''Janumada Gelathi'' is a 2008

Kannada language Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, 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, an ...

film directed by

Dinesh Baboo Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, actor and screenwriter who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 40 films, filmed more than 20 fil ...

and produced by C. R. Manohar. it stars

Srinagar Kitty Krishna (born 8 July 1977) known by his stage name Srinagara Kitty, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema, Kannada television series and films. He started off as a child artist working in a host of television serialized dram ...

and

Pooja Gandhi Pooja Gandhi is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in Kannada-language films. After starring in the commercially successful 2006 film ''Mungaru Male'', Gandhi became one of the most-popular and highest-paid actresses in Kannada-lang ...

in the lead roles. The film's music was composed by V. Manohar. The film was released statewide on 5 December 2008.

Cast

as Gowri Shankar *

* Jayanthi *

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Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1965) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he receive ...

* Suresh Mangalore *Harish Rai

Soundtrack

The film has five songs composed by V. Manohar with lyrics written by V. Manohar,

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...

Jayanth Kaikini Jayant Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist and script writer in Kannada cinema. He has published seven short story collections, six poetry collections, four essay colle ...

and V. Nagendra Prasad. # "Noorentu Maatu" # "Mugile Kodale" # "Hrudaya Mugulu Nagalu" # "Dhaga Dhagiso" # "Simran Simran"

Reception

Critical response

R G Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' scored the film at 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "Srinagara Kitty makes efforts to give a convincing performance. Pooja Gandhi has also done well in her small role, though she would have looked better with make-up on! Veteran artists Jayanthi, Avinash, Suresh Mangalore and Harish Rai have limited scope in the film to perform. V Manohar's music is just okay. One song is well composed, but picturisation lacks quality". A critic from

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wrote "There are moments in the film that have the classic Dinesh touch especially in scenes where both the lead actors play dumb and in the climax which could have retained a little more suspense. This film too has failed to launch Srinagar Kitti into Sandalwood star orbit".

References

External links

Official site
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