| Anuraga Aralithu | |
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| Directed by | M. S. Rajashekar |
| Screenplay by | Chi. Udayashankar |
| Based on | Anuragada Anthahpura by H. G. Radhadevi |
| Produced by | M. S. Puttaswamy |
| Starring | Rajkumar Madhavi Geetha |
| Cinematography | V. K. Kannan |
| Edited by | P. Bhaktavatsalam |
| Music by | Upendra Kumar |
Production company | Bhargavi Art Movies |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Anuraga Aralithu (transl. Love blooms) is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language film directed by M. S. Rajashekar. It is based on the Kannada novel Anuragada Anthahpura written by H. G. Radhadevi.[1] The film was produced by M. S. Puttaswamy. The film stars Rajkumar, Madhavi and Geetha. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Upendra Kumar to the lyrics of Chi. Udayashankar who also wrote the screenplay.
The film was highly successful at the box office with a theatrical run of about 50 weeks.[2] It was later remade in seven other languages – in Tamil in 1992 as Mannan, in Telugu in 1992 as Gharana Mogudu, in Hindi in 1994 as Laadla, in Bengali in 2001 as Jamaibabu Jindabad, in Sinhala in 1996 as Mal Hathai, in Odia in 2000 as Sindura Nuhein Khela Ghara and in Bangladesh in 2002 as Shami Strir Juddho.[3]
This was the first Kannada movie to be remade in Odia, Bengali, Bangladeshi Bengali and Sinhala.[4] This was also the first Kannada movie to be remade in two foreign languages.[5] With the remakes of this movie, Rajkumar became the first Indian actor whose movies were remade more than 50 times[6] and also the first Indian actor whose movies were remade in nine other languages.[7] This was the first Indian movie to be remade in seven other languages.[8][9]
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- ^ "Dr Rajkumar's 18th Birth Anniversary: When His Film Anuraga Aralithu Was Remade in 7 Languages". 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Not Rajinikanth or Amitabh Bachchan, Rajkumar's film was first to be remade in 6 languages in India". Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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