''Krishna Leela'' is a 2015 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 ...

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 directed by Shashank and produced by

Ajay Rao Ajay Rao (also credited as Krishna Ajay Rao) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He rose to fame with 2003 blockbuster movie '' Excuse Me''. Career Ajay Rao debuted as a lead with the film '' Excuse Me'' (2003) and ...

, making his debut at production under the Shree Krishna Arts and Creations banner. Besides Rao, the film features

Mayuri Kyatari Mayuri Kyatari (born 11 July 1992) is an Indian actress and model. Kyatari began her career in the Kannada serial ''Ashwini Nakshatra'', which made her famous. She debuted in the Kannada movie Krishna Leela. Featuring in Ishtakamya, Nataraja ...

, making her film debut and

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 ...

in pivotal roles. Shashank had revealed that the movie was inspired by a true incident that happened in 2010 in Bangalore. The film released on 20 March 2015 to positive reviews by critics. It completed the 100 days run successfully across theatres in Karnataka. This movie was remade in Bengali in 2021 as ''

Miss Call ''Miss Call'' is a 2021 Indian Bengali movie which was directed by Ravi Kinagi and produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films. This film is a remake of 2015 Kannada film ''Krishna Leela''. This film starred Soham Chakraborty, ...

''.

Cast

* Ajai Rao as "Smile"

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

as Leela *

as Inspector Chandrashekar *

Shobaraj Shobaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films include ''Yajamana'' (2000), ''Shabdavedhi'' (2000), '' Police Story'' (1996), and '' Sangliyana Part-3'' (1997). Career Shobaraj has been part of more than 25 ...

* Dharmendra Urs as "Benki" Mahadev, Leela's father *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was ...

as Krishna's father *

Tabla Nani Tabla Nani is an Indian theatre and film actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in the 2006 Kannada film '' Mata''. His role in the 2009 film ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' won him critical praise. Career ...

as Lawyer Parameshwar *

Bullet Prakash Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Roya ...

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

* Suchendra Prasad * Mico Nagaraj *

Vijay Chendoor Vijay Chendoor is an Indian actor and writer who works in Kannada-language films. Career Vijay Chendoor worked as a writer for the film '' Rocky'' (2008) before making his acting debut with ''Swayam Krushi'' (2011). Yash, whom he worked with in ...

as Bhawa * Sharada * Lakshmi Raj * Shwetha Srinivas * Anusha * Chikkahejjaji Mahadev * Shivakumar Aradhya * Umesh Thalya * Auto Nagaraj * Sindhu Lokanath in a cameo appearance as Sindhu * Sneha Acharya as Vibha, Leela's friend

Soundtrack

Sridhar V. Sambhram scored the film's background music and composed for its soundtrack, who also wrote the lyrics for the track "Pesal Man". Shashank, Sri Harsha, Shiva Thejasvi and Sai Sarvesh penned lyrics for other tracks. The soundtrack album consisting of six tracks in total featured actors

Upendra Upendra (Devanagari: उपेन्द्र) is an Indian masculine given name. The meaning of the Sanskrit word ' is "younger brother of Indra" and refers to either Krishna or Vishnu, who as a son of Aditi (or in the Vamana avatar) was born sub ...

and

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Raj ...

singing a track each. The track "Muttlilla Murililla" drew flack due to its controversial lyrics.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Shashank 2015 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films 2015 romantic drama films Kannada films remade in other languages