Habba

Habba (transl. Festival) is a 1999 Indian Kannada family - drama film written and directed by D. Rajendra Babu. The film has an ensemble cast including Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Devaraj, Jayapradha, Urvashi, Shashikumar, Ramkumar, Vijayalakshmi, Kasthuri and Charulatha.[1] The movie was produced by Bharathi Devi for Chinni Chitra productions. The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Chandravamsam starring Krishna.[2] The movie was loosely based on the Pandavas's exile episode in the Virata Parva of Mahabharata.

Habba
Directed byD. Rajendra Babu
Produced byNara Bharathi Devi
Written byB. A. Madhu (Dialogues)
Screenplay byD. Rajendra Babu
Story byJ. K. Bharavi
Starring
Music byHamsalekha
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited byT. Shashikumar
Production
company
Chinni Chitra
Distributed byRamu Films
Release date
  • 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16)
Running time
2 hours 22 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Cast

Awards
Karnataka State Film Awards 1999-00

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics were written by Hamsalekha & Naveen Kumar M S. Popular playback singer Nanditha made her entry into film songs with this soundtrack.[3] The song "Habba Habba" is a slightly modified version of the song "Yele Hombisile" which Hamsalekha had composed for the film Halunda Thavaru. All the songs in the film become chartbusters.

Habba
Soundtrack album by
Hamsalekha
ReleasedFebruary 1999 (1999-02)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAnand Audio
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Channappa Channegowda"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra, Ramesh Chandra, Vishnu05:32
2."Aarathi Yettire"HamsalekhaNanditha03:00
3."Dheem Takita"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra04:58
4."Habba Habba"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, Ramesh Chandra, Nanditha04:57
5."Jenina Goodu"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra05:25
6."Koti Koti Devaru"HamsalekhaNanditha01:52
7."Mama Mama Masti"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam05:04
8."Mai Tholiyo Shastra"HamsalekhaNanditha01:26
9."Yaale Yaale"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra05:15

Remake

The movie is remade in Telugu as Chandra Vamsam in 2002.

Reception

The Indian Express called the film "a beautiful mansion without proper foundation".[4] Deccan Herald wrote "this film stands out for its effort to infuse new life into the narration and proceedings."[5]

References
  1. Habba cast
  2. http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-chandravansam.html
  3. Habba Songs at Raaga
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200609090155/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/19E29EEB9C7D9F9B65256941003DC8F3?OpenDocument
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322152101/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/384572F6661CE28265256941003DC8D3
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