Omkara (2004 film)

Omkara is a 2004 Indian Kannada crime thriller action film starring Upendra and Preeti Jhangiani in the lead roles. The film was written and directed by Shivamani and produced by Company Films under the banner of R. S. Productions and has music by Gurukiran.[1] Omkara was Upendra's first gangster film and was based on the connection between film industries and the Mumbai underworld mafia.[2] The film got an all-time record opening in its first week[3] and became an above average grosser.[4]

Omkara
Directed by	Shivamani
Produced by	Company Films
Screenplay by	Shivamani
Story by	Shivamani
Starring	Upendra Preeti Jhangiani Rahul Dev Rangayana Raghu Shwetha Menon
Music by	Gurukiran
Cinematography	Mathew Rajan
Edited by	S. Manohar
Production company	R. S. Productions
Release date	18 September 2004
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Upendra as Sathya
• Preeti Jhangiani as Divya
• Rahul Dev as a Mumbai underworld kingpin
• Rangayana Raghu as Divya's father
• Sadhu Kokila
• Bank Janardhan
• Bullet Prakash
• Vaijanath Biradar
• Mimicry Dayanand
• Nagashekar
• Sadashiva Brahmavar
• Adarsha
• Vijayasarathi
• Shwetha Menon in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack has seven songs composed by Gurukiran. Upendra, Gurukiran, Kaviraj and V. Manohar penned the lyrics.[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Otthu Otthu Otu Otthu"	Upendra, V. Manohar	Upendra, Shamitha Malnad
2.	"Abbabba Eeke"	Kaviraj	Gurukiran, Chaitra H. G.
3.	"Bhalo Bhashi Bengalili"	Upendra	Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4.	"Sootu Bootu"	Gurukiran	Gurukiran
5.	"Goli Maaro"	Kaviraj	Gurukiran, Chaitra H. G.

Reception

Critical reception

Omkara received mixed to positive reviews upon release. Indiaglitz gave the film a very positive review by saying, "Omkara is a film made on a large canvas and can be compared to any non-Kannada film in terms of richness and presentation. The film has excellent production values, a big-star cast and all the commercial ingredients in right proportion to make it an attractive proposition for today's youngsters. Upendra excels in the role and his delivery of the lines is once again superb. His dialogues have been a major attraction in all his films and "Omkaara" is no exception."[5]

Box office

Omkara collected all-time record in first week all over Karnataka. Besides the theatre rent the film collected ₹1.75 crore from 200 shows a day in Karnataka with 55 prints. Omkara also had great opening in the Telugu and Tamil belts.[3] But the film failed to live up to expectations and turned out to be just a moderate success at the box office.[4][6]

References

1. "Omkara – GGpedia". Wiki.gandhadagudi.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
2. "'Omkara' – yet another film by Upendra". Viggy.com. 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
3. "Bangalore box-office (Oct 1 to 4)". Sify. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
4. "Preeti Jhangiani returns to Sandalwood". Chakpak. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
5. "Onkaara Malayalam Movie Review". India Glitz. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
6. Bhat, Sriram (3 July 2012). "ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ, ಓಂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರಾವ್ ಜೋಡಿಯ ತ್ರಿವಿಕ್ರಮ- upendra om prakash rao upcoming movie trivikrama – Oneindia Kannada". Kannada.oneindia.in. Retrieved 11 July 2012.