''Suprabhatha'' is a 1988 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 ...

-language romantic drama film directed, written and filmed by

Dinesh Babu Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, actor and screenwriter who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 40 films, filmed more than 20 fil ...

, making his debut as a director. The film stars Vishnuvardhan and

Suhasini Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

in lead roles, along with

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), also known as Sreevidya, was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, ...

, Maanu and

Vijay Kashi Vijay Kashi is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films are ''Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda'' (1992), ''Mangalyam Tantunanena'' (1998), ''Suryavamsha'' (1999). Personal life Vijay Kashi is married to Vyjayanthi Kashi. They ...

in other supporting roles. The film revolves around the relationship between the mute Hema (Suhasini) and Vijay Kumar portrayed by Vishnuvardhan, a man with a stammering problem. The film explores the issue of relationships with the handicapped, revealing the emotional divide b/w their worlds. The film was produced by Prabha Raj under the banner of Suryaprabha Films. The film features original songs composed by music duo

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra were an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four de ...

, with lyrics were written by

Chi. Udaya Shankar Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. H ...

(who also wrote the dialogs of the film). The film was presented by

Charuhasan S. Charuhasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. He won the National Film Award for Best ActorSubha J Rao,Entertainment for a cause, The Hind ...

. The film was edited by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan in their Kannada film debut. The film upon release was met with widespread critical acclaim was declared a musical blockbuster. The film created a record by winning eight different awards for a single film in 1988. This was the first such film to have won multiple awards in Kannada cinema. Dinesh Babu was awarded with the Best Cinematographer at the Karnataka State Awards in 1989 and Filmfare Best Director award in 1988. Vishnuvardhan received multiple awards for his performance in the film including the Filmfare Best Actor award and the Cinema Express Awards Best Actor, while Suhasini won the

Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

Plot

Vijay Kumar (Vishnuvardhan), who suffers from stammering problem, lives his life alone in a beautiful valley as petrol bunk owner. He is later joined by a mute Hema (Suhasini) & her brother, Sundereshwar (Maanu) who visits the resort as a hobby to watch migrating birds.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Vijay Kumar *

as Hema *

as Vijay's Sister * Maanu as Sundareshwar, Hema's Brother *

* Anand Kumar * Baby Mala * Rajendra Singh

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by

, with lyrics by

.Songs list
/ref> The soundtrack was hugely successful upon release. * "Ee Hrudaya Haadide" -

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 ...

* "Nanna Haadu Nannadu" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * "Cheluve Nanna Cheluve" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra * "Aralida Aase" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra * "Ee Hrudaya Haadide" - K. S. Chithra * "Cheluva Nanna Cheluva" - K. S. Chithra

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films. Superlative winners indicates one Awar ...

Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

- Vishnuvardhan *

* Cinema Express Awards Best Film - Prabha Raj * Cinema Express Awards Best Actor - Vishnuvardhan * Cinema Express Awards Best Actress -

* Aragini Readers' Award * Cine Express Award * Tarangini Berkley Award * Indira Pratishtana National Award * Kannada Film Fan's Association Award * Kaladevi Award(Chennai) * It screened at 12th IFFI mainstream section.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suprabhatha 1988 films 1980s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films directed by Dinesh Baboo 1988 directorial debut films 1988 romantic drama films