Rishi (2005 film)

Rishi
Directed by	Prakash
Written by	M. S. Ramesh (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Prakash, M. S. Abhishek
Story by	Prakash, M. S. Abhishek
Produced by	J. Jayamma
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar Vijay Raghavendra Sindhu Tolani Radhika
Cinematography	K. Krishnakumar
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Sri Jaimatha Combines
Distributed by	Jayanna Films
Release date	21 January 2005 (2005-01-21)
Running time	149 mins
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Rishi is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Prakash. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika and Sindhu Tolani in the lead roles along with Srinath and Avinash in other prominent roles.The score and soundtrack was by Gurukiran whose compositions were appreciated by critics and masses. The film ran for a hundred days and eventually went on to become one of the hits of the year 2005.^[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Bangaru Babu (2009) with Jagapathi Babu.^[2][3]

Plot

Rishi is the head of a college, a rich man living with his loving family and is soon to be married to Sneha. He finds out that he has a stepbrother, Hari. His father had an illegitimate relationship with a woman whom he loved. He couldn't say this earlier because of the fear of losing respect in the society. The son born out of such relationship is Hari. His mother has died recently. Due to the illtreatment given by the society to himself and his mother, Hari has become drug addicted. What will Rishi do after knowing his father's truth? Will he change Hari's life? Will Rishi's family and society accept Hari as their family's son? This forms the crux of the film.

Cast

• Shiva Rajkumar as Rishi
• Vijay Raghavendra as Hari
• Radhika as Spoorthi
• Sindhu Tolani as Sneha
• Srinath
• Doddanna
• Vinaya Prasad
• Ramakrishna
• Sumithra
• Avinash
• Sathyajith
• Bhanu Prakash
• Sridhar Raj
• Yamuna Murthy
• Rekha. V. Kumar
• Sindhu Chethan
• Badri Narayan
• John
• K. D. Venkatesh
• Anand Rao
• Niranjan Shetty
• Hari Das G.
• Ashok Rao
• Mandeep Roy
• Kishori Ballal
• Vijay as Drug peddler
• Karthik Sharma

Soundtrack

Rishi
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2005
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Laali Laali"	Kaviraj	P. Unnikrishnan
2.	"Bhandanuru Bhandarella"	V. Manohar	Puneeth Rajkumar, Chaitra H. G.
3.	"Sogase Sogase"	V. Manohar	Gurukiran, Rajesh Krishnan, Chetan Sosca
4.	"Yenendu Naa Helalaare"	V. Manohar	Udit Narayan
5.	"Naanu Ottare"	V. Manohar	Raju Ananthaswamy, Gurukiran, Aaradhana
6.	"Yelellu Habba"	V. Manohar	Sonu Nigam, K. S. Chithra

Reception

R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "'Rishi' is a must for all quality-conscious Kannada filmgoers".^[4] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "Rishi is a must for all quality-conscious Kannada filmgoers".^[5] A critic from Viggy wrote that "In a nutshell, Rishi has everything on screen that the director desired - from aggression to affection; from sentiment to comedy; from seriousness to frivolousness. It's a cheer joy to watch a classy family entertainer".^[6]

Awards

• 2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards

1. Best Screenplay - Prakash, Abhishek
2. Best Sound Recording - Murali

References

1. "Big time for li'l girl". The Hindu. 5 August 2005. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
2. "Remake of a family drama". The Hindu. 2 January 2009 – via www.thehindu.com.
3. "Hit films of Kannada superstar Shivanna that were remade in other languages". 12 July 2023.
4. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (21 January 2005). "Rishi Kannada Movie Review". IANS – via Nowrunning.
5. "Movie Review: Rishi". Indiaglitz. 20 June 2005. Archived from the original on 30 May 2006.
6. "Rishi - film review". Viggy. 2005.

External links

• Rishi at IMDb