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Aadhyate Anubhavam (1987)

Aadhyate Anubhavam poster
Directed by
Kashinath
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This is a Kannada drama film from 1984 about characters navigating personal experiences and relationships. It marked the debut of two actresses and was directed by its lead actor Kashinath.

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What happens

Anubhava ( transl. Experience) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language drama film starring Kashinath, Abhinaya and Umashree. Actresses Abhinaya and Umashree made their debut with this film. The film is directed, co-produced and written by Kashinath and produced under Sri Gayatri Productions banner. It was remade in Hindi twice - first in 1986 as Anubhav starring Shekhar Suman, Richa Sharma and Padmini Kolhapure directed by Kashinath himself and second as Chadti Jawaani. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as Aadhyate Anubhavam and in Telugu as Anubhavam. Sunil Kumar Desai worked as an assistant to Kashinath on this movie. The film ran into censor issues but was a box office success. The film was re-released on 29 November 2013 to cater to the modern audience making it a third-time release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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