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Suprabhatha is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed, written and filmed by Dinesh Babu, making his debut as a director. The film stars Vishnuvardhan and Suhasini in lead roles, along with Srividya, Maanu and Vijay Kashi in other supporting roles. It tells the love story between a man who suffers from a inferiority complex because of speech defectiveness and a girl, a victim of traumatic experience of sexual assault.
The film was produced by Prabha Raj under the banner of Suryaprabha Films. The film features original songs composed by music duo Rajan–Nagendra, with lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar (who also wrote the dialogs of the film). The film was presented by Charuhasan. 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.




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
Suhasini as Hema
Srividya as Vijay's Sister
Maanu as Sundareshwar, Hema's Brother
Vijay Kashi
Anand Kumar
Baby Mala
Rajendra Singh
Michael Madhu




Soundtrack


All songs were composed by Rajan–Nagendra, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The soundtrack was hugely successful upon release.

"Ee Hrudaya Haadide" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"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




Box office


The film ran for 100 days at the box office.




Awards


Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer - Dinesh Babu
Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada - Dinesh Babu
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada - Vishnuvardhan
Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada - Suhasini
Cinema Express Awards Best Film - Prabha Raj
Cinema Express Awards Best Actor - Vishnuvardhan
Cinema Express Awards Best Actress - Suhasini
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


Suprabhatha at IMDb

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