Premier Padmini (film)

Not to be confused with Premier Padmini.

Premier Padmini
Directed by	Ramesh Indira
Screenplay by	Ramesh Indira
Story by	Ramesh Indira
Produced by	Shruti Naidu
Starring	Jaggesh Madhoo Sudharani Pramod Vivek Simha Hitha Chandrashekar
Cinematography	Advaitha Gurumurthy
Edited by	Rajendra Urs
Music by	Arjun Janya
Production company	Shruti Naidu Chitra
Release date	26 April 2019 (2019-04-26)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Premier Padmini is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed and written by Ramesh Indira. The film marks the debut of television personality, Shruti Naidu as the producer under her home banner Shruti Naidu Chitra.^[1] The film features Jaggesh, Madhoo, Sudharani, Hitha Chandrashekar and Vivek Simha in the lead roles.^[2] The supporting cast includes H. G. Dattatreya, Bhargavi Narayan and Pramod.

The technical crew members for the film include Arjun Janya as the music composer, Advaita Gurumurthy as the cinematographer, Rajendra Urs as the editor.^[3]

The film launched in early March 2018 and released across theaters in Karnataka on 26 April 2019.^[4] The film was premiered on 29 September 2019 in Zee Kannada.

Controversy

The movie borrowed heavily from Kannada author Vasudhendra's short story without giving any credits or soliciting his permission.^[5]

Plot

Cast

• Jaggesh as Vinayak
• Madhoo as Shruti
• Sudharani as Spandana
• Pramod as Nanjundi
• Vivek Simha as Sumukha
• Hitha Chandrashekar as Ranjani
• H. G. Dattatreya as Vinayak's neighbour
• Ramesh Indira as Rajesh
• Bhargavi Narayan
• Aishwarya Baspure as Pragathi

Soundtrack

Premier Padmini
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	16 December 2018 (2018-12-16)
Recorded	2018
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	D-Beats
Producer	Arjun Janya

Arjun Janya has scored the soundtrack and score for the film.^[6] The album consists of four songs and according to Janya, as per the film's script he has composed Carnatic and Hindustani classical fusion songs apart from a traditional folk song and a romantic song.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Premier Padmini"	Yogaraj Bhat	Vijay Prakash	03:40
2.	"Naa Huduko Naale"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Nihal Tauro	03:42
3.	"Payanava"	Sai Sarvesh	Sanjith Hegde	03:17
4.	"Yaaru Illada Mane"	Kaviraj	Vyasaraj	03:32

References

1. "Premier Padmini Launched". Chitraloka. 15 March 2018.
2. "Jaggesh and Madhoobala come together for "Premeir Padmini"". Purely Cinema. 16 April 2018.
3. "Filmmakers roll out open-top Premier Padmini to audience". Cinema Express. 17 April 2019.
4. "Jaggesh-starrer Premier Padmini releases today". Bangalore Mirror. 26 April 2019.
5. "Premier Padmini caught in a row over story credits". The Times of India. 11 May 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
6. "Premier Padmini got Arjun Janya to break his routine". The Times of India. 18 February 2019.

External links

• Premier Padmini (2019)