''Abhinandana'' () is a 1988 Indian

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-language

musical romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dat ...

written and directed by

Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...

. It stars Karthik,

Shobana Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970); known mononymously as Shobana, is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who works predominantly in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English and Kannada films. She is ...

, and

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (31 July 1951 – 22 May 2023), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 300 films, including in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and ...

, with music composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

. The film was a commercial success and received positive reviews upon release. Its soundtrack, considered one of Ilaiyaraaja's best in Telugu cinema, became a chartbuster and remains popular to this day. ''Abhinandana'' won three

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, including Second Best Feature Film. It was later dubbed into Tamil as ''Kaadhal Geetham'' and remade in Kannada as ''Abhinandane'' (2005).

Plot

Set in

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, the story revolves around Rani, an aspiring dancer, who meets Raja, an aspiring painter and singer. They fall in love with each other as their mutual love for art unfolds at an arts institute/college. Rani's father wishes to get his daughter married soon. Rani is certain about convincing her father to accept Raja as her future spouse. The drama unfolds when Rani's pregnant sister Kamala and her husband Srikanth, along with their two kids visit from Chennai. Kamala's husband, who owns a recording studio, leaves for Chennai after a short stay in Kodaikanal. After Kamala's accidental death, her father wishes to get Rani married to her brother—in-law Srikanth and take care of the two kids. Rani has to choose between Raja and looking after her sister's family. Raja cannot take this and takes to drinking as he loses hope of uniting with Rani. Unaware of Raja's connection to Rani, Srikanth meets Raja he notices Raja's artistic skills and offers him an opportunity to sing for an album at his recording studio. He introduces Raja to Rani at Rani's home before requesting Raja to live there until Raja's recording is complete. Soon Rani's brother-in-law finds out that Rani is in love with Raja. How the individuals try to compromise and sacrifice for each other's aspirations and feelings forms the crux of the story.

Cast

As per the film's opening credits: *

as Srikanth * Karthik as Raja *

as Rani *

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as Kamala * J. V. Somayajulu as Rani's father * Chitti Babu as Servant *Master Sathish *Baby Swathi

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by

. Several songs were reused from his earlier compositions: "Ade Neevu" was adapted from "Ore Raagam", and "Rangulalo Kalavo" was taken from "Velli Nila Padhumai", both from Tamil movie '' Amudha Gaanam'' (1985). "Premaledhani" was adapted from "Naalum en manam" from Tamil movie ''

Nilavu Suduvathillai ''Nilavu Suduvathillai'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Rangaraj. The film stars Sivakumar, and Radhika in the lead roles, N. Viswanathan and V. Gopalakrishnan. It was released on 18 May 1984. Plot Ravi falls in l ...

'' (1984). "Manchu Kurise Velalo" was reused from "Andharangam Yaavume" from Tamil movie '' Aayiram Nilave Vaa'' (1983), while "Eduta Neeve" was derived from "Ilalo" from ''

Anveshana ''Anveshana'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language Mystery film, mystery thriller film written and directed by Vamsy. The film stars Karthik (actor), Karthik, Bhanupriya, Kaikala Satyanarayana, and Sarath Babu, with music compo ...

'' (1985), which itself was based on "Uyire Urave" from Tamil movie '' Anbin Mugavari'' (1985). The song "Manchu Kurise Velalo" later inspired the title of a 2018 film.

Awards

;

(in

) * Second Best Feature Film - Silver - R. V. Ramana Murthy * Best Male Playback Singer -

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is widely regarde ...

(for singing "Rangulalo Kalavo") * Special Jury Award - Karthik

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abhinandana 1988 films 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s Indian films Indian romantic musical films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Telugu films remade in other languages 1980s romantic musical films 1988 musical films