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Habba
Directed byD. Rajendra Babu
Written byB. A. Madhu (Dialogues)
Screenplay byD. Rajendra Babu
Story byJ. K. Bharavi
Produced byNara Bharathi Devi
Starring
  • Jaya Prada
  • Ambareesh
  • Shashikumar
  • Urvashi
  • Devaraj
  • Ramkumar
  • CinematographyP. K. H. Das
    Edited byT. Shashikumar
    Music byHamsalekha

    Production
    company

    Chinni Chitra

    Distributed byRamu Films

    Release date

    • 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16)

    Running time

    2 hours 22 minutes
    CountryIndia
    LanguageKannada

    Habba (transl.Festival) is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by D. Rajendra Babu. The film has an ensemble cast including Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Devaraj, Jayapradha, Urvashi, Shashikumar, Ramkumar, Vijayalakshmi, Kasthuri and Charulatha.[1] The movie was produced by Bharathi Devi for Chinni Chitra productions. The movie became a blockbuster and ran for more than 25 weeks. The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Chandravamsam starring Krishna.[2] The movie was loosely based on the Pandavas's exile episode in the Virata ParvaofMahabharata.

    Cast[edit]

  • Jayapradha as Vishnu's wife
  • Ambareesh as Ambi, second brother
  • Urvashi as Ambi's wife
  • Devaraj as Devu, third brother
  • Kasthuri as Anu, Devu's wife
  • Shashikumar as Shashi, fourth brother
  • Charulatha as Savithri, Shashi's wife
  • Ramkumar as Ram, youngest brother
  • Vijayalakshmi as Seetha, Ram’s lover turned wife
  • Leelavathi as Seetha's grandmother
  • Nagendra Babu as Seetha's elder brother
  • Ravi Babu as Seetha's second brother
  • Kazan Khan as Seetha's third brother
  • A. V. Ravi (Jim) as Seetha's fourth brother
  • Pavithra Lokesh as Seetha's friend
  • M. S. Umesh
  • Manjunath Hegde
  • Ashok Rao
  • Ashalatha
  • Bank Janardhan
  • Negro Johnny
  • Bank Suresh
  • Govindu
  • Padma Vasanthi
  • Sreeraksha Shivakumar
  • Suneetha Shetty
  • Bullet Nagaraj
  • Soundtrack[edit]

    The music of the film was composed and lyrics were written by Hamsalekha. Popular playback singer Nanditha made her entry into film songs with this soundtrack.[3] The song "Habba Habba" is a slightly modified version of the song "Yele Hombisile" which Hamsalekha had composed for the film Halunda Thavaru. All the songs in the film become chartbusters.

    Habba
    Soundtrack album by
    ReleasedFebruary 1999 (1999-02)
    GenreFeature film soundtrack
    LabelAnand Audio
    No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
    1."Channappa Channegowda"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra, Ramesh Chandra, Vishnu05:32
    2."Aarathi Yettire"HamsalekhaNanditha03:00
    3."Dheem Takita"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra04:58
    4."Habba Habba"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, Ramesh Chandra, Nanditha04:57
    5."Jenina Goodu"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra05:25
    6."Koti Koti Devaru"HamsalekhaNanditha01:52
    7."Mama Mama Masti"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam05:04
    8."Mai Tholiyo Shastra"HamsalekhaNanditha01:26
    9."Yaale Yaale"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra05:15

    Remake[edit]

    The movie is remade in Telugu as Chandra Vamsam in 2002.

    Reception[edit]

    The New Indian Express called the film "a beautiful mansion without proper foundation".[4] Deccan Herald wrote "this film stands out for its effort to infuse new life into the narration and proceedings."[5]

    Awards[edit]

    Karnataka State Film Awards 1999-00

    References[edit]

  • ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Chandravansam - Krishna, Suman, Naresh, Sivaji, Rohit, Roopa, Jaya Prada, Radhika Varma".
  • ^ Habba Songs at Raaga
  • ^ "Film Review - the New Indian Express". Archived from the original on 9 June 2020.
  • ^ "Reviews - Deccan Herald". www.cscsarchive.org:8081. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  • External links[edit]


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