Anuraga Aralithu (1986)

Original title

ಅನುರಾಗ ಅರಳಿತು

Directed by

M.S. Rajashekar

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 33m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man rises from poverty to wealth and power while navigating complex family relationships and romantic entanglements. The story follows his journey through love, ambition, and moral choices.

romanticemotionalsweepingdramaticheartfeltfamily-orientedaspirational

What happens

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. The film was produced by M. S. Puttaswamy. The film stars Rajkumar, Madhavi and Geetha. The film's score and soundtrack were 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. It was later remade in seven other languages – in Tamil and Telugu as Mannan and Gharana Mogudu (both in 1992), in Hindi as Laadla (1994), in Sinhala as Mal Hathai (1996), in Odia as Sindura Nuhein Khela Ghara (2002), in Bengali as Jamaibabu Jindabad (2001) in India, and as Shami Strir Juddho (2002) in Bangladesh. This was the first Kannada movie to be remade in Odia, Bengali, Bangladeshi Bengali and Sinhala. This was also the first Kannada movie to be remade in two foreign languages. With the remakes of this movie, Rajkumar became the first Indian actor whose movies were remade more than 50 times and also the first Indian actor whose movies were remade in nine other languages. This was the first Indian movie to be remade in seven other languages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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