''Chaitrada Premanjali'' is a 1992 Indian

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 ...

-language

romance drama Romance films or movies 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 ...

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 plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent m ...

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 a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, ...

. 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, be ...

as Manmatha Rao, Prem's father *

Rajanand Venkataraju known by his professional name Rajanand (1927-2004), was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rajanand as an actor include '' Operation Diamond Racket'' (1978), '' Mayura'' (1975), and '' Eradu K ...

as Manjayya, servant of Prem's estate * Jyothi Gurucharan as step-mother * Ashalatha as Prem's dead mother *

Sathyajith {{short description, Indian male given name Satyajit is a common Indian name. The word is a compound of the words for truthful (Satya), and winner (jit). Some noted personalities with the name Satyajit are: *Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) - noted Indian ...

as karate trainer * S. Narayan as Shankar, Prem's close friend * Swasthik Shankar as Jagapathi Rao, Mahesh's father * Shobharaj as Veerabhadra * Thriller manju as Robert, karate champion * Vikram * K.D. Venkatesh * Guru Murthy

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by

for

Lahari Music Lahari Recording Company is an Indian music company based in Bangalore. It owns a music label called "Lahari Music" also a film production company called "Lahari Films LLP". They later ventured into construction under the name of HomEquity Indi ...

audio company.Chaitrada Premanjali
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References

External links

* 1992 films 1990s Kannada-language 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