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-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 by S. Mahendar. The film stars

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and Prema. It is a remake of the 1986

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film ''

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''.

Plot

Divya succumbs to family pressure and marries Sunil Kumar. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Divya reminisces her tragic past with her former lover and ultimately comes to terms with her new marriage.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in

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and

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. Four song sequences for the film were shot in Mysore and its vicinity in December 1998.

Soundtrack

Hamsalekha scored music for the film including its soundtracks in addition to writing its lyrics. The soundtrack album constitutes six tracks.

Reception

Srikanth Srinivasa, reviewing the film for ''

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'', called the film "fairly decent" and wrote, "The film could have been easily trimmed in the dull first half. Music is mediocre by Hamsalekha's standards, except for the song ''Baaro baaro geleya''... Director S Mahendar has faltered in the fight sequences of the film." He further wrote, "Ramesh is controlled and wooden as his character demands. Prema is pleasing and endearing as ever. Prema has put up a spirited performance. However, Ramesh looks jaded in the fight sequences that have been done badly. Shiva Rajkumar is wasted and so is Doddanna." S. Shiva Kumar wrote in ''

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'', "Director Mahender is catching up on the Tamil classics of the '80s. So, after a rehash of Bharathi Rajaa's '' Kadalora Kavidhaigal'', it's Mani's ''Mouna Raagam''. Mahender takes his job seriously and even the simplest of shots have the same camera angle. The most impressive aspect is that he doesn't tamper with the original and tries to use his imagination. If you haven't seen the original, this is not bad at all and is several notches above what's being served today It would have been much better if Mahender had used the original background score by Ilayaraja which was superb". Y Maheswara Reddy of ''

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'' wrote, "Director Mahendar has taken every care to make it watchable by bringing out all the talent of the artists in this film".

References

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* 1990s Indian films 1990s Kannada-language films 1999 films 1999 romantic drama films Films directed by S. Mahendar Films scored by Hamsalekha Indian romantic drama films Kannada remakes of Tamil films {{Improve categories, date=November 2024