Chitra (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Dinesh Baboo |
| Written by | J. K. Bharavi |
| Screenplay by | Dinesh Baboo |
| Story by | Teja |
| Based on | Chitram (2000) |
| Produced by | Ramoji Rao |
| Starring | Prasad Rekha Vedavyas |
| Cinematography | Dinesh Baboo, P. K. H. Das |
| Edited by | P. R. Sounder Rajan |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
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Running time | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Chitra (transl. Picture) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Dinesh Babu and produced by Ramoji Rao. A remake of the Telugu film Chitram (2000), directed by Teja, the film stars Prasad and newcomer Rekha Vedavyas with Ananth Nag in a supporting role. The film had musical score by Gurukiran, which was well received. The film, upon release, was well received and declared a silver jubilee at the box office.[1][2][3]
- Prasad as Ramu
- Rekha Vedavyas as Chitra (credited as Chitra)
- Anant Nag as Ramu's father
- Aniruddha Jatkar as Ramu's friend
- Sunil Raoh as Ramu's friend
- Sharan
- Gurukiran
- Master Anand as Prashanth
- Vinayak Joshi
- Ganesh Varsha
- Sanketh Kashi as Govinda, Kannada lecturer
- Naga Prasad
- Ramesh Bhat
- Ashalatha
- Vanitha Vasu
- Bank Janardhan
- Mandeep Roy
- Sri Gowri
- Master Arun
- Baby Raksha
- John D'Souza
- M. N. Suresh
Production
This is Prabhu Deva's brother Prasad's first Kannada film. Model Rekha Vedavyas plays an NRI student in the film. She received the role after one of the producers, Jayashri Devi, saw her photographs.[4]
Soundtrack
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| Label | Anand Audio | |||
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The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran. The soundtrack was well received upon release and Gurukiran won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the year 2001.[5] The lyric "Jinke Mari" (transl. Little deer) from "Pori Tapori" earned Rekha Vedavyas the name Jinke Mari Rekha.[6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Pori Tapori Bandlo" | K. Kalyan | Shankar Shanbog, Sonu Nigam, Murali Mohan, Gurukiran, Arun Sagar | 04:33 |
| 2. | "Jhum Jhum Romanchana" | K. Kalyan | Sonu Nigam | 04:14 |
| 3. | "LOVE Geethanjali" | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:37 |
| 4. | "Punjabnalli Tension" | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Murali Mohan | 05:16 |
| 5. | "Usire Jojo" | K. Kalyan | Sonu Nigam | 04:36 |
| 6. | "Zimbole Zimbole" | K. Kalyan | Sonu Nigam, Suresh Peters | 05:06 |
