Hombisilu

Hombisilu
Directed by	Geethapriya
Produced by	B. S. Somasundar Sampath Raj
Written by	Usha Navarathnaram
Starring	Vishnuvardhan Aarathi Shivaram
Music by	Rajan-Nagendra
Cinematography	S. Ramachandra
Edited by	Bal G. Yadav N. M. Victor
Production company	Nirupama Movies
Release dates	1978
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Hombisilu (Kannada: ಹೊಂಬಿಸಿಲು) is a 1978 Indian Kannada romantic drama film directed by Geethapriya. It is based on the novel of the same name by Usha Navarathnaram. The film starred Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi and Leelavathi in the lead roles. Vishnuvardhan was awarded with Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film.

The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by Rajan-Nagendra considered evergreen hits.

Synopsis

The film is about a doctor (Vishnuvardhan) who is desperately seeking an assistant doctor. Soon he meets a girl (Arati) who is also a doctor. Arati likes him at the very first instant but is disappointed to know that he is looking for a female doctor as an assistant first, instead of a wife.

Falling to family pressures she marries him, but they are not able to consummate the marriage due to these differences. Vishnuvardhan appoints another lady, Vasanti, as his assistant; this irks his wife even more. Vasanti is a vamp who has set her eyes on the doctor. This causes further disturbances between husband and wife. Finally, the differences are resolved and "all's well that ends well".

The portrayal of the characters by Vishnu and Arathi was considered excellent. The film is based on a novel by a Kanada writer Usha Navaratnaram.

Usha's novels have mainly focussed on the problems faced by the working women in the male dominated world. Usha being herself a doctor has written two such novels with a female doctor as the center character-Hombisilu and Bandhana, which were made into films later. Vishnu featured in the male lead role in both these films. Despite these films centering on the female character more (Usha has her sympathies towards the female leads in her novels), it was actually Vishnuvardhan, who stole the limelight in these films. Vishnu typifies the dynamite persona he established in his first film Nagara Haavu. In Hombisilu he displays this dynamism in a controlled way, that and his shades of sentiment greatly impressed the intelligent Kannada audience and brought him two state awards, one for Hombisilu and later for Bandhana. In both the films he was well matched by two females, Arathi and Suhasini, considered his equal in the craft.

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan
• Aarathi
• Vaishali Kasaravalli
• Leelavathi
• Uma Shivakumar
• Shivaram
• N. S. Rao

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Rajan-Nagendra. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jeeva Veene"	Geethapriya	S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki
2.	"Hoovinda Hoovige"	Geethapriya	S. Janaki
3.	"Maagiya Chaliyalli"	R. N. Jayagopal	S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki
4.	"Neera Bittu Nelada Mele"	Geethapriya	S. P. Balasubramanyam

Awards

• 1977-78 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor - Vishnuvardhan

References

• Kannada audio

External sources

• Hombisilu at IMDb
• movie info