Vande Matharam (transl. Mother, I bow to thee) is a 2001 Kannada-language film directed Om Prakash and written by J. K. Bharavi. It stars Ambareesh and Vijayashanti. Deva composed the music for the film.
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| Directed by | Om Prakash |
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| Screenplay by | Om Prakash |
| Story by | J. K. Bharavi |
| Produced by | B. Jayasridevi |
| Starring | Ambareesh Vijayashanti |
| Cinematography | T. Janardhan |
| Edited by | Manohar |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | Chinni Films |
| Distributed by | Bahar Films |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Cast
edit- Ambareesh as CBI Officer Yashwanth
- Vijayashanti as DCP Gayatri Brahmavar
- Girish Karnad as Gayatri's father
- Ashish Vidhyarthi as Major Sujan
- Qaisar Shurza
- Kiran Kumar
- Kazan Khan as Inspector Deva
- Sunil Raoh as Abhishek, Gayatri's brother
- Shivaram
- Avinash
- Karibasavaiah
- Ayyappa
- Tiptur Raghu
- Meena
- Sailaja
- Maina Chandru
- Padma Kumata
- Sathyajith as a police officer
- Narsing Yadav as Sujan's henchman
- Besant Ravi as Sujan's henchman
- Members of the Citizen rights council
Production
editThe film was planned to be shot in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil, but the film was later made only in Kannada with a Telugu dubbed version.[1]
Soundtrack
editSoundtrack was composed by Deva.[2]
- "No Problem" - Srinivas, Krishnaraj, Swarnalatha
- "Sandal Wood Huduga" - P. Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha
- "Ma Thujhe Salam" - Gangadhar, Krishnaraj
- "Hindusthana Gottheno" - SPB
- "Thayya Thakka Tha" - Krishnaraj, Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
- "Bisi Nettharu" - K. S. Chithra
Release and reception
editThe film released on January 5, 2001.[3] The film was dubbed in Telugu with the same name.[4] The Telugu dubbed version released on 12 October 2001.[5]
Regarding the Telugu dubbed version, Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu noted that the "role of Gayatri is well portrayed by Vijaya Shanti" and that Ambarish "does justice to his role".[5]
References
edit- ^ "Vande Matharam". Sify. 2 April 2002. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Vande Matharam (2000) - Deva" – via mio.to.
- ^ "Vande Matharam – ವಂದೇ ಮಾತರಂ (2001/೨೦೦೧)". 16 December 2013.
- ^ "JK Bharavi prepares another subject for Chiru". Idlebrain. 2 July 2001.
- ^ a b Srihari, Gudipoodi. "Telugu Cinema - Review - Vandemataram - Vijaya Shanti - OmPrakash - Nara Jayasridevi". The Hindu – via Idlebrain.com.