Krishnan Love Story

Krishnan Love Story
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Shashank
Written by	Shashank
Screenplay by	Shashank
Produced by	Uday K. Mehta Mohan G. Nayak
Starring	Ajay Rao Radhika Pandit Pradeep
Cinematography	Shekar Chandra
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Music by	Sridhar V. Sambhram
Production company	Sri Venkateshwara Krupa Enterprises
Release date	18 June 2010
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Krishnan Love Story (Kannada: ಕೃಷ್ಣನ್ ಲವ್ ಸ್ಟೋರಿ) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language action drama film written and directed by Shashank, and starring Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit in leading roles and Umashri, Achyuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha and Chandra in supporting roles.The music of this film is composed by Sridhar V. Sambhram. The movie was remade in Bengali in 2018 as Piya Re by Surinder Films starring Soham Chakraborty.

Cast

• Ajay Rao as Krishna
• Radhika Pandit as Geetha
• Umashree
• Achyuth Kumar
• Sharan
• Pradeep Bogadi as Narendra
• Pavan Benaka
• P. N. Sathya
• Rithesh
• Kempegowda
• Master Rakesh
• Master Manju
• Harsha
• Ashok rao
• Kaddipudi Chandru as Chandru, Geetha's brother
• Shashank
• Padmaja Rao
• Lakshmi Hegde
• Ninasam Ashwath
• Jadi Akash
• Yogesh; special appearance in Mosa Madalendu Neenu

Soundtrack

Sridhar V. Sambhram composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The lyrics for the soundtrack was written by V. Sridhar, Yogaraj Bhat, Jayant Kaikini and Shashank. The album consists of eight tracks.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "While Ajai Rao is amazing, Harsha and Pradeep shine. Umashri is impressive. Sharan, Achyuth Kumar, Chandru have done justice to the role. The real hero of the movie is Sridhar V Sambhram who has given some melodious numbers. Shekhar Chandra's cinematography is equally brilliant". Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of Rediff scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "The film is partly based on a true incident and thus has a real feel to it. It brings out the head versus heart dilemma that the youth in 'love' faces. However you may find it hard to digest a few sentimental dialogues and decisions. The second half drags a bit as well. Chandrashekar's camera work stands out in the climax. Krishnan Love Story is worth a one time watch". B S Srivani from Deccan Herald wrote "Geetha’s character is the strongest; the director renders it weak in the climax. Ajay Rao is a perfect foil to Radhika. The climax is a clever mixing of the topography of the Hogenakal and the Shivanasamudram. ““Krishna”n Love Story” is the perfect tale for the current monsoon". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote  "The music, though pleasant, isn’t great to give the film a push. Radhika Pandit, who plays Geetha, does a brilliant job while Ajai packs in his acting prowess".

Box office

The film opened to a good response and ran successfully across Karnataka. It has completed 150 days.

Awards