Sambhrama

Sambhrama is a 1999 Kannada-language Indian romance film directed by Mahesh Sukhadare and produced by Srinivasa Combines banner. The story is a remake of the Malayalam film Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (1996).^[1]

Sambhrama
Directed by	K. Mahesh Sukhadhare
Written by	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Produced by	C. Gopala Krishna K. V. Narayan Smt Shamantha Narayan Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy Smt Vimala Sanjeeva Murthy Shreepal Jain
Starring	Ramesh Aravind Kaveri Hema Panchamukhi
Cinematography	A. C. Mahendran
Edited by	Nagesh Yadav
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Srinivasa Combines
Release date	19 March 1999 (1999-03-19)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film stars Ramesh Aravind and Kaveri in leading roles, with Kalyan Kumar, Srinivasa Murthy and Hema Panchamukhi, among others, playing supporting roles.^[2]

Plot

Anjali (Kaveri) is the third daughter of a deceased music teacher. She lives with her two elder sisters Deepa (Hema Panchami), Roopa (Vanishree) and grandmother (B V Radha). Her life changes when Gopi (Ramesh Aravind) moves to his brother's (Srinivas Murthy) house as her neighbor. They fall in love. However, she hesitates to marry him while her two elder sisters are unmarried. Gopi finds a groom for Ashwathy, but the marriage is called off as she is mute and deaf. After two failed attempts to get her married, they all feel hopeless but out of the blue Gopi's friend admits that he loves Ashwathy, and Gopi helps him marry her. Then they try to get Aarthi married, but she admits to never having gotten over her old boyfriend. They then track him down and ask him to marry her. He admits to liking her, but says that his mother would ask for a lot of dowry. Gopi does everything he can, including making his brother loan out his house in order to obtain the money and the ornaments they demanded, which are provided by Aarthi's boyfriend himself.

However, that night, when their drunkard step-brother Raghu steals the ornaments from Anjali's house, Gopi finds him and accidentally kills him. He confesses to Anjali that he killed him, but they hide this until Aarthi's wedding is over. Eventually Gopi is arrested in front of the wedding guests.[2]

After five years, when Gopi comes back from jail, Anjali and her whole family are waiting for him, and the movie ends on a positive note.

Cast

• Ramesh Aravind
• Kaveri
• Hema Panchamukhi
• Kalyan Kumar
• Vanishree
• B. V. Radha
• H. G. Dattatreya
• Karibasavaiah
• Srinivasa Murthy
• M. N. Lakshmi Devi
• Surekha
• Nagesh Yadav
• Poorvi Kulkarni

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Hamsalekha for Jhankar music company. All the songs had lyrics written by him.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Namaskara Ninage Bhaskara"	Hamsalekha	Anuradha Sriram, Ramesh Chandra
2.	"Yaaru Bhoomige"	Hamsalekha	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3.	"O Bhoorame"	Hamsalekha	K. S. Chithra
4.	"What A Smile"	Hamsalekha	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
5.	"Hubli Hudugi"	Hamsalekha	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram

Reception

The Indian Express wrote "THOUGH it is a re-make of the Telugu movie Pellipeetalu, Sambhrama is like a cool shower on a hot summer day. Director Mahesh Sukhadhare, who is making his debut with this film, has succeeded in making a film that is good, clean fun."^[4]

See also

• Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
• Pelli Peetalu