Habba
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Habba | |
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Directed by | D. Rajendra Babu |
Produced by | Nara Bharathi Devi |
Written by | B. A. Madhu (Dialogues) |
Screenplay by | D. Rajendra Babu |
Story by | J. K. Bharavi |
Starring | |
Music by | Hamsalekha |
Cinematography | P. K. H. Das |
Edited by | T. Shashikumar |
Production company | Chinni Chitra |
Distributed by | Ramu Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 hours 22 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Habba (transl. Festival) is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by D. Rajendra Babu. The film has an ensemble cast including Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Devaraj, Jayapradha, Urvashi, Shashikumar, Ramkumar, Vijayalakshmi, Kasthuri and Charulatha.[1] The movie was produced by Bharathi Devi for Chinni Chitra productions. The movie became a blockbuster and ran for more than 25 weeks. The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Chandravamsam starring Krishna.[2] The movie was loosely based on the Pandavas's exile episode in the Virata Parva of Mahabharata.
Cast[edit]
- Vishnuvardhan as Vishnu
- Jayapradha as Vishnu's wife
- Ambareesh as Ambi, first brother of Vishnu
- Urvashi as Ambi's wife
- Devaraj as Devu, second brother of Vishnu
- Kasthuri as Anu, Devu's wife
- Shashikumar as Shashi, third brother of Vishnu
- Charulatha as Savithri, Shashi's wife
- Ramkumar as Ram, last brother of Vishnu
- Vijayalakshmi as Seetha
- Leelavathi as Seetha's grandmother
- Nagendra Babu as Seetha's elder brother
- Ravi Babu as Seetha's second brother
- Kazan Khan as Seetha's third brother
- A. V. Ravi (Jim) as Seetha's fourth brother
- Pavithra Lokesh as Seetha's friend
- M. S. Umesh
- Manjunath Hegde
- Ashok Rao
- Ashalatha
- Bank Janardhan
- Neegro Johnny
- Bank Suresh
- Govindu
- Padma Vasanthi
- Sreeraksha Shivakumar
- Suneetha Shetty
- Bullet Nagaraj
Awards[edit]
- Karnataka State Film Awards 1999-00
Soundtrack[edit]
The music of the film was composed and lyrics were written by Hamsalekha. Popular playback singer Nanditha made her entry into film songs with this soundtrack.[3] The song "Habba Habba" is a slightly modified version of the song "Yele Hombisile" which Hamsalekha had composed for the film Halunda Thavaru. All the songs in the film become chartbusters.
Habba | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | February 1999 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Anand Audio |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Channappa Channegowda" | Hamsalekha | Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra, Ramesh Chandra, Vishnu | 05:32 |
2. | "Aarathi Yettire" | Hamsalekha | Nanditha | 03:00 |
3. | "Dheem Takita" | Hamsalekha | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 04:58 |
4. | "Habba Habba" | Hamsalekha | Rajesh Krishnan, Ramesh Chandra, Nanditha | 04:57 |
5. | "Jenina Goodu" | Hamsalekha | Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra | 05:25 |
6. | "Koti Koti Devaru" | Hamsalekha | Nanditha | 01:52 |
7. | "Mama Mama Masti" | Hamsalekha | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:04 |
8. | "Mai Tholiyo Shastra" | Hamsalekha | Nanditha | 01:26 |
9. | "Yaale Yaale" | Hamsalekha | Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra | 05:15 |
Remake[edit]
The movie is remade in Telugu as Chandra Vamsam in 2002.
Reception[edit]
The Indian Express called the film "a beautiful mansion without proper foundation".[4] Deccan Herald wrote "this film stands out for its effort to infuse new life into the narration and proceedings."[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Habba cast
- ↑ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Chandravansam - Krishna, Suman, Naresh, Sivaji, Rohit, Roopa, Jaya Prada, Radhika Varma".
- ↑ Habba Songs at Raaga
- ↑ "Film Review - the New Indian Express". Archived from the original on 9 June 2020.
- ↑ "Archived copy". www.cscsarchive.org:8081. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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