''Himapatha'' () is a 1995 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

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Rajendra Singh Babu S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (born 22 October 1952) is an Indian filmmaker and occasional actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He was born and brought up in Mysore. His father Shankar Singh produced many films under the banner Mahatma Pict ...

and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Suhasini and Jaya Prada. The film was widely popular for the songs composed by Hamsalekha upon release. The film was extensively shot in Shimla and Bijapur. It is based on the Kannada novel of the same name, by T. K. Rama Rao.

Plot

The plot revolves around a photographer Aravind ( Dr. Vishnuvardhan) of Kannada Prabha. He works in Bijapur. He is in love with Sumithra ( Suhasini). One day, Kittanna, the editor of Kannada Prabha gives him an offer to take the photos of

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occurrences in Shimla. Kittanna wants to send those photos to National Geographic Magazine. At the same time, Sumithra's mother challenges Aravind to earn ₹ 3,00,000 within a month. If he fails, Sumithra's wedding would take place with Keerthi ( Jai Jagadish). Aravind goes to Shimla. What happens next is the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Rocklike Venkatesh was supposed to produce a movie for V. Ravichandran which was to be directed by Dwarakish. However, owing to differences between the lead actor and the director, the movie was stalled and the director walked out of the project after the issue reached the Director's Association which was headed by Rajendra Singh Babu at that time. At this juncture, Venkatesh asked Babu to direct a movie for him for which Babu pitched the idea to adapt T. K. Rama Rao's novel ''Himpaata'' whose story he felt had the shades of his favourite movies like '' Doctor Zhivago'' (1965), '' Sunflower'' (1970) and '' Daag'' (1973). Since

was an important sequence in the story, the director decided to shoot it at

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to make the sequence look real. V. Harikrishna was working as a keyboard player to Hamsalekha at that time. The film was launched at Kanteerava Studios with Chiranjeevi and Dr. Rajkumar attending as guests. The first day of shoot was held at Rohtang Pass where the scenes of snowfall were shot that day and the song "Kanchanaganga" was shot in the same location next day. Stunt master Different Danny worked as a body double for Vishnuvardhan for a sequence of him falling in flowing river in Mekedatu at the height of 170 feet. There was a slight delay in arrival of Suhasini on the sets due to bombings near her home. Her solo song was later picturised in Kullu and Manali.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha. The audio was released by Lahari Music company.

References

External links

* {{Rajendra Singh Babu 1990s Indian films 1990s Kannada-language films 1995 films 1995 romantic drama films Avalanches in film Films based on Kannada novels Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu Films scored by Hamsalekha Films shot in Bijapur, Karnataka Films shot in Jammu and Kashmir Indian romantic drama films Rockline Entertainments films