Idu Entha Premavayya

1999 Indian film
  • Ramesh Aravind
  • Shilpa
CinematographyB. S. BasavarajEdited byBasavaraj UrsMusic byGurukiran
Production
company
Shri Vaibhavalakshmi Pictures
Release date
  • 28 April 1999 (1999-04-28)
CountryIndiaLanguageKannada

Idu Entha Premavayya..! (transl. What kind of love is this..!) is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Kodlu Ramakrishna and starring Ramesh Aravind and Shilpa. The film's plot is inspired by the Hindi film Kaamchor (1982), which itself was a remake of the Telugu film Subhodayam (1980).[1]

The film follows Arun, a lazy man, marries Apoorva, a rich woman, for her money. However, she discovers his true intentions and leaves him, making him realise his mistake and try to win her over again.[2]

Plot

Arun has been an aimless and lazy slacker all his adult life, who has no goals for his future. He lives with his brother, sister-in-law, and nephew Santhosh. On one occasion, he gate crashes into one of his brother's supervisor's friend's wedding ceremony and finds out that the would-be groom is to live with his in-laws. To Arun's delight, he finds out that the bride Aparna has an unmarried sister Apoorva. They both are the daughters of a rich industrialist, Karanam Sadashiva Rai. Friendship develops between the two and she helps him get a job in her father's company. Later Arun convinces her father, and marries her.

Cast

  • Ramesh Aravind as Arun
  • Shilpa as Apoorva
  • Charulatha as Aparna
  • Rajesh as Karanam Sadashiva Rai
  • Jai Jagadish as Aparna's husband
  • Avinash as Arun's brother
  • Kunigal Nagabhushan as Sadashiva Rai's friend
  • Dingri Nagaraj as Naga
  • Padma Vasanthi as Arun's sister-in-law
  • Master Santhosh as Santhosh
  • Shivadhwaj
  • Shrishailan
  • M. S. Karanth
  • R. G. Vijayasarathy as Search Warrant Officer (uncredited)[3]

Production

The film was initially titled Idu Entha Premaa, and was the debut production of Shri Vaibhavalakshmi Pictures. One of the film's producers, Sangayyapanchkatti Matt, used to work as a correspondent at Samyukta Karnataka.[2]

This was Ramesh Aravind's first film to feature him wearing a cap. This was Kodlu Ramakrishna's first film to have a court scene, and his first film to be shot outside of Bangalore after a song was canned in Ooty. Two scenes were shot at a temple in Banashankari: the scene where Ramesh Aravind chases a production boy and the scene where he tells jokes to Shilpa.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Gurukiran and released under the Akash Audio music label.[4] The title track "Yeneno Kanasu Kandalu", was notably written by a female: Asha Kadpatti from Belgaum.[2]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Andada Chandramancha" Rajesh Krishnan, Manjula Gururaj4:31
2."Bandaalo Bandaalo"DoddarangegowdaMohammed Haneef, Nanditha4:58
3."Doctoru Aadarunu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:18
4."Ninna Aasegale"D BharathK. S. Chithra, P. Unnikrishnan5:07
5."Soniya O Soniya" Gurukiran, Anuradha Sriram, Shankar Shanbhag4:45
6."Yeneno Kanasu Kandalu"Asha KadapattiDr. Rajkumar5:03
Total length:28:42

Home media

A scene from this film was posted by Colors Kannada on 15 March 2020 citing that retirement is better than working.[5] The film was telecast on Colors Kannada on 21 July 2022.[6]

References

  1. ^ Arunachalam, Param. BollySwar: 1991 - 2000. Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. p. 1023. ISBN 978-81-938482-1-0.
  2. ^ a b c d "The film's moral is money". The New Indian Express. 7 February 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via cscsarchive.org.
  3. ^ "Idu Entha Premavayya Kannada Full Movie | Ramesh Aravind | Shilpa | Romantic Kannada Movie". Superhit Kannada Movies HD. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Idu Entha Premavayya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Amazon Music. 23 April 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕಿಂತ ರೆಟೈರ್‌ಮೆಂಟ್ ಬೆಟರ್ ಅಂತೆ!…". Colors Kannada (in Kannada). Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via Facebook.
  6. ^ "ರಮೇಶ್ ಅರವಿಂದ್ ಅಭಿನಯದ ಸೂಪರ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಇದು ಎಂಥಾ ಪ್ರೇಮವಯ್ಯ | ಇಂದು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 10ಕ್ಕೆ". Colors Kannada (in Kannada). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via Facebook.
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