''Gowramma'' is a 2005 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

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film starring Upendra and Ramya in the lead roles. The film was directed by

Naganna B. Naganna is an Indian film director and writer working in Kannada cinema. He is the son of acclaimed producer and distributor R. Lakshman. After working as an associate director in the K. S. L. Swamy directorial ''Jimmy Gallu'' in 1982, Nagan ...

and produced by Shailendra Babu. This is the third among a series of successful films under Upendra –

combination. The film also starred Srinivasa Murthy,

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, Ramesh Bhat, Komal,

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

, and Satyajit in supporting roles.

Cast

* Upendra as Venkataswamy alias Venki * Ramya as Gowri * Srinivasa Murthy as Seenu, Father of Gowri *

* Ramesh Bhat as Shekhar * Komal as Home chief Bunty *

as Photographer *

Pavitra Lokesh Pavitra Lokesh is an Indian film and television actress. She appears primarily in Kannada and Telugu films playing supporting roles. The daughter of stage and film actor Mysore Lokesh, she made her film debut at the age of 16 and has since ...

* Satyajit * Ravi Chethan * Suneetha Shetty * Baby Raksha as Pinki * Sumanth Shastri as Ashok * Rekha Das * Mandeep Rai * Dr. Nagesh kavati * Samrat Rai * Shivaji Rao Jadhav * B. K. Shankar * Vijaya Sarathi * Myna Chandru

Production

In 2004, Upendra approached Shailendra Babu to remake the 2001 Telugu film '' Nuvvu Naaku Nachav''.

Release and reception

''Gowramma'' received generally positive reviews from critics. '' Rediff.com'' praised Upendra's performance in the film and also stated that "Gowramma is an impressively enjoyable film, and a heavily recommended watch". The reviewer for ''Viggy.com'' praised the film and Upendra's performance, and stated that he looks different from his stereotype images in films such as '' A'' and '' Upendra''. S. N. Deepak of ''

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'' terms the film "a family entertainer" and commended Ramya's performance while praising the camera-work and dialogues.

Soundtrack

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scored the music for the film while Upendra and Kaviraj penned the lyrics.

References

{{Reflist 2005 films Indian romantic comedy films 2005 romantic comedy films Films set in Bangalore Kannada remakes of Telugu films Films directed by Naganna 2000s Kannada-language films