''Kanti'' is a 2004 Kannada-language

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directed by debutant S. Bharath, starring Murali and

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. The film was produced by R. Srinivas and K. P. Srikanth of RS Productions. The plot revolves around a Kannada college student who on falling in love with a Marathi girl, gets embroiled politically.

Plot

Cast

* Murali as Srikantha "Kanti" *

as Reema *

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as Samblekar * Gurumurthy *

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as SP * Kishore as Beera * Pawan Kumar * Chandru *

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as Chidanand * Venkata Rao * Malathi Sardeshpande as Bharathi Devi, a lecturer *

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in a special appearance in "Ussaaru Ussaaru" song

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Debutant director Bharat has taken care over the script that is convincing".

Awards

2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards The 2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada Cinema released in the year 2004. The awards were announced on 21 September 2005. Lifetime achievement award ...

, Murali won Best Actor, T Shashi Kumar won Best Editing and Kishore won the Best Supporting Actor awards.

References

External links

* 2004 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Gurukiran Films set in Karnataka 2004 directorial debut films 2000s masala films Indian romantic drama films 2004 romantic drama films {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub