Drama (film)

Drama
Directed by	Yogaraj Bhat
Produced by	Jayanna Bhogendra
Screenplay by	Vikas Yogaraj Bhat
Story by	Yogaraj Bhat
Starring	Yash Radhika Pandit Sathish Ninasam Sindhu Lokanath
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Cinematography	Krishna
Edited by	Sanath Kumar Suresh
Production company	Yogaraj Movies Jayanna Combines
Distributed by	Jayanna Combines
Release dates	23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	est. ₹15 crore (US$2.2 million)[1]

Drama is a 2012 Indian Kannada romantic comedy thriller written, directed and co-produced by Yogaraj Bhat under the banner Yogaraj Movies and Jayanna Combines. It stars Yash, Radhika Pandit, Sathish Ninasam and Sindhu Lokanath in leading roles and Ambareesh in an extended cameo appearance.

Music for the film was scored by V. Harikrishna while lyrics for the soundtrack were written by the successful combination of Jayanth Kaikini and Yogaraj Bhat. Krishna was roped in as the cinematographer for the film, who had previously worked with Bhat in the massively successful film, Mungaru Male.

Cast

• Yash as Venkatesha
• Radhika Pandit as Nandini
• Sathish Ninasam as Satisha
• Sindhu Lokanath as Chandrika
• Sampath as D'Souza
• Suchendra Prasad as Shalivahana
• Malavika as Gayathri
• Lohithaswa
• Achyuth Kumar
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Ambareesh as Bulbul, Cameo appearance

Production

After the moderate success of Paramathma, the last venture of Yogaraj Bhat, this was the second project for the production house, Jayanna Combines.^[2] Hindi and Marathi cinema actor Atul Kulkarni was picked for the negative role after Prakash Rai, who was the original choice for the role.^[3] He was again replaced by Tamil actor Sampath Raj.^[4] V Harikrishna scored the music and background score. S Krishna, who previously worked on Mungaru Male, conducted camera work. Drama is produced by Jayanna and Bhogendra.

Awards

• Yogaraj Bhat - Won -Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada category for the song 'Bombe Adsonu'.^[5]
• V. Harikrishna - Won -Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada category^[6]
• Sonu Nigam - Won -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Playback Singer Male' category for the song 'Chendutiya Pakkadali'.^[7]
• Yogaraj Bhat - Won -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Lyricist' category for the song 'Bombe Adsonu'.^[8]
• Sonu Nigam - Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada category for the song 'Chendutiya Pakkadali'^[9]
• Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada category^[10]
• Yash - Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada category^[11]
• Sindhu Lokanath -Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada category^[12]
• Nominated for The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Film' category ^[13]
• Nominated for The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Youth Film' category^[14]
• V. Harikrishna - Nominated -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Singer Male' Category^[15]

Critical reception

Drama received generally positive reviews from film critics upon its release. DNA gave the film three and a half star rating praising the acting and the technical departments.^[16] Rediff gave the film 3/5 rating and concluded saying, "(the film) is worth a watch for all the entertainment the young team gives us."^[17] Prakash Upadhyaya of Oneindia gave the film three out of five stars and commented, "Hilarious one-liners, romantic songs and a little bit of philosophy. Last but not least, there is a message in the film."^[18] IBN live reported 'Drama' is a film that genuine Kannada film audience can not miss.^[19] Bharatstudent reviewed as Passable entertainer, can be watched once.^[20] Chitraloka rated as spicy taste of masala.^[21] Times of India gave 3.5 star rating.^[22] Indiaglitz rated it 7/10.^[23]

Box office

Drama got a fantastic opening upon release. The film went on to be one of the highest grossers of 2012 by completing 100 days of run^[24] and grossing ₹12 Crore against its ₹4 Crore budget and was declared as a Super Hit.^[25] The film elevated Yash to Star Status and established a loyal youth fan following for the actor, including many female fans.

Accolades

Overseas release

Drama was premiered in USA.^{[26][27][28][29]} Drama was also premiered in UAE.^[30] Drama was also screened in Germany. ^{[31] [32]}

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by V. Harikrishna. The audio album was released in the end of September, 2012 and was well received. "Thundh Haikla Sahavasa" was a huge hit.^[33]

Drama
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by V. Harikrishna
Released	September 2012 (2012-09)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio

References

External links

• Drama at the Internet Movie Database