Usire (transl. From the heart) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by A. X. Prabhu. The film stars V. Ravichandran along with Rachana Banerjee and Prakash Raj in prominent roles.

Usire
Directed byA. X. Prabhu
Written byK. Nanjunda (dialogues)
Story byCheran
Based onBharathi Kannamma (1997)
Produced byRockline Venkatesh
StarringV. Ravichandran
Rachana Banerjee
Prakash Raj
Doddanna
CinematographyTirru
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Rockline Productions
Release date
  • 6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

The film is a remake of the Tamil film Bharathi Kannamma (1997), directed by Cheran. The film was produced by Rockline Venkatesh and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

The film, upon release, met with an average response at the box office.

Cast

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Production

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Prabhu Solomon had wanted Shiva Rajkumar to play the lead role, and he lamented that miscasting Ravichandran in the leading role instead, worked against the viability of the film.[1]

Soundtrack

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All the songs are composed and scored by Ilaiyaraaja. The lyrics were written by K. Kalyan.[2]

S. No. Song Title Singer(s)
1 "Muthu Helo Maathidu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2 "Chandri Nee Chanda" K. J. Yesudas
3 "Chilipiliyenno Chilipiligale" K. S. Chithra
4 "Preethisuve Preethisuve" K. J. Yesudas, Bhavatharini
5 "Majunu Aalida" Mano
6 "Janapada Annodu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

Reception

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A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "It is an excellent assorted sweet box. What is unfortunate is the tragedy part of the film. Yet it is a fine mixture of sentiments, love, comedy and tolerable music. The high point of the film is superb performance by Ravichandran, Prakash Rai and Rachana".[3] A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole the film has been handled reasonably well by debutant director A.X.Prabhu".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Prabhu Solomon Interview: The Perfect Wave". 23 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Usire (2001) - Ilaiyaraaja — Listen to Usire songs/music online — MusicIndiaOnline". Mio.to. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Usire Movie Review — chitraloka.com | Kannada Movie News, Reviews | Image". Chitraloka.com. 7 April 2001. Archived from the original on 28 June 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Review: Usire". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 December 2004.
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