''Krishnan Love Story'' ( kn, ಕೃಷ್ಣನ್ ಲವ್ ಸ್ಟೋರಿ) is a 2010 Indian

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written and directed by Shashank, and starring

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Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in Soap opera, television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Su ...

in leading roles and

Umashri Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

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, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha and Chandra in supporting roles.The music of this film is composed by

Sridhar V. Sambhram Sridhar V. Sambhram (mostly credited as V. Sridhar) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. Sridhar made his film debut in the 2008 musical blockbuster '' Mussanje Maathu'' for which he receive ...

. The movie was remade in Bengali in 2018 as ''Piya Re'' by Surinder Films starring

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Cast

as Krishna *

as Geetha *

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

* Sharan * Pradeep Bogadi as Narendra *Pavan Benaka *P. N. Sathya *Rithesh *Kempegowda *Master Rakesh *Master Manju * Harsha *Ashok rao * Kaddipudi Chandru as Chandru, Geetha's brother *Shashank *

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*Lakshmi Hegde * Ninasam Ashwath *Jadi Akash *

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; special appearance in ''Mosa Madalendu Neenu''

Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The lyrics for the soundtrack was written by V. Sridhar,

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

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and Shashank. The album consists of eight tracks.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from

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scored the film at 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "While Ajai Rao is amazing, Harsha and Pradeep shine. Umashri is impressive. Sharan, Achyuth Kumar, Chandru have done justice to the role. The real hero of the movie is Sridhar V Sambhram who has given some melodious numbers. Shekhar Chandra's cinematography is equally brilliant". Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "The film is partly based on a true incident and thus has a real feel to it. It brings out the head versus heart dilemma that the youth in 'love' faces. However you may find it hard to digest a few sentimental dialogues and decisions. The second half drags a bit as well. Chandrashekar's camera work stands out in the climax. Krishnan Love Story is worth a one time watch". B S Srivani from

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wrote "Geetha’s character is the strongest; the director renders it weak in the climax. Ajay Rao is a perfect foil to Radhika. The climax is a clever mixing of the topography of the Hogenakal and the Shivanasamudram. ““Krishna”n Love Story” is the perfect tale for the current monsoon". A critic from

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wrote "The music, though pleasant, isn’t great to give the film a push. Radhika Pandit, who plays Geetha, does a brilliant job while Ajai packs in his acting prowess".

Box office

The film opened to a good response and ran successfully across

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. It has completed 150 days.

Awards

References

External links

* {{Shashank 2010 films 2010s Kannada-language films Films directed by Shashank Indian drama films Films scored by Sridhar V. Sambhram Kannada films remade in other languages 2010 drama films