''Tananam Tananam'' is a 2006 Indian

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-language romantic musical film directed and written by Kavitha Lankesh. The film has Ramya and

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teaming up together for the first time, and introduces

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, a Tamil actor, to Kannada cinema. The film was produced by N. M. Suresh and based on a

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short story written by

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. The film released on 24 November 2006 to average and negative feedback from critics. The film eventually failed to live up to the initial hype and the director's reputation at the box-office. Despite the failure, the film won two

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in Best Actress and Best Lyricist categories. Noted violinist L. Subramaniam was hired to play violin bits in the film. The film premiered at

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upon release.

Plot

Vanaja ( Ramya) loves Shankar (

), but he loves Bhavani (

), an actress from a travelling theatre group. When Bhavani turns him down, Shankar turns to alcohol and becomes a victim of a tragedy.

Cast

* Ramya as Vanaja *

as Bhavani *

as Shankar *

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as Krishnamurthy *

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as Vanaja's mother *

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as Gowda *

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a Gowda's daughter * Sharan as Subbu *

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as Krishnamurthy's student *

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as Shankari's father

Production

Leading Kannada actresses Ramya and

co-starred in this film and Bangalore based Tamil actor

was cast after other actors rejected the role. Kavitha Lankesh also admitted that the story was inspired from a Tamil short story penned by

. The classical music notes that comes in the film scenes have been tuned by acclaimed violinist L. Subramaniam.

was cast as Ramya's father.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by K. Kalyan. The title track won him the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada for the year 2006.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' gave the film a rating of one-and-half out of five stars and stated that "But halfway through ''Tananam Tananam'', you realise Kavitha Lankesh has derailed the story, and nothing really works in favour of the film". A critic from ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and cited that "nothing is right about ''Tananam Tananam''". A critic from ''

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'' opined that "Kavitha Lankesh, touted to be an intelligent director, this time falls flat with ''Thananam Thananam'' as the film lacks a new story and the film is lengthy and slow moving".

Awards

References

External links

* {{Kavitha Lankesh 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s romantic musical films 2006 films Adaptations of works by Kalki Krishnamurthy Films based on short fiction Films directed by Kavitha Lankesh Films scored by K. Kalyan Indian romantic musical films 2006 musical films