Hrudaya Hrudaya

Hrudaya Hrudaya is a 1999 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by M. S. Rajashekar and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Aravind and Anu Prabhakar, making her debut, whilst Sharath Babu, Avinash and Chitra Shenoy play the supporting roles. The film was a box office success.^[1]

Hrudaya Hrudaya
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	M. S. Rajashekar
Written by	A. G. Sheshadri [Dialogues]
Screenplay by	A. G. Sheshadri
Story by	K.S.D.L. Chandru Anantha Rangachar
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar Ramesh Aravind Anu Prabhakar
Cinematography	B. C. Gowrishankar
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Sri Vaishnavi Combines
Distributed by	Sri Vajreshwari combines
Release date	16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed by Hamsalekha. At the 1999-00 Karnataka State Film Awards, the film was awarded in 2 categories including Best Actor, Best Dialogue Writer.

Cast

• Shiva Rajkumar as Ravi
• Ramesh Aravind as Dr Suresh
• Anu Prabhakar as Usha
• Sharath Babu
• Avinash
• Chitra Shenoy
• Mandeep Roy
• Mico Manju
• Shankar Narayan
• Venkatesh Prasad
• Jyothi Gurucharan
• Siddaraj Kalyankar
• Jayakumari
• Vinay Rajkumar (credited as Master Vinay Raghavendra) as Vinu
• Jyotika

Production

Newcomer Anu learned to drive for the film, because her character was to go into coma after a driving accident with a Fiat car.^[2][3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha.^[4] The audio was received with positive reviews with the song "O Premada Gangeye" sung by Rajkumar and K. S. Chitra topping the charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"O Premada Gangeye"	Rajkumar, K. S. Chithra
2.	"Hey Hrudaya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra
3.	"Mithra Mithra"	L. N. Shastry
4.	"Venkatesha Venkatesha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5.	"Hogi Baa Hogi Baa"	Rajkumar, K. S. Chithra
6.	"Ivale Nanna Rani"	Rajesh Krishnan, Shivarajkumar, Manjula Gururaj

Awards

• Karnataka State Film Awards (1999-2000)^[5]

1. Best Actor - Shivarajkumar
2. Best Dialogue writer - A. G. Sheshadri

• The film was one among the twenty films considered as "movies with good quality" by the Karnataka State Government and was given a subsidy of ₹10 lakhs.^[6]

Reception

Srikanth Srinivasa of Deccan Herald wrote "M S Rajashekar definitely needs to be commended for giving the soft treatment to the film. Ms Parvathamma Rajkumar needs to be commended for choosing a straight and a soft subject".^[7]