Lava Kusha (2007 film)

Lava Kusha is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Om Sai Prakash and written by Mohan Shankar. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Upendra, teaming up together again after Preethse. The film also stars Charmy Kaur, Jennifer Kotwal in the lead roles. The film was produced by Prabhakar under his Vijaya Productions banner.

Lava Kusha
Directed by	Om Sai Prakash
Written by	Mohan Shankar
Produced by	Prabhakar
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar Upendra Jennifer Kotwal Charmee Kaur
Cinematography	R. Giri
Edited by	K. Eshwar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Vijaya Films
Release date	14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Cheeni and Chakri are friends who trick people to earn money. When they get separated due to an unexpected turn of events, they go to extreme lengths to strengthen their bond of friendship

Cast

• Shiva Rajkumar as Cheeni
• Upendra as Chakri
• Charmy Kaur as Sinchana
• Jennifer Kotwal as Sarah
• Hema Choudhary as Mayamma
• Sayaji Shinde as Vishakanta
• Vinayak Joshi
• Girish Karnad as Master Rangarao
• Sumithra
• Tennis Krishna
• Satya Prakash as Surappa
• Bank Janardhan
• Vaijanath Biradar
• Mandya Ramesh
• Bullet Prakash
• Rohith Nagesh
• Sathyajith
• Joe Simon
• Mandeep Roy
• M. S. Umesh

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran.^[1]

Lava Kusha
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2007 (2007)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chindi Chindi"	Kaviraj	Mano, Shankar Mahadevan	04:20
2.	"Apple Apple"	Kaviraj	Upendra, Shamitha Malnad	05:02
3.	"Oh Snehave"	Hrudaya Shiva	Gurukiran, Fayaz Khan	05:50
4.	"Kamanna Makkalu"	Rudramurthy Shastry	Shivrajkumar, Vijay Yesudas, Gururaj Hoskote	04:23
5.	"Lava Kusha"	Kaviraj	Chetan Sosca, Hemanth Kumar, Nanditha, Chaitra H. G.	05:16
6.	"Hotappa Hot Sakkath"	Kaviraj	Puneeth Rajkumar, Chaitra H. G.	05:21

Reception

A critic from The Times of India said that "There is no excuse for the experienced Saipraksh to churn out a film which has no relevance to these times".^[2] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Lava Kusha may please the fans of Uppi and Shivanna".^[3]