Ambareesha

For the legendary Indian king, see Ambarisha. For the Indian actor, see Ambareesh.

Ambareesha is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed and produced by Mahesh Sukhadhare under the Sri Sukhadhare Pictures banner.^[1][2] The film stars Darshan, Rachita Ram, Priyamani and Dr. Ambareesh.^[3] The soundtrack and score were composed by V. Harikrishna and the cinematography was by Ramesh Babu.

Ambareesha
Ambareesha theatrical poster
Directed by	Mahesh Sukhadhare
Written by	Chinthan
Produced by	Mahesh Sukhadhare
Starring	Darshan Priyamani
Cinematography	Sathyanarayan
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Production company	Sukhadhare Productions
Release date	20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Premise

Ambareesha is a labourer who leaves his village and fights against the real estate mafia in Bangalore controlled by RDX and his gang in Malaysia.

Cast

• Darshan as Ambareesha
• Rachita Ram as Karuna, Ambareesha's love interest
• Priyamani as Smitha
• Kelly Dorji as RDX
• Dr.Ambareesh as Kempegowda
• Tulasi Shivamani
• Ravi Kale
• Saurav Lokesh
• Sharath Lohitashwa
• Sadhu Kokila
• Bullet Prakash

Production

The principal shooting for the film formally began on 7 October 2013.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Soundtrack

The music and background score were composed by V. Harikrishna and lyrics were penned by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Ambareesha
Soundtrack album by V. Harikrishna
Released	20 November 2014
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Kannada

All lyrics are written by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vaalekkum"	Hemanth (singer)
2.	"Kannale"	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
3.	"Gandara Ganda"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
4.	"Asaku Pasaku"	Tippu, Lakshmi Vijay
5.	"Poojyaya"	Madhu Balakrishnan
6.	"Khel Khatam"	Naveen Madhav, Sathyan, Santhosh Venky

Release

Distribution

The distribution rights were sold for ₹21 crore (US$2.5 million).^[9]

Accolades

• Filmfare awards south 2015:-
  • "Best Lyricist—Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – V. Nagendra Prasad–"Kannale"—Won^[10]