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'Drama' is a 2012 Indian Kannada romantic comedy thriller written, directed and co-produced by Yogaraj Bhat under the banner Yogaraj Movies and Jayanna Combines. It stars Yash, Radhika Pandit, Sathish Ninasam and Sindhu Lokanath in leading roles and veteran actor Ambareesh in an extended cameo appearance.

Music for the film was scored by V. Harikrishna while lyrics for the soundtrack were written by the successful combination of Jayanth Kaikini and Yogaraj Bhat. Krishna was hired as the cinematographer for the film, who had previously worked with Bhat in the massively successful film, 'Mungaru Male'.

Cast



* Yash as Venkatesha

* Radhika Pandit as Nandini

* Sathish Ninasam as Satisha

* Sindhu Lokanath as Chandrika

* Sampath as D'Souza

* Suchendra Prasad as Shalivahana, college principal

* Malavika as Gayathri

* Lohithaswa as D'Souza's boss

* Achyuth Kumar as Venkatesha's father

* Rajashekhar Naidu

* Sai Mahesh

* M. S. Umesh

* Rockline Venkatesh

* Sangeetha

* Ravi Santhehaklu

* Bangalore Nagesh

* Abhinaya

* Kalyani Girish

* Mithra

* Honnavalli Krishna

* Rockline Sudhakar as Chandrika's father

* Hamsa as Ganga

* Ambareesh in a cameo appearance as Bulbul

Production



After the moderate success of 'Paramathma', the last venture of Yogaraj Bhat, this was the second project for the production house, Jayanna Combines. Hindi and Marathi cinema actor Atul Kulkarni was picked for the negative role after Prakash Rai, who was the original choice for the role. He was again replaced by Tamil actor Sampath Raj. V Harikrishna scored the music and background score. S Krishna, who previously worked on Mungaru Male, conducted camera work. Drama is produced by Jayanna and Bhogendra.

Soundtrack



The music of the film was composed by V. Harikrishna. The audio album was released in the end of September, 2012 and was well received. "Thundh Haikla Sahavasa" was a huge hit.

Awards



* Yogaraj Bhat - 'Won' -Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist Kannada category for the song 'Bombe Adsonu'.

* V. Harikrishna - 'Won' -Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Kannada category

* Sonu Nigam - 'Won' -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Playback Singer Male' category for the song 'Chendutiya Pakkadali'.

* Yogaraj Bhat - 'Won' -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Lyricist' category for the song 'Bombe Adsonu'.

* Sonu Nigam - Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer Kannada category for the song 'Chendutiya Pakkadali'

* Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Film Kannada category

* Yash - Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor Kannada category

* Sindhu Lokanath -Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Kannada category

* Nominated for The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Film' category

* Nominated for The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Youth Film' category

* V. Harikrishna - Nominated -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Singer Male' Category

Critical reception



'Drama' received generally positive reviews from film critics upon its release. 'DNA' gave the film three and a half star rating praising the acting and the technical departments. 'Rediff' gave the film 3/5 rating and concluded saying, "(the film) is worth a watch for all the entertainment the young team gives us." Prakash Upadhyaya of 'Oneindia' gave the film three out of five stars and commented, "Hilarious one-liners, romantic songs and a little bit of philosophy. Last but not least, there is a message in the film." IBN live reported 'Drama' is a film that genuine Kannada film audience can not miss. Bharatstudent reviewed as Passable entertainer, can be watched once. Chitraloka rated as spicy taste of masala. Times of India gave 3.5 star rating. Indiaglitz rated it 7/10.

Box office



'Drama' got a good opening upon release. The film went on to become one of the highest grossers of 2012 by completing 100 days of run[https://web.archive.org/web/20130331033108/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kannada-movie-drama-directed-by-yogaraj-bhatt-completes-100-days/376268-71-205.html Drama completes 100 days] and grossing 20 Crore against its 4 Crore budget and was declared as a Blockbuster.

Accolades



Overseas release



Drama was premiered in USA. Drama was also premiered in UAE. Drama was also screened in Germany.





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