A (Kannada film)

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A (Kannada film)
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Directed by Upendra
Produced by B. Jagannath
B. G. Manjunath
Written by Upendra
Screenplay by Upendra
Story by Upendra
Starring Upendra
Chandini
Music by Gurukiran
Cinematography H. C. Venu
Edited by T. Shashikumar
Production
company
Uppi Entertainers
Distributed by B V Ramakrishna
Release dates February12,1998
Running time 148 min
Country India
Language Kannada
Budget 13 million (US$220,000)
Box office 200 million (US$3.3million)
A is a 1998 Indian Kannada language blockbuster psychological love story film written and directed by Upendra.
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It starred Upendra and Chandini as the lead couple.
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It tells the love story between a film director and an actress
which is narrated through multiple flashbacks within flashbacks and reverse screenplay. The film deals with dark
truths of the film world like the casting couch. Due to the reverse screenplay, some audience members watched it
multiple times to understand the story.
Upon release, A collected more than 20 crore at the box office. The movie was dubbed into Telugu and released in
Andhra Pradesh. The film was remade in Tamil as Adavadi.
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It was Gurukiran's first film as a music director.
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Upendra won the Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor (1998) and Gurukiran won the Udaya Film Award for Best
Music Director (1998).Wikipedia:Citation needed
A (Kannada film)
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Cast
Upendra
Chandini
Archana
Marina
Kote Prabhakar
Shankar Bhat
Vijayasarathi
Suchitra
Box office response
A was made at 1.25 crore and collected more than 20 crore at the box office. The film ran for 25 weeks in
Karnataka and its Telugu version ran for 100 days in Andhra Pradesh.
Critical reception
It was described by a reviewer as "loud and disjointed, like the ramblings of a delirious mind, but made a lot of
sense".
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Its design received some praise.
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It provoked some controversy over anti-women remarks and may
contain some autobiographical elements.
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Soundtrack
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Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released 3 February 1999
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 24:01
Label Lahiri Music
Gurukiran composed the music for the film and the soundtracks. The album has five soundtracks.
Tracklist
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Sum Sumne" Upendra Rajesh Krishnan 4:54
2. "Chandini" Mrli Mohan L. N. Shastry, Prathima Rao 5:03
3. "Helkollakonduru" G. P. Rajarathnam L. N. Shastry 5:08
4. "Idhu One Day Match" Murli Mohan L. N. Shastry 6:34
5. "Maari Kannu" Upendra S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:22
Total length: 24:01
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Awards
Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor Upendra
Udaya Film Award for Best Music Director Gurukiran
Karnataka State Film Award Best Sound Recording Murali
Karnataka State Film Award Best Editing T. Shashikumar
References
[1] http:/ / www. supergoodmovies. com/ 27896/ sandalwood/ upendra-plays-psychic-in-arakshaka-news-details
[2] Article about the plot of A, and an interview with Chandni, the heroine (http:/ / www. rediff. com/ entertai/ 1999/ dec/ 11chand. htm)
[3] Adavadi Review (http:/ / entertainment. oneindia.in/ tamil/ reviews/ adavadi-review-200407. html)
[4] Kannada composer Gurukiran wants to do more reality shows (http:/ / www. hindu. com/ thehindu/ holnus/ 009200812011021. htm)
[5] Uppi's hardly uppity (http:/ / www. hindu. com/ thehindu/ fr/ 2005/ 11/ 11/ stories/ 2005111104250100. htm), The Hindu
[6] Bhushan Geechi to direct (http:/ / entertainment.oneindia. in/ kannada/ top-stories/ 2008/ nagabhushan-nanna-olavina-banna-150408. html)
[7] Triggering off a controversy once again (http:/ / www.hindu. com/ 2006/ 07/ 24/ stories/ 2006072406560200. htm), The Hindu
External links
A (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt3178292/ ) at the Internet Movie Database
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