Premaloka

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Premaloka
Directed by Ravichandran
Produced by Ravichandran
Written by Ravichandran
Starring Ravichandran
Juhi Chawla
Leelavathi
Lokesh
Music by Hamsalekha
Cinematography R. Madhusudan
Edited by K. Balu
Distributed by Sri Eshwari Productions
Release dates
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  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
 147 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Premaloka (Kannada: ಪ್ರೇಮಲೋಕ) is a Kannada feature film written and directed by V. Ravichandran making his directorial debut and also produced it under Eshwari Productions. The film stars himself in lead role alongside Juhi Chawla who made her acting debut. Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish and Tiger Prabhakar made guest appearances in the film. The soundtrack was composed by debutant Hamsalekha.

Cast

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of V. Ravichandran.[1] For the lead actress, Ravichandran rejected 52 girls before choosing Juhi Chawla as the heroine.[2] Apart from composing music, Hamsalekha has also written lyrics for all songs and dialogues for the film.[3] When Ravichandran was mulling over the theme of the film, Hamsalekha suggested him to do a musical script on the lines of Sound of Music and Grease 2.[4]

Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish and Tiger Prabhakar made guest appearances in the film.[5] Jolly Bustin who went on to become a stunt master worked as a body double for Ravichandran.[6][7]

Soundtrack

Premaloka
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Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by Hamsalekha
Released 7 May 1986
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 47:39
Label Lahari Music

Hamsalekha composed the music for the film and also penned the lyrics for all the soundtracks. The album has eleven soundtracks.[8]

The music and the songs in the film were widely appreciated and created records in the audio cassette sales during the time.[9] Tulsiram Naidu (Lahari Velu) of Lahari Audio, says, "Premaloka continues to be the biggest hit among film music albums in Kannada cinema. Back then audio rights were sold for a pittance and nominally paid Rs 100 or Rs 1,000. With Premaloka things changed and rights began to be sold in lakhs".[10] The lyrics of the soundtrack also received acclaim from critics.[11]

Tracklist
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Premalokadinda"   Hamsalekha S. Janaki, K. J. Yesudas, Ravichandran 4:34
2. "Geleyare Nanna Geleyare"   Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:31
3. "Ee Nimbe Hanninantha"   Hamsalekha Ramesh 2:59
4. "Nodamma Hudugi"   Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Latha Hamsalekha 5:14
5. "Cheluve Ondu Kelthini"   Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:19
6. "Yaarivanu Ee Manmathanu"   Hamsalekha S. Janaki, Ravichandran 4:49
7. "Boy Friend Barthaanantha"   Hamsalekha S. Janaki, Ravichandran 4:25
8. "E Gangu Ee Biku Kalisikodu"   Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, Ravichandran 4:44
9. "Idu Nanna Ninna Prema Geethe"   Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:33
10. "Mosagaarana"   Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:21
11. "Bathroominalli"   Hamsalekha Vani Jayaram 2:10
Total length:
 47:39

Box-office

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The first few days of the film was bad at the box office. In fact, for the first three weeks, the film was considered a flop. But slowly, the film gained due to word-of-mouth publicity and repeat crowds. From the second month onwards, the film started getting houseful shows. The rest is history and the film rewrote history books and skyrocketed the careers of Ravichandran and Hamsalekha.[12]

Legacy

One of the songs, "Nodamma Hudugi," was reused by Sundeep Malani for his Kanglish film SMS 6260 featuring Diganth, Kiran, Janu.[13] Hamsalekha would go on to compose music for many more Ravichandran films.

Premaloka was dubbed in Tamil as Paruva Ragam and in Telugu as Premalokam. Juhi Chawla recalling her experiences stated that "My 45-day shoot for Premaloka ensured that going on the set of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was a cakewalk. The other good thing about Premaloka was that the team was young, so it was like college buddies hanging out. [..] Since the film was a musical, it was like a party on the set. The only senior person there was our cinematographer. I fondly look back at my stint in Kannada cinema during my early days as the foundation for my career in Bollywood".[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/36066713.cms
  2. ↑ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/You-will-be-dumbstruck/articleshow/43355328.cms
  3. ↑ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Hamsalekha-to-don-directors-hat/articleshow/31682813.cms
  4. ↑ http://m.newshunt.com/india/english-newspapers/deccan-herald/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-entertainment--musical-musings_29279737/995/c-in-l-english-n-deccan-ncat-SundayHerald
  5. ↑ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Ranadheera-may-do-a-Premaloka/articleshow/35908280.cms
  6. ↑ http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=QkdNSVIvMjAxMS8xMC8xMyNBcjAzNDAx
  7. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/he-defies-the-law-of-gravity/article3217556.ece
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  10. ↑ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Lahari-and-Eshwari-together-after-25-years/articleshow/45744473.cms
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ http://www.chitraloka.com/exclusive/4019-jatta-how-to-support-a-trend-setting-film.html
  13. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/from-text-to-film/article3193750.ece

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