Preetisle Beku
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Directed by | Yogesh Hunsur |
Written by | T Ramesh Rao (dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Pallavi Prakash |
Story by | Pallavi Prakash |
Produced by | C Basavanna Soubhagya Ramesh Suresh Jain Prakash S Nayak |
Starring | Vijay Raghavendra Chaya Singh |
Cinematography | V K Kannan |
Edited by | T Shashikumar |
Music by | Chaitanya |
Production company | Shree Ambika Arts |
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Preetisle Beku (transl. I want love) is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Yogesh Hunsur and starring Vijay Raghavendra and Chaya Singh. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), which itself is based on the English film French Kiss (1995).[1]
Plot
[edit]A village girl, Viji, is engaged with another man Harish, who is not at all interested in the marriage. Viji travels to Bangalore in search of Harish and is helped by another man Ganesha. She later finds out that Harish is a tapori and falls for Ganesha.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Vijay Raghavendra as Ganesha
- Chaya Singh as Vijayalakshmi a.k.a. Viji
- Vikranth Patil as Harish
- Avinash as Inspector Amarasimha
- Rashmi as Aish
- K. S. Ashwath as Aish's father
- Komal Kumar
- Bullet Prakash as Constable
- Chitra Shenoy
Production
[edit]The film was launched on 23 June 2002 at the Manjunatha Temple in Bangalore.[3] The film is directed by Ninagoskara (2002)-fame Yogesh Hunsur, who also provided the screenplay.[2] He previously directed Police Power (1995) and Lakshmi Mahalakshmi (1997).[4] This is the fourth film that Vijay Raghavendra signed as a lead actor.[3] Chaya Singh was signed for the female lead.[3] The film bears a similar storyline to O Mallige (1997) since the producer of that film, Pallavi Prakash, worked for this film as the storywriter.[2] The film is produced by S. A. Govindaraj and was completed in a single schedule.[3] Chaitanya composed the music.[3] The other actors were not cast as of mid-June 2002 prior to the film's launch,[3] and they were decided after the film's launch.[2]
Music
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Released | 2002 | ||||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 30:29 | ||||
Language | Kannada | ||||
Label | Jhankar Music | ||||
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The film has songs composed by Chaitanya.[5]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Preetisle Beku" | K. Kalyan | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:58 |
2. | "Dhamani Dhamaniyali Prema" | Pallavi Prakash | Udit Narayan, Archana | 5:14 |
3. | "Pori Bandlu Pori" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Hemanth, Ragini | 4:40 |
4. | "Cheluve Nanage Neenu" | Ramesh Rao | Sonu Nigam, Nanditha | 4:26 |
5. | "Gajavadana Kodugamana" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Chaithanya, Hemanth, Shamitha | 5:41 |
6. | "Goru Goru Gorunkana" | K. Kalyan | Chaithanya, Shamitha | 5:29 |
Total length: | 30:29 |
Box office
[edit]The film was a box office failure similar to Vijay Raghavendra's other releases that year except for Khushi.[6]
Home media
[edit]The film is available for streaming on Sun NXT.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "2003 Year Round Up". Chitraloka.com. 31 December 2003. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Preetisle Beku - is it an order or a decision?". Viggy. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Kumar, G. S. (14 June 2002). "Preetheslebeku". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Mangesh's 'Murali meets Meera'". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Preetisle Beku (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 8 March 2002.
- ^ "2003 - yearly roundup". Viggy. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Preethisele Bekku". Sun NXT. 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2024.