Tananam Tananam
DVD cover
Directed byKavitha Lankesh
Story byKalki Krishnamurthy
Produced byN. M. Srinivas
StarringRamya
Rakshita
Shaam
CinematographyA. C. Mahendran
Edited byM. N. Swamy
Music byK. Kalyan
Production
company
Sri Thulaja Bhavani Creations
Release date
  • 24 November 2006 (2006-11-24)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Tananam Tananam is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic musical film directed and written by Kavitha Lankesh. The film has Ramya and Rakshita teaming up together for the first time, and introduces Shaam, a Tamil actor, to Kannada cinema.[1][2] The film was produced by N. M. Suresh and based on a Tamil short story written by Kalki.

The film released on 24 November 2006 to average and negative feedback from critics. The film eventually failed to live up to the initial hype and the director's reputation at the box-office. Despite the failure, the film won two Filmfare Awards in Best Actress and Best Lyricist categories. Noted violinist L. Subramaniam was hired to play violin bits in the film. The film premiered at International Film Festival of India upon release.[3][4]

Plot

Vanaja (Ramya) loves Shankar (Shaam), but he loves Bhavani (Rakshita), an actress from a travelling theatre group. When Bhavani turns him down, Shankar turns to alcohol and becomes a victim of a tragedy.

Cast

Production

Leading Kannada actresses Ramya and Rakshita co-starred in this film and Bangalore based Tamil actor Shaam was cast after other actors rejected the role.[5] Kavitha Lankesh also admitted that the story was inspired from a Tamil short story penned by Kalki.[5] The classical music notes that comes in the film scenes have been tuned by acclaimed violinist L. Subramaniam.[6] Girish Karnad was cast as Ramya's father.[7]

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by K. Kalyan. The title track won him the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada for the year 2006.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kande Kande Govindana"K. S. Chithra, Ajay Warrior 
2."Cheluvantha Rajakumari"Kunal Ganjawala, K. S. Chithra 
3."Chapparisu"Malgudi Subha, Hemanth Kumar 
4."Koogalatheya Dooradalli"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 
5."Kalitha Hudugi"Gururaj Hosakote 
6."Preethi Endarenu"Kunal Ganjawala 
7."Tananam Tananam"K. S. Chithra 

Awards

  1. Best Actress – Ramya
  2. Best Lyricist – K. Kalyan
  1. Best Actress – Ramya[9]

Release and reception

A critic from Rediff gave the film a rating of one-and-half out of five stars and stated that "But halfway through Tananam Tananam, you realise Kavitha Lankesh has derailed the story, and nothing really works in favour of the film".[10] A critic from The Hindu gave the film a negative review and cited that "nothing is right about Tananam Tananam".[11] A critic from Sify opined that "Kavitha Lankesh, touted to be an intelligent director, this time falls flat with Thananam Thananam as the film lacks a new story and the film is lengthy and slow moving".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Actor Shaam made his Kannada debut with the film Tananam Tananam". The Times of India. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "'Tananam Tananam' – new film by Kavita Lankesh having Ramya, Rakshita and Shyam in the lead". viggy.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ "'You can't carry your ego to the sets'". The Hindu. 2 December 2006. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ "News headlines". Daijiworld. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Every film is a work of art". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Tananam Tananam – a film by Kavita Lankesh". Viggy.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Girish Karnad spoke his mind". Deccan Herald. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. ^ "54th Filmfare Awards South Winners". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Ramya has won!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Tananam Tananam disappoints". Rediff.com. 28 November 2006. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  11. ^ Kumar, Shiva (1 December 2006). "Down the drain". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Thananam Thananam". Sify. 26 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

External links

Kavitha Lankesh filmography