''Ambari'' is a 2009 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

written and directed by

A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...

, making his debut. The film stars

Yogesh Yogesh is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of the words ' and ' and has the meaning "master of yoga" and has also been used as an epithet of Shiva. Notable people * Yogesh (actor) (born 1990), Indian actor * Y ...

and Supreetha. The film opened in January 2009 to positive reviews and went on to become the first film in 2009 to screen for over 100 days across many cinema halls in Karnataka. The film deals with the journey the lead characters undertake from Bangalore to the

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on a cycle.

Cast

as Dhananjaya *Supreetha as Saraswathi/Saru *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

*Petrol Prasanna *Sandeep *

Kishori Ballal Kishori Ballal (1937/1938 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actress who was known for her works in Kannada cinema. The actress made her debut in 1960 with ''Ivalentha Hendthi'' and since then in a career spanning over 15 years, she has app ...

as granny of Saru *Dinesh Mangalore *

Aruna Balraj Aruna Balraj is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Aruna Balraj as an actress include '' Naayi Neralu'' (2006), '' Ambari'' (2009), '' Raja Huli'' (2013) and ''Gubbi Mele Bramhastra'' (2019). Career Aruna Balraj ...

as Mother of Saru *Mahesh Raj *Vikram Mor *Mahendran *Vinod Varadaraj

Release

The film was released on 30 January 2009 all over Karnataka and performed well at the box-office. It crossed over 100 days screening in many theaters.

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant musician, Harikrishna made h ...

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Yogish is excellent and looks like the boy next door with controlled acting. Suprita is impressive. Rangayana Raghu excels. Sathya Hegde's camerawork is marvellous as is Harikrishna's music. Ravivarma's action scenes are thrilling" A critic from ''

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'' wrote "Supritha has a good future. She has the heroine material in her. Rangayana Raghu isroutine and Petrol Prasanna as villain is painful. The melody is missing from V.Harikrishna. Satya Hegde has given a lovely cinematography once again after 'Dhuniya'."

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada Language films. Superlatives Recipients The first recipient was ...

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), origi ...

Chetan Sosca Chetan Krishna popularly known as Chetan Sosca ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಸಾಸ್ಕ) is an Indian playback singer and composer who has performed the music for many Kannada films. Career Krishna’s film music debut was in the 2001 movie Kothi ...

- "Yaare Nee devateya" *

Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Kannada ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

- "Yaare Nee devateya" * Suvarna Award for Best Male Playback singer -

- "Yaare Nee devateya" * Mirchi Music award for Best Male Playback singer -

- "Yaare Nee devateya"

References

External links

Ambari Movie review
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