''Chandra Chakori'' is a 2003

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language

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film directed and written by

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. The film stars Murali, Priya and Naaz, all making their debuts, along with

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and

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in other pivotal roles. The film was remade in 2013 in Odia as ''

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''. It is the first Kannada movie by a debutant to see a theatrical run of almost two years. This movie was announced theatrical and musical blockbuster at the box-office.

Cast

* Murali as Puttaraju * Priya Pereira as Sudha * Naaz as Sevanthi *

as Mahesh * Shari * Ashok *

as Gajendrappa *

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as Boregowda *

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as Subbayya *

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as Naganna * Tension Nagaraj * Renuka Prasad * Kavitha * Sadhana * Bhanu Prakash * Sridhar Raj

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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for

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company and the lyrics were written by

.Chandra Chakori at Raaga
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Awards

2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards The 2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards were presented by Government of Karnataka to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the product ...

# Best Third film -

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and

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# Best Cinematographer - P. K. H. Das # Best Art direction - G. Murthy

References

2003 films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films 2003 romantic drama films Films directed by S. Narayan Kannada films remade in other languages {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub