Anuraga Aralithu

Anuraga Aralithu
Poster
Directed byM. S. Rajashekar
Screenplay byChi. Udayashankar
Based onAnuragada Anthahpura
by H. G. Radhadevi
Produced byM. S. Puttaswamy
StarringRajkumar
Madhavi
Geetha
CinematographyV. K. Kannan
Edited byP. Bhaktavatsalam
Music byUpendra Kumar
Production
company
Bhargavi Art Movies
Release date
  • 21 May 1986 (1986-05-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

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 Sinhala in 1996 as Mal Hathai, in Odia in 2000 as Sindura Nuhein Khela Ghara, in Bengali in 2001 as Jamaibabu Jindabad 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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  2. ^ ":: Welcome to Chitatara ::". www.chitratara.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "6 South Indian films that were remade in International languages". The Times of India. 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ "ಅತೀ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ 'ರಿಮೇಕ್‌' ಆದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ "From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages". The Times of India. 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ^ "ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳ 'ಅನುರಾಗ ಅರಳಿತು' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ 35 ವರ್ಷ". 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Dr Rajkumar's 18th Birth Anniversary: When His Film Anuraga Aralithu Was Remade in 7 Languages". 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "From 'Anuraga Aralithu' to 'U Turn': Kannada movies that were remade in foreign languages". The Times of India. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2020.