Preethi Prema Pranaya - film of Kavitha Lankesh all set to release

Sudharani, Prakash Rai, Bhavana, Kavitha Lnakesh, Anuprabhakar, Anamthnag, Bharathi, Sunil Rao

It all begins with the captain of the ship, Kavitha Lankesh, who has won international awards for her direction. For her latest venture 'Preethi, Prema, Pranaya', she put together a huge cast comprising of award winning stars who also have a huge fan following. Leading the team is the incomparable Anant Nag who has bagged six state awards. Pairing up with him is the multi-lingual actress Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, who also has a number of awards to her credit. Next in line is Prakash Rai, who has won both a national and a couple of state awards. More importantly, he is the first Kannada actor to have won awards in languages (Tamil and Telugu) other than in Kannada. Another common feature is that all the above three stars have acted in various other language films such as Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.

The list of award-winners continues with Sudha Rani who has bagged the state award twice for her acting talents. Of the younger lot, there are Anu Prabhakar and Bhavana, who have been bestowed the state award once each. Last by not the least is Arun Sagar who won the best art director award last year. In 'Preethi, Prema, Pranaya', Arun Sagar not only handles the art direction he is also cast in a good meaty role in the film. What is interesting is that all these eight award winners come together in 'Preethi, Prema, Pranaya' which is bound to entertain the masses and also impress the critics. A musical comedy and a family drama, the film is all about what 'love' means to different age groups.

A preview of the film held last week for journalists and their families drew appreciative comments right from teenagers up to senior citizens. "This is easily the best Kannada film I have seen in a long time," said a student, while an older person said "I had a smile on my face throughout the film. I don't know how the two hours went by." "The rib-tickling dialogues and the sentimental scenes held the audience captive," were the words of a Ananthnag & Bharathi

critic, while fans of the different actors in the film naturally had their own preferences. Anant Nag's performance easily won over the audience, while Bharathi Vishnuvardhan impressed everyone in the climax scene. Sudha Rani's sobering presence, Bhavana's exciting dance number and Anu Prabhakar's youthful effervescence also had the audience impressed. The young and budding Sunil Rao also won appreciation for his sense of timing. At the end of the special screening, director Kavitha Lankesh, was congratulated by all for not only putting together such a stupendously talented cast but also for eliciting great performances from them in her film. Even before 'Preethi, Prema, Pranaya' hits the screens, it has already created a buzz in the Kannada film industry. Industry pundits are predicting that it is bound to be a super hit. 'Preethi, Prema, Pranaya' is going to hit the theatres all over Karnataka this week.

In film Preethi Prema Pranaya Kavitha Lankesh wares the various hats of direction, story, screenplay and dialogues. Mano Murthy has scored the music while cinematography by A.C. Mahendran.

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