Amrutha Varshini

Amruthavarshini (transl. Rain of immortal nectar) is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written, photographed and directed by Dinesh Baboo. It stars Ramesh Aravind, Suhasini^[1][2] and Sharath Babu, with Nivedita Jain appearing in a cameo role. It features Ramesh Arvind playing a negative role for which he was widely praised. The film revolves around the three central characters of a husband (Sharath), wife (Suhasini) and a friend (Ramesh) who intrudes into the couple's life and turns their life into tragic events.^[3]

Amruthavarshini
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dinesh Baboo
Screenplay by	Dinesh Baboo
Story by	Dinesh Baboo
Produced by	Bharathi Devi
Starring	Ramesh Aravind Suhasini Sharath Babu Nivedita Jain
Cinematography	Dinesh Baboo
Edited by	Kemparaj
Music by	Deva
Production company	Chinni Chitra
Release date	1997
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film was produced by Bharathi Devi under the banner Chinni Chitra. Upon release, the film was declared a musical blockbuster hit with all the songs of the soundtrack composed by Deva becoming evergreen hits. The songs of the film continue to be favorites among the Kannada audience. The film was one of the highest grossers at the box-office for the year 1997.^[4][5] The film was awarded with multiple State Awards and Filmfare Awards, particularly for the story and acting.

The film was subsequently dubbed in Telugu with same title name and in Tamil as Uyirinum Melaaga.^[6] In Malayalam, the film was remade as Mazhavillu (1999) by the same director.

Plot

Hemanth and Veena are a happily married couple with Hemanth working for an advertisement firm. One day, Abhishek Bharadwaj, a poet and Hemanth's childhood friend, visits them. Abhishek is depressed due to the death of his girlfriend, Shruti due to cancer. Shruthi had made Abhishek promise that he will marry another girl after her death. Abhishek becomes obsessed with Veena as she has a strong resemblance to Shruthi. Hemanth learns of this but doesn't reveal it to Veena. He takes Abhishek to a cliff and ask him to change his mind and return home but Abhishek tries to kill him by letting their jeep hit him which causes him to fall off the cliff. Abhishek does not try to save him even though he could have, when Hemanth was hanging off the cliff. Hemanth's automatic camera captures the whole episode. When Veena accidentally sees those pictures, she understands what really happened that day. She pretends to have moved on and suggests that she is ready to share her life with Abhishek. She asks him to take her to the cliff where Hemanth died as it was his long cherished dream to take photos from the cliff. She confronts him, revealing that she knows what had happened and shows him the pictures of that day. She then kills her self by leaping from the cliff, in front of Abhishek, as a revenge.

Cast

• Ramesh Aravind as Abhishek Bharadwaj
• Suhasini as Veena Hemanth
• Sharath Babu as Hemanth
• Tara as Vimala
• Ramakrishna as Janakiram
• Nivedita Jain in a guest appearance as Shruthi
• Sathyapriya as Abhi's mother
• Kunigal Nagabhushan as Ranganna
• Vinayak Joshi as Kodaikanal Tourist Guide Peter

Soundtrack

Amrutha Varshini
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	18 September 1996
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:45
Label	Lahari Music

Deva composed the music for the film and the soundtracks, with lyrics of the soundtracks penned by K. Kalyan. The album has nine soundtracks.^[7] The male version of the song "Tunturu" appears for only 30 seconds in the movie — after climax during the end credits.^[8]

Tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tunturu (Female Version)"	K. S. Chithra	5:21
2.	"Ee Sundara"	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:16
3.	"Manase Baduku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:04
4.	"Kannina Notagalu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:30
5.	"Tampu Tangali"	K. S. Chithra	0:30
6.	"Bhale Bhale Chandadha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:27
7.	"Yella Shilpagaligu"	K. S. Chithra & S.P Balasubrahmanyam	5:21
8.	"Gaali Gaali"	K. S. Chithra	1:51
9.	"Tunturu (Male Version)"	Gangadhar	0:25
Total length:			34:45

Awards and honors

• It won the Arya Bhata Award and was also screened at the Indian Panorama Festival^[9]
• Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada 1997 - B. Jayashree Devi^[10][11]
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada 1997 - Ramesh Aravind
• Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada 1997 - Deva^[12][13]
• Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay^[14]
• Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor - Kemparaj
• Screen Award for Best Actress (Kannada) – Suhasini Maniratnam^[15]

References

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4. "N. Chandrashekhar's 'America! America!' demolishes Kannada film-making myths".
5. Rajitha (1997). "Love, murder, guilt, revenge". Rediff.
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7. "Amruthavarshini (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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9. . Chirag Entertainers. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
10. "45th Filmfare South Best Films Winners". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
11. "45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
12. "45th Annual Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
13. "Deva won Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director Award". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
14. "Karnata State Film Awards — Amrutha Varshini". Retrieved 29 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
15. Screen. Archived from the original on 13 May 1998. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

External links

• Amrutha Varshini at IMDb