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Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...
starring
Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...
in his debut film, along with
Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in Soap opera, television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Su ...
in the lead roles. The story, screenplay, dialogues and direction are by
A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...
of the Kannada movie '' Ambaari'' fame.
V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...
is the music director of the film. Keerthi Swamy of Maryland, U S A and Shankar Reddy of Bengaluru have produced the venture. Soorya S Kiran of "Dildaara" fame is the Cinematographer. The film made its theatrical release across Karnataka screens on 15 June 2012.Kannada Movie News, Reviews , Image - Home
chitraloka.com (2012-06-13). Retrieved on 2016-02-27.
The stunts are handled by Ravi Verma. In one of the scenes Dhruva Sarja jumped from 65 feet height and did all stunts without dupes.


Plot

The story opens at a railway station where the director is narrating the different kinds of arguments and fights that happen at a railway station. The scene then shifts to a couple standing on a bridge over the tracks. The story soon moves into the lives of the couple who are fighting. Arjun is seen having a heated argument with Poorna. Although it is not made clear as to why they are fighting, it is understood that they are lovers and Arjun is trying to patch up with Poorna. Arjun tries valiantly to patch up with Poorna, who is vehemently denying his every apology and request to reconcile. Their argument soon enters into a situation where Arjun is forced to lie to stop Poorna from abandoning him and leave to Delhi. So, after befriending the ticket master, who helps his cause by giving Poorna a delayed ticket, Arjun feels that he has a chance to win back his love in just six days. Arjun challenges Poorna that he can win her back if she agrees to be with him for these last six days, in which he wants her to accompany her to all the places they had been as lovers before. Poorna reluctantly agrees, and the story now runs on two tracks where the director shows how close Arjun and Poorna were when they were together and how they are at present. So, as first four days pass, Arjun endures much scorn and hate from Poorna as he tries to win her heart. He takes on a gang of local goons who taunt her, and bashes them, but that still doesn't melt her heart. One day, Poorna appears at Arjun's house (the scene at this point shows that she might have actually forgiven Arjun) and asks him to buy her a dress and meet her tomorrow as she has a surprise for him. Arjun, who is excited presents Poorna a dress, which she promises to wear when she meets him, and waits for her at the preset location. However, Arjun's heart is torn apart when Poorna introduces her fiancé Tarun further humiliating Arjun. Nevertheless, Arjun takes this insult in his stride and narrates his love story to Tarun, who is unaware that Arjun is actually telling Tarun his own love story he shares with Poorna. Tarun rejoices in the many twists and turns that Arjun endures to win Poorna'a love. It is now revealed that Arjun was nicknamed 'Achhu' and Poorna was nicknamed 'Rachhu' and they referred to themselves using the same names from the time they fell in love. Tarun is impressed with Arjun and promises any help he can offer for Arjun to reclaim his love and leaves. Although it is not revealed till the later part of the movie as to what caused the rift in their relationship, it soon becomes apparent that Poorna is upset with Arjun because he betrayed her when she trusted him the most. Dejected, she decided to end her relationship with Arjun and leave him for good. With five days having passed, Arjun begins to feel that his love is slipping away from him forever and bears his heart to Poorna, who has now has learnt that Arjun had no intention to betray her, and it was all her haste that has led to her breakup with Arjun. Disappointed with herself for humiliating the man she loves, she decides to leave the relationship anyway, as she fears that going back to Arjun now may cause him to doubt her feelings for him. However, on the seventh and final day, when the viewer suspects their relationship is soon to end, in a twist of fate, Arjun and Poorna miraculously unite and lead a happy life ever after.


Cast

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Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...
as Arjun *
Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in Soap opera, television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Su ...
as Poorna *
Tarun Chandra Taarun Chandrra (born 27 April 1983) is an Indian actor based in Kannada Film Industry. He made his film debut in the multi-starrer '' Khushi'' (2003) and has since then acted in various films, notably being, ''Geleya'' (2007), ''Love Guru'' (2 ...
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Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter and a lyricist who predominantly works in Kannada film industry, Kannada Cinema. He made his film debut as a screenplay writer in ''Kadina Benki'' (1986) which won the Nation ...
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Tabla Nani Tabla Nani is an Indian theatre and film actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in the 2006 Kannada film '' Mata''. His role in the 2009 film ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' won him critical praise. Career ...


