Aakasmika

Aakasmika
Film poster
Directed byT. S. Nagabharana
Written byTa Ra Su
Screenplay byT. S. Nagabharana
Produced byS A Govindaraju
Starring
CinematographyS. V. Srikanth
Edited byP. Bhaktavatsalam
Music byHamsalekha
Production
company
Sri Nirupama Combines
Distributed bySri Vajreshwari Combines
Release date
  • 20 July 1993 (1993-07-20)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Aakasmika (transl. Unexpected) is a 1993 Indian Kannada language action thriller film directed by T. S. Nagabharana. The film stars Rajkumar, Geetha and Madhavi. The film was based on Ta Ra Su's trilogy Aakasmika – Aparadhi – Parinama [1] thereby becoming the second Kannada movie to be based on three novels, the first being 1973 movie Naagarahaavu which incidentally was based on three novels of the same writer.[2]

The movie was produced by S. A. Govindaraju and has music and lyrics written by Hamsalekha. The film opened to packed houses across Karnataka for many months and won many awards and critical acclaim. The film was highly successful at the box office. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.[3][4] At the age of 64, Rajkumar won his 8th Filmfare Award in Best Actor Category. The song Huttidare is still considered one among the top Kannada songs.

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