Chitra (2001 film)

Chitra (transl. Picture) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Dinesh Babu and produced by Ramoji Rao. A remake of the Telugu film Chitram (2000), directed by Teja, the film stars Prasad and newcomer Rekha Vedavyas with Ananth Nag in a supporting role. The film had musical score by Gurukiran, which was well received. The film, upon release, was well received and declared a silver jubilee at the box office.^[1][2][3]

Chitra
Poster
Directed by	Dinesh Baboo
Written by	J. K. Bharavi
Screenplay by	Dinesh Baboo
Story by	Teja
Based on	Chitram (2000)
Produced by	Ramoji Rao
Starring	Prasad Rekha Vedavyas
Cinematography	Dinesh Baboo, P. K. H. Das
Edited by	P. R. Sounder Rajan
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Ushakiran Movies
Release date	August 17, 2001 (2001-08-17)
Running time	2 hours 38 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Prasad as Ramu
• Rekha Vedavyas as Chitra (credited as Chitra)
• Anant Nag as Ramu's father
• Aniruddha Jatkar as Ramu's friend
• Sunil Raoh as Ramu's friend
• Sharan
• Gurukiran
• Master Anand as Prashanth
• Vinayak Joshi
• Ganesh Varsha
• Sanketh Kashi as Govinda, Kannada lecturer
• Naga Prasad
• Ramesh Bhat
• Ashalatha
• Vanitha Vasu
• Bank Janardhan
• Mandeep Roy
• Sri Gowri
• Master Arun
• Baby Raksha
• John D'Souza
• M. N. Suresh

Production

This is Prabhu Deva's brother Prasad's first Kannada film. Model Rekha Vedavyas plays an NRI student in the film. She received the role after one of the producers, Jayashri Devi, saw her photographs.^[4]

Soundtrack

Chitra
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2001 (2001)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio
Gurukiran chronology
Premi No.1 (2001) Chitra (2001) Majnu (2001)

The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran. The soundtrack was well received upon release and Gurukiran won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the year 2001.^[5] The lyric "Jinke Mari" from "Pori Tapori" earned Rekha Vedavyas the name Jinke Mari Rekha.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Pori Tapori Bandlo"	K. Kalyan	Shankar Shanbog, Sonu Nigam, Murali Mohan, Gurukiran, Arun Sagar	04:33
2.	"Jhum Jhum Romanchana"	K. Kalyan	Sonu Nigam	04:14
3.	"LOVE Geethanjali"	K. Kalyan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	05:37
4.	"Punjabnalli Tension"	K. Kalyan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Murali Mohan	05:16
5.	"Usire Jojo"	K. Kalyan	Sonu Nigam	04:36
6.	"Zimbole Zimbole"	K. Kalyan	Sonu Nigam, Suresh Peters	05:06

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that "No fights, not much of melodrama (exception to first half) a bunch of friends looking after the comedy department and Gurukiran to make you crazy and of course handling the minute elements effectively is what draws you to this film".^[7] A critic from indiainfo rated the film three out of five and wrote that "Though Chitra has a serious social message, it is packed with good humour & acting by co-stars. Dinesh Babu's story telling with humour is there in this movie too. Hence it is a well-balanced movie".^[8]