''Omkaram'' is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language

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directed by

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making his directorial debut in Telugu. The film stars Dr. Rajasekhar, Prema and

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. The film was a remake of director's own 1995 Kannada film '' Om'' with Prema reprising her role in the remake. The Telugu version was an average success in comparison to the original Kannada version.

Cast

* Dr. Rajasekhar as Satya * Prema as Madhu *

as Shashi * J. V. Somayajulu as Satya's father *

as the narrator of the first scene

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed 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 ...

who also composed the songs for the original Kannada version . He retained three songs from the original while the fourth one was from one of his earlier Kannada movie. The film retained three songs from the original film. While the song ''Om Brahmanda'' which comes in the place of ''Hey Dinakara'' retained only the opening Sanskrit verse from the original version and was followed by the tune of another Kannada song by Hamsalekha - ''Eke Heegaytho'' from the 1988 Kannada movie ''

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''. ;Telugu version *"College Kurrodu" -

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*"O Gulabi" -

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*"Bullemma" - Mano *"Dilruba" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam *"Om Brahmanda" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ;Tamil version *"College Student" - Mano *"O Rojave" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam *"Kanne Vaa" - Devi *"Om Brahmananda" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam *"I Love You" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

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1997 films 1990s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Kannada films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films about organised crime in India 1990s crime action films Indian crime action films Films directed by Upendra {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub