Chaitrada Premanjali

Chaitrada Premanjali (Kannada: ಚೈತ್ರದ ಪ್ರೇಮಾಂಜಲಿ) is a 1992 Kannada romance- drama film directed and written by S. Narayan making his debut in direction. The film features newcomers Raghuveer and Shwetha in the lead roles along with Lokesh and Abhijeeth in other pivotal roles.[1] The film met with positive reviews upon release from critics and audience eventually becoming the musical hit of the year.[2]

Chaitrada Premanjali
Directed byS. Narayan
Produced byM. Shashikala
Written byS. Narayan
StarringRaghuveer
Shwetha
Lokesh
Abhijeeth
Music byHamsalekha
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited bySuresh Urs
Production
company
M. C. Productions
Release date
1992
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The soundtrack proved to be one of the biggest hit albums of the year.

Plot

Fresh faces romance with a tragic end. Karate champion Prem (Raghuveer) goes to the family country retreat to practice for a tournament and falls for village girl Anju (Shweta). Her father (Lokesh), however, prevents the marriage and tries to force her to marry a womanizer with an obliging father. Prem wins his trophy and rescues Anju, but the couple is killed by the bad guys.

Cast
  • Raghuveer as Prem
  • Shwetha as Anju
  • Abhijeeth as Mahesh, an evil man
  • Lokesh as Seenappa, Anju's father
  • Srinivasa Murthy as Manmatha Rao, Prem's father
  • Rajanand as Manjayya, servant of Prem's estate
  • Jyothi gurucharan as step-mother
  • Ashalatha as Prem's dead mother
  • Sathyajith as karate trainer
  • S. Narayan as Shankar, Prem's close friend
  • swasthik Shankar as Jagapathi Rao, Mahesh's father
  • Shobharaj as Veerabhadra
  • Thriller manju as Robert, karate champion
  • Vikram
  • K.D. Venkatesh
  • Guru Murthy

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha for Lahari Music audio company.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."O Kogile"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
2."O Malenadina"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 
3."Dance Dance"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
4."Nannavare Nanage"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj 
5."Daari Bidu"HamsalekhaManjula Gururaj 
6."Chaitrada Premanjaliya"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chandrika Gururaj 

References
  1. Chaitrada Premanjali Crew
  2. "A roller-coaster ride". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. Chaitrada Premanjali
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