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'Chandra' is a 2013 Indian romantic drama film, simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. Directed by Roopa Iyer, it stars Shriya Saran and Prem Kumar. The film deals with the life of a last generation princess and her love story. 'Chandra' is a joint production of India Classic Arts and Narasimha Arts.

The film was released on 27 June 2013 to positive reviews and emerged as a high success at the Kannada Box office. The Tamil version of the film was released on 14 February 2014.

Plot



The story revolves around rajkumari Ammani

Chandravathi (Shriya Saran), a princess, and Chandrahasa (Prem Kumar) a music teacher. The two falls in love with each other. But the princess is engaged to Arya (Ganesh Venkatraman), settled in the US, against her wishes. She is not at all impressed by the US culture and tries to contact Chandrahasa to express her feelings. In another development, Chandrahasa promises his father that he would forget Chandravathi and allow her to marry Arya. But on the wedding day, the story takes a dramatic turn which ends on a happy note.

Cast



* Shriya Saran as Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy

* Prem Kumar as Chandrahasa

* Ganesh Venkatraman as Arya

* Srinath as Maharaja

* Vijayakumar as Guruji Parameshwara

* Vivek as Yuvaraj Sukumar

* Girish Karnad

* Sukanya as Queen Sarala Devi

* Sumithra as Lalitha

* Sadhu Kokila as Andy Roberts

* Cell Murugan as Lakajarao / Kilaku

* Suchendra Prasad

* Yash as the dancer in the song "Tasse Otthu"/"Raaja Raajan"

Production



Development

Roopa Iyer has studied the life of quite a few royal families in India to arrive at a subject for her film. The last branches of Royal Families are not in a position to adjust to normal social life. They do not get the right match to lead a royal life that is a gift for them from ancestors. On this basis Roopa Iyer has added the eternal 'Love' and made a meaningful and beautiful love story subject. The royal families taken over by the government facing a perturbed situation is shown in this movie.

Casting

Roopa Iyer had initially considered Ramya for the lead role and even signed her for the lead role. However the actress was dropped from the film later as she was not in good terms with the director and the fact that she skipped Kalaripayattu class required for her role to perform stunts. Following that, various actresses such as Dia Mirza, Amala Paul, Amrita Rao and Aindrita Ray was considered for the role. Then she finalized Shriya Saran as the leading lady. Saran who earlier made her debut in Kannada cinema through 'Arasu' opposite Puneeth Rajkumar in a cameo role immediately accepted the offer after reading the script. Furthermore, actress Ramya Krishnan and singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam were chosen for a cameo appearance. Prem Kumar played the protagonist in the film. P. H. K. Doss took the spot behind the camera. Yesteryear actors Girish Karnad, Srinath and Sumithra was signed to appear in supporting roles. Ganesh Venkatraman has also been roped in to play the protagonist in this film. Tamil actor Vivek made his kannada debut.

Filming

Twenty percent of the shooting was held in USA and rest in India. It was 50 plus days schedule Roopa Iyer had planned for her second direction movie. In Mysore, Bangalore, Rajasthan and Kodagu, Roopa Iyer had chalked out shooting schedules with Mumbai-based Media Networks G.

Soundtrack



Kannada



Tamil

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References




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