''Andaman'' is a 1998 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 ...
-language
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written and directed by
P. H. Vishwanath. The film starred
Shiva Rajkumar
Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema. and
Soni. Shiv Rajkumar's daughter Niveditha made her acting debut featuring in a prominent role and won the
Karnataka State Film Award for her performance. The film had a musical score by Hamsalekha and was jointly produced by Padmalatha.
Plot
Monisha and Anand are a happily married couple with a child, Chummi. But a small misunderstanding leads to their divorce leaving Anand pining for his daughter's affection. Though Chummy wants to stay with her father but Monisha wants none of it. It is revealed that Monisha's friend Aravind is responsible for creating misunderstanding between the couple for not being able to marry Monisha whom he is in love with since childhood. In the end, Aravind gets killed by falling off from elevator and the couple gets united.
Cast
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Shiva Rajkumar
Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema. as Anand
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Soni as Monisha
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Sumanth
Sumanth Kumar Yarlagadda (born 9 February 1975), known mononymously as Sumanth, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the eldest grandson of Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. He is also a partner in Annapurna Stud ...
as Aravind
* Niveditha Shiva Rajkumar as Chummy
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Vinaya Prasad
Vinaya Prakash ( Bhat), also credited as Vinaya Prasad, is an Indian actress who has primarily featured in Kannada, and Malayalam films and TV series besides acting in Telugu language films. She has won the State Best Actress Award for her pe ...
as Zubeidaa
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H. G. Dattatreya as
Lieutenant Governor of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited, at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated f ...
* Ramesh Pandit as
SI Khader
Soundtrack
All the songs are composed and written by
Hamsalekha
Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...
.
Awards
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Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female)
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female) 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.
Award winners
The following is a par ...
- Baby Niveditha Shiva Rajkumar
References
1998 films
1990s Kannada-language films
1998 action drama films
Films scored by Hamsalekha
Indian action drama films
1998 drama films
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