''Premism'' ( kn, ಪ್ರೇಮಿಸಂ) is a

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Indian

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romantic film directed by

Ratnaja ''Ratnaja'' is a Kannada movie writer and director. He debuted his career as a director with the 2005 hit movie Nenapirali which won four awards at the 2005-06 Karnataka State Film Awards, including the Best Director award. Early life and back ...

of ''

Nenapirali '' Nenapirali '' is a 2005 Indian Kannada language film directed by Ratnaja. It stars Prem Kumar, Vidhya Venkatesh and Varsha. The supporting cast features Naveen Krishna, Ananth Nag, Jai Jagadish, Vijayalakshmi Singh and Vinaya Prasad. At the ...

'' fame. He has teamed up yet again with producer Ajay Gowda and music director

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 ...

for the third time after ''Nenapirali'' and ''

Honganasu ''Honganasu'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Ratnaja of ''Nenapirali'' fame. The film stars Prem Kumar in lead role whereas debutant Anjali and Anuradha Mehta play the female leads. Ananth Nag plays a ve ...

'' in this film. The film mainly stars

Chetan Chandra Chetan Chandra (born 10 April 1988) is an Indian actor working in the Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry. Early life and family Chetan Chandra was born to K. B. Ramachandra and B. N. Anusuya. K. B. Ramachandra is a mining engineer in Malay ...

Amulya Amulya (born as Moulya) is a former Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. She made her debut as a child artist in the early 2000s and appeared in a lead role in 2007 with ''Cheluvina Chittara''. She is best known for her roles in the com ...

and Varun with actor

Sunil Raoh Sunil Raoh (born 4 September 1978) is a Kannada cinema actor from India. He is also a seasoned singer and lyricist who has performed for few Kannada film songs. He has acted in numerous films as a child artist and also featured in a few televisi ...

making a guest appearance. The film released on 2 April 2010 across Karnataka and set high expectations for its storyline and picturization.

Plot

Nitin (Chetan) and Varun (Varun) are Police commissioner and head constable sons respectively. They are at loggerheads right from their childhood. Eventually, they both fall for the same girl Amulya, the sister of a traffic inspector. They express their love to her directly. But she travels back to her background happenings in Belgaum where she was in love with Prasanna (Sunil Raoh). How the twosome win over her despite her background forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Nitin *

as Amulya D'Souza * Varun as Varun *

Ananth Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and Eng ...

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* Chirdeep Hebbar as Takkadi * Sathyajith * Ganesh Rao * Neenasam Ashwath * Rekha V Kumar *

as Prasanna in a guest appearance * Ashwin rao pallakki * Surya kamath * Shashikanth

Filming

Most of the filming took place at

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localities which was also the centered in director's earlier film ''

''. Some parts of the film was based in

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...

as well. The filming also took place at the

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locations like Chitrakoot falls and Thiratghat falls making it the first regional film to have shot in the place. The film team left to the

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islands at China for the song sequence and finished the same in couple of days time. The song "Premism Premism" is choreographed by 'Attakalari' Jayachandran who composed the dance involving 5 elements of earth - Sky, Fire, Wind, Water and Air.

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and written by

teaming up with the director and producer for the third time after ''

'' and ''

''. The songs were well received and remained at the top of the charts.

Reception

Critical response

Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of ''

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'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Hamsalekha's songs are catchy. A song which carries the tunes of Kurrak Kuknalikere... a hit number from Nenapirali, directed by Rathnaja, has been composed for the film. The song speaks of prominent areas in Mysore. Choreographers have used a mix of contemporary, tap, classical and folk styles to match the tunes. All in all, Premism is for those who like love stories". A critic from

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wrote "Premism is a film which concerns itself only with love without baggage of tearjerker sentiments. Ratnaja proceeds with a long winding narrative. But with a not-so-regular concept, he wins with the substance. There are also a couple of surprises. A sure hit for those who enjoy love stories". A critic from

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wrote "The basic plot itself looks interesting and the fight between the sons of two close friends working in the police force has been well narrated. The first half is certainly engaging as it has many fun-filled moments. The best thing is that story moves forward with each sequence and proceedings really look interesting.“Premism” is certainly the best of Rathnaja’s works so far".

References

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