Production

Aesthetic sense was required for this romantic drama. Two stop push, bleach bypass technique has been adopted for Adduri cave scenes. Fourth color layer ignition technique has been adopted for the entire movie. Bleach bypass technique which is an optical technique is very rarely used for the entire movie in the world of cinema. This is the first time in India that an entire movie has been produced using this technique. The technique was adopted from the movie "Dildaara". All the images appear very natural and in very nice contrasting colors.


Soundtrack

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...
has composed six songs. All the songs' lyrics are written by
A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...
. The soundtrack was distributed by Anand Audio. Darshan, Kichcha
Sudeep Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He i ...
, Premkumar, Ajay Rao, hat trick director
Prem (Kiran) Kiran Kumar (born 22 October 1976), known by his screen name Prem, is an Indian film director in Kannada cinema. Personal life Prem was born as Kiran Kumar on 22 October 1976 in Maddur, in the Mandya district of the Indian state of Karnatak ...
, Mahesh Babu,
V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...
,
Chiranjeevi Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja (died 7 June 2020) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years. Early life and family Sarja was born as the first child ...
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Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...
,
Indrajith Lankesh Indrajit Lankesh is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and director of Kannada and Hindi films. He is also the publisher of the weekly Kannada tabloid ''Lankesh Patrike''. He is the son of iconic writer, journalist and film maker P. Lankesh. Lanke ...
made it to the audio release evening with Chancery Pavilion Bhasker Raju, producer CMR Shanker Reddy, Shankre Gowda, Yogish son of Dwarakish were also present for the audio release.


Reception


Critical response

A critic from ''
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'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "Radhika Pandith has given life to the role with a neat performance. Tarun Chandra is graceful. Anushri has done a good job too. Music by V Harikrishna has some extraordinary tunes and cinematography by Surya is marvellous". B S Srivani from 
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wrote "Very few characters populate the story but there is drama enough, tension enough. Addhuri scores over similar love stories with the director’s treatment". Srikanth Srinivasa from 
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scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Adhoori (which means richness) lives up to its name. It keeps the viewer engaged, which is a refreshing change from the many bad Kannada films hitting the screens in the past few weeks". A critic from 
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wrote  "Dhruva will take a while getting used to, but is here to stay. Radhika Pandit delivers another good performance. And there is hardly any other actor with a quorum of scenes to write about. Addhuri is not exactly a treat, but does carry enough entertainment warranting a watch". A critic from 
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wrote "Tarun's inclusion in the film was a well-kept secret, but the actor has really made an impact through his role. "Addhuri" is a film that's good-looking, fun and topped with emotions".


Awards

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2nd South Indian International Movie Awards The 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards were presented on September 12–13, 2013 in Sharjah (emirate), Sharjah, UAE, to honour the best cinematic achievements of the South Indian film industry in the year 2012. Initially planned for June ...
* Best Director -
A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...
* Best Cinematographer - Surya S Kirana * Best Lyricist -
A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...
for "Ammate" * Best Female Playback Singer -
Vani Harikrishna Vani Harikrishna ( kan, ವಾಣಿ ಹರಿಕೃಷ್ಣ) is an Indian film playback singer and music director, who works in South Indian films, primarily in Kannada cinema. She has composed, written and sung several devotional songs befor ...
for "Mussanje Veleli" * Best Male Debutant -
Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...
* Nominated—Best Film * Nominated—
Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...
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Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in Soap opera, television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Su ...
* Nominated—Best Dance Choreographer -
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for "Ah Ammate" ;Udaya Film Awards The film won a major haul at the 2013 Udaya Film awards grabbing the award in 4 following categories:Eng, David. (2013-03-06
2013 Udaya Film Awards – winners
Chino Kino. Retrieved on 2016-02-27.
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A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...
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Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...
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Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in Soap opera, television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Su ...
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Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...
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Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...
- Best Debutant - Male *
V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...
- Best Music Director


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Addhuri Indian romantic drama films 2012 romantic drama films 2012 films Films shot in Ooty Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2010s Kannada-language films