''Saheba'' is a 2017 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by Bharath. It features Manoranjan Ravichandran, son of actor-director

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, making his debut, along with

Shanvi Srivastava Shanvi Srivastava (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Kannada films and a few Telugu and Malayalam films. Early life Srivastava was born on 8 December 1993, in Varanasi, she did her schooling at Chi ...

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, Royal ...

, Kuri Prathap and

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play the supporting roles. The score and

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for the film is by

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and the cinematography is by G. S. V. Seetharam. The film was officially launched on 14 January 2016, coinciding the

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festival. The

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started on 18 January 2016 in Bangalore. The filming is also held at

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. The film was released on 25 August 2017. The core plot of the movie was reported to have been inspired by the play ''

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'' and its movie version ''

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''.

Cast

* Manoranjan Ravichandran as Manu *

as Nandini *

Pramila Joshai Pramila Joshai is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Pramila Joshai as an actor include '' Saheba'' (2017), '' Thayi'' (2008), ''Apthamitra'' (2004). She was credited as Parimalam in her debut Tamil film ''Vaid ...

Kuri Prathap Prathap (also known as ''Kuri Prathap'') is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He made his debut in the movie Sixer (2007), and went on to cast in many commercial films. Some films Prathap worked as an actor include ''Mylari'' (2010 ...

Nabha Natesh Nabha Natesh is an Indian model and actress who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Kannada films, Kannada films. She made her film debut with Kannada cinema, Kannada film ''Vajrakaya'' in 2015 and Telugu cinema, Telugu film de ...

special appearance in the song ''Yaare Ninu Roza Huve''

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack was composed by

. The audio was released online on 27 January 2017 and the music rights were acquired by

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. The song "Yaare Neenu Roja Hoove" from the

starrer ''

Naanu Nanna Hendthi ''Naanu Nanna Hendthi'' () is a 1985 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and written by K. S. Satyanarayan. The film stars V. Ravichandran, Urvashi and Leelavathi. The soundtrack and score composition was by Shan ...

'' (1985) which was sung by

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

was reused in the film.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, tt6577710 2017 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2017 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films Films shot in Italy Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2017 masala films 2017 directorial debut films