Preethigaagi

Preethigagi is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by S. Mahendar and starring Murali and Sridevi Vijayakumar. It is a remake of the 1997 Malayalam film Aniyathipraavu. The plot is of a love story between a boy and a girl, whose relationship is not approved by their families, who eventually elope.

Preethigaagi
DVD cover
Directed by	S. Mahendar
Written by	Fazil
Screenplay by	S. Mahendar
Based on	Aniyathipraavu (Malayalam)
Produced by	Ramu
Starring	Murali Sridevi Vijaykumar
Cinematography	Shekhar Chandra
Edited by	P. R. Soundar Raj
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	Ramu Films
Release date	16 March 2007 (2007-03-16)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Murali as Sanju
• Sridevi Vijaykumar as Mili
• Ramakrishna as Sanju's father
• Bhavya as Sanju's mother
• Jayanthi as Mili's mother
• Avinash as Rajeev
• Chithra Shenoy
• Doddanna
• Mukhyamantri Chandru
• Shobaraj as Venkat
• Srujan Lokesh as Mili's brother
• Preethi
• Amrutha
• Master Anand as Sanju's friend
• Nagashekar
• Bank Janardhan
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Karthik Sharma

Production

Ramu agreed to produce the film although he usually does not produce any remake films.^[1] In order to get tax exemption, the film was released ten years after the original film.^[2]

Soundtrack

Preethigaagi
Soundtrack album by S. A. Rajkumar
Released	15 September 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:53
Label	Jhankar Music

S. A. Rajkumar composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The track "Ennai Thalatta" from Kadhalukku Mariyadhai composed by Ilayaraja was reused as "Kanninalli". The track "Ananda" was reused from the composer's own Tamil track "Rosapoo" from Surya Vamsam while "Ee Preethi" was reused from the composer's another own Tamil track "Pirivondrai" from Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001). The album consists of eight tracks.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ananda Nammi Maneyalli (Patho)"	K. Kalyan	Chithra, Rajkumar	1:18
2.	"Ananda Nammi Maneyalli"	K. Kalyan	Chithra, Prasanna, S. A. Rajkumar	4:14
3.	"Ee Preeti Manasugalu"	K. Kalyan	Chithra, Srinivas	5:04
4.	"Kanninalli Kanaside"	K. Kalyan	Hariharan	5:03
5.	"Midiyuthide"	K. Kalyan	Prasanna, Priya, Aanchal	4:37
6.	"Muddadthivi Guddadthivi"	K. Kalyan	Shankar Mahadevan	4:47
7.	"Preetiyalli Aralide"	K. Kalyan	Harini	5:01
8.	"Ellinda Bande"	Kaviraj	Hariharan, Priya	4:49
Total length:				34:53

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "Director S.Mahender has nothing new to offer story wise and could have stuck to village based films that he is famous for".^[4] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Preethigaagi is enjoyable for those who haven't seen the original".^[5] Chitraloka wrote "Though the film starts of slowly it generates pace midway. And from the sequences leading to the climax to the last scene, it is certainly the best part of the narration in the film. And the beauty of the film is though the film has a youthful love story, it has most of the character artists who have equal opportunities to perform. Therefore the film looks consistently good after the film gathers pace. Once the pressure builds up, then the film becomes the toast of the audience".^[6]