Gowdru

Gowdru
Directed by	S. Mahendar
Written by	B. A. Madhu M. S. Abhishek S. Mahendar
Produced by	Sandesh Nagaraj
Starring	Ambareesh Devaraj Shruti B. Jaya
Cinematography	Sundarnath Suvarna
Edited by	P. R. Soundarraj
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Sandesh Combines
Release date	16 July 2004 (2004-07-16)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Gowdru is a 2004 Kannada drama film directed by S. Mahendar. The film features Ambareesh, Devaraj and Shruti in the lead roles. Meena, B. Jaya and Ramesh Pandit feature in supporting roles. The film marks the 200th of Ambareesh and the 100th of Shruti.^[1][2] The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The film is an unofficial remake of Tamil film Kizhakku Cheemayile.^[3][4]

Cast

• Ambareesh as Rame Gowda
• Devaraj as Rudrappa Gowda
• Shruti as Gowri
• Meena as Parvati
• Chytra Hallikeri as Kaveri (credited as Chaitra)
• Vishal Hegde as Shivu
• Srinagar Kitty as Nanjunda
• Karibasavaiah as Kariya
• Ramesh Pandit as Naga, Rudrappa Gowda's brother-in-law
• Renuka Prasad as villager
• Shivaji Rao Jadhav as villager
• Nagaraj Kote as villager
• B. Jaya as Rudrappa Gowda's mother
• Shailaja Somashekhar
• Arpitha as young Kaveri (credited as Baby Arpitha)

Soundtrack

Gowdru
Soundtrack album by Hamsalekha
Released	2004 (2004)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	35:07
Label	Anand Audio

Hamsalekha composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The album consists of six tracks.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Gaaliyalli Bhoomiya"	Hamsalekha	Chetan Sosca	6:32
2.	"Thaali Kanda Naari"	Hamsalekha	Fayaz, Chetan Sosca, M. Sheela, Lata Hamsalekha	6:52
3.	"En Gowdre"	Hamsalekha	Rajesh Krishnan, Hemanth Kumar, Nanditha	6:08
4.	"Helu Hamsa Pakshi"	Hamsalekha	Rajesh Krishnan, Archana Udupa	4:49
5.	"Gandhada Pada"	Hamsalekha	Rajesh Krishnan, Archana Udupa, Nanditha, Jayamma	5:32
6.	"Male Banda Marughalige"	Hamsalekha	Rajesh Krishnan, Divya Raghavan	5:14
Total length:				35:07

Reception

S. N. Deepak of Deccan Herald in his review of the film wrote, "The story, though not new, has its loads of sentimental scenes. The comic interludes are good." While commending the music and lyrics of the film's soundtrack, cinematography, dialogue and costumes on the film, he noted that "[a]t some points, scenes lack continuity..."^[6] Sify wrote "It is an out and out Ambareesh show and he is outstanding in his 200th film. He carries the film entirely on his shoulders and Sruthi as his sister is also convincing (it is her 100th film). Hamsalekha’s music has certain earthiness about it. On the whole Gowdru is a decent family tear-jerker that will do well in the interior regions".^[1]

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards^[7]

• Third Best Film
• Best Actress — Shruti
• Best Supporting Actress — B. Jaya

References

1. "Ambarish & Shruti". viggy.com.
2. "Gowdru review". sify.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
3. "Simmering discontent". The Hindu. 31 March 2006.
4. "Goudru ready for release". Screen. 30 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
5. "Gowdru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes.
6. "Gowdru". Deccan Herald. 18 July 2004. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
7. "Shruti, Murali bag Karnataka film awards". The Times of India. 22 September 2005.

External links

• Gowdru at IMDb
• Review