''Chaitrada Premanjali'' is a 1992 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language

romance drama 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 da ...

film directed and written by S. Narayan making his debut in direction. The film stars newcomers Raghuveer and Shwetha along with

Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema. Lokesh made his film debut in the 1958 film '' Bhakta Prahlada''. He had thrice won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor during his care ...

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. The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, d ...

. 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 *

as Seenappa, Anju's father *

Srinivasa Murthy Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy (born 15 May 1949), known popularly as Srinivasa Murthy, is an Indian actor and television director. He is mostly known for his work as a director having made many television series in Kannada, b ...

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 *

Shobaraj Shobaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films include '' Yajamana'' (2000), '' Shabdavedhi'' (2000), '' Police Story'' (1996), and '' Sangliyana Part-3'' (1997). Career Shobaraj has been part of more than ...

as Veerabhadra * Thriller Manju as Robert, karate champion * Vikram * K. D. Venkatesh * Guru Murthy

Production

was cast in the film after the actor who supposed to play the role did not show up.

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by

for

Lahari Music Lahari Recording Company is an Indian music company based in Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest cit ...

audio company.

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 Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * With a cinemati ...

released. However, soon after the release of this film, theaters had house full shows and ''Khuda Gawah'' had to delay its release in

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

by one month.

References

External links

* 1992 films 1990s Kannada-language films 1990s Indian films Indian romantic drama films 1992 romantic drama films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films directed by S. Narayan 1992 directorial debut films {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub