O Mallige

O Mallige
Directed by V. Manohar
Produced by Meera S. Naika
Written by K. Ananthu
Starring Ramesh Aravind
Zulfi Syed
Charulatha
Music by V. Manohar
Cinematography Ashok Kashyap
Edited by Prasad
Production
company
Sri Siddhivinayaka Arts
Release dates
1997
Running time
147 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

O Mallige (Kannada: ಓ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ) is a 1997 Indian Kannada language romance-drama musical film directed by V. Manohar and written by K. Ananthu. Besides direction for the first time, Manohar has composed the music and also enacted in a supporting role.

The film mainly stars Ramesh Aravind, Charulatha, Chaitali (Bina Rajagopal) and model-turned-actor Zulfi Syed in the lead roles.[1] Syed was credited as Amar Mayur in the film.[2]

The film, upon release met with very good positive response at the box-office and critics as well.[3] It was one of the highest-grossing films of the year 1997. Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was awarded the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of a song, actor Ramesh fetched the Best Actor award and Chaitali won the best supporting actress award at the Udaya Film Awards. Sadhu Kokila's character Musthafa was later on used in 2013 movie Googly.

Cast

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and written by V. Manohar.[4] The opening tune of the song Sura Sundara [5] was re-used in the Hindi song Dance Basanti [6] from the 2014 movie Ungli.

Sl No Song Title Singer(s) Lyrics
1 "Sevanthi Sevanthi" Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra V. Manohar
2 "O Seethakka" B. R. Chaya, Sujatha Dutt V. Manohar
3 "O Mallige Ninnade" L. N. Shastry V. Manohar
4 "Sura Sundara" Rajesh Krishnan, Sowmya Raoh V. Manohar
5 "Malagu Malagu" Ramesh Chandra V. Manohar
6 "Hoo Dotakkeega" Narasimha Nayak V. Manohar
7 "Muddadada Baale" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam V. Manohar
8 "Giri Siri Nela Hola" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam V. Manohar

Awards

  1. Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  1. Best Actor - Ramesh Aravind
  2. Best Supporting Actress - Chaitali
  3. Best Male Playback Singer - Rajesh Krishnan

References

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