''Brindavana'' is a 2013 Indian

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-language romantic

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film starring

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Karthika Nair Karthika Nair (born 27 June 1992) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked down South in all language films. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Josh (2009 Telugu film), Josh'', opposite Naga Chaitanya. She rose to fame starrin ...

Milana Nagaraj Milana Nagaraj (born 25 April) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada films. Milana has established herself as one of the leading actresses in Kannada cinema and is a recipient of several accolades including a Karnataka State Film ...

and also featuring Saikumar and

Sampath Raj Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. He is best known for his appearances in director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, which includ ...

. The film was directed by K Madesh and produced by Suresh Gowda. The soundtrack was composed by

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and the cinematography was by Ramesh Babu. it is remake of the 2010 Telugu film '' Brindavanam''. The film was later dubbed into

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as ''Ghayal: The Power Man'' by Sumeet Arts in 2014.

Plot

The main story of the film is about two step brothers, played by Saikumar and Sampath Raj. They are rival big shots in their village. Karthika Nair and Milana Nagaraj play cousins of theirs. Karthika Nair stays in the village, but Milana Nagaraj relocates for her studies to the city where Darshan lives. The two meet when he helps her, become friends, and eventually fall in love. Meanwhile, Karthika Nair's marriage is arranged with some ''goonda'' whom she does not want to marry. She asks Milana Nagaraj to help her; she in turn asks Darshan to help. He goes to the village intending to prevent the marriage using tricks. He ends up solving many problems in the village and finally putting an end to the rivalry between Saikumar and Sampath Raj, leading to a happy ending.

Cast

as Krishna *

as Madhu *

as Bhoomi * Saikumar as Madhu's Father *

as Bhoomi's father * Ajay as Varadha, Bhoomi's cousin *

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* Sangeetha *

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as Madhu's Mother *

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* Prakash Heggodu *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...

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* Geetha * Killer Venkatesh * Bahubali Prabhakar * Mohan Juneja * Stunt Siddu * Ramesh Babu

Production

Principal shooting for ''Brindavana'' formally began on 16 February 2013, which happened to be the birthday of lead actor Darshan. Actors

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted ...

and V. Ravichandran were the chief guests invited for the launch at the Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore. The film marks the first Kannada production set to shoot in

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Casting

While Darshan and Karthika (in her first and only

film to date) had the lead roles, the second female lead role was first offered to Vedhika Kumar Malayalam actress Muktha replaced her in the role, and still later it went to newcomer Milana Nagaraj.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by D-Beats.

Release

''Brindavana'' was released on 26 September in more than 190 theaters. Some other films, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Dilwala'' postponed their release to avoid clashing with it. The satellite telecast rights were offered up to a price of 5.40 crore, making it the second highest-priced Kannada-language film.

Critical reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that the director "has excellently mixed comedy, action, sentiments and romance with rich lively narration that perfectly suits the character of Darshan".

Twenty-five days celebration

On the 25th day after the film's release there was a grand celebration in Gandhinagar Narthaki theatre (the main theatre of Brindavana). A blood donation camp was held, with Darshan, Milana, director Madesh, and others in attendance. Darshan's fans announced some days before on social networking sites that he would be there; there was such a large crowd that police came to disperse them and blocked all traffic. The theater was damaged; producer Srinivasamurthy paid the resulting costs.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brindavana 2013 films 2013 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Kannada remakes of Telugu films Films shot in Iceland Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2010s Kannada-language films