''Abhi'' is a 2003 Indian

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-language romantic

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written & directed by

Dinesh Babu Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, actor and screenwriter who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 40 films, filmed more than 20 fil ...

and produced by

Parvathamma Rajkumar Parvathamma Rajkumar (6 December 1939 – 31 May 2017) was an Indian film producer and distributor. She was the wife and cousin of veteran Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar. She produced successful films featuring him and their sons Shiva Rajkumar, Pu ...

under Poornima Enterprises. The film stars

Puneeth Rajkumar Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), affectionately known as Appu (by his fans, after his first lead role in the movie Appu (2002 film), ''Appu''), was an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television presenter a ...

in the titular role, with Ramya, making her debut in

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Dr. Rajkumar Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the his ...

sang a song for the film composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next m ...

. The film was remade in Telugu as ''

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'', with

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reprising Puneeth Rajkumar's role and Ramya reprising her role in the Telugu version. ''Abhi'' was released on 25 April 2003 and became a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

Abhi, a college student in

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, meets a

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girl Bhanu as her relatives are staying in Abhi's rental house. Abhi and Bhanu get to know each other and begin a relationship. Bhanu's father Mohammed Khan learns about this and gets shocked and enraged upon learning Abhi's identity. Mohammed Khan arrives in Bangalore to search for Abhi, finds him at the college and begins to attack him. Abhi does not agree with Khan's behaviour and brutally thrashes Khan in the college but stops after learning that Khan is Bhanu's father. Khan vacates the house, and they all leave for

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. Abhi and his friends head to Hubli and manage to talk with Bhanu. Bhanu's grandmother advises Abhi to leave the house immediately as Khan and his men will be coming back from the

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after the prayer. Abhi asks Bhanu's grandmother about the reason why Khan tried to kill him earlier, and she tells him to ask his mother Janaki. Abhi returns home and reveals details about Khan to Janaki. Janaki reveals to Abhi that she is his adopted mother and his real parents are Ruksana Bano and Joseph. Ruksana and Joseph fell in love, eloped and got married, but their inter-religion marriage was not accepted by Khan and his father Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Khan and Abdul Ghaffar Khan learnt about Ruksana and Joseph's location, where they brutally killed them and were about to kill an infant Abhi, but the local people arrived and saved Abhi from danger. When many people were hesitant to adopt Abhi, Janaki adopted Abhi as her own son and they left for

for a new life. Learning this, Abhi decides to breakup with Bhanu for Janaki's sake. Bhanu also learns about Abhi's past from her grandmother, where she also decides to breakup with Abhi for her family's sake. Bhanu meets Abhi and the two breakup with each other. Khan assumes that Bhanu ran away to marry Abhi and tries to kill him, but Abhi defeats Khan. Bhanu's grandmother advises Khan to stop his cruelty. Khan realizes his mistake and allows Bhanu to marry Abhi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

'' Chitraloka.com'' wrote "The redeeming feature of this film is the mixture. A right film at the right time from equally right banner!." ''

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'' wrote that "One can say, film Abhi in general, exceeds Puneet's earlier film '' Appu'' in all respect, Good film to watch."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abhi (2003 Film) 2003 films 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s Indian films Films set in Bengaluru Films scored by Gurukiran Indian romantic drama films Indian interfaith romance films Films set in universities and colleges Films about disability in India Kannada films remade in other languages 2000s masala films Films shot in Bengaluru Films directed by Dinesh Baboo Romance films based on actual events Indian films based on actual events