer Ramu, theatre owners agreed to screen the film until Khuda Gawah (1992) starring Amitabh Bachchan released. However, soon after the release of this film, theaters had house full shows and Khuda Gawah had to delay its release in Karnataka by one month.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "A roller-coaster ride". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cine actor Raghuveer dead". Deccan Herald. 8 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Chaitrada Premanjali
  4. ↑ "Raghuveer: ಇವ್ನ ಮುಸುಡಿ ನೋಡಿ ಹೀರೋ ಆಗ್ತಾನಾ! ಅವಮಾನ ಮಾಡಿದವ್ರ ಮುಂದೆಯೇ ಗೆದ್ದು ಬೀಗಿದ್ದ ನಟ ರಘುವೀರ್". News18 (in Kannada). 26 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "'Love is an eternal feeling that cannot perish'". The New Indian Express. 27 March 2017.


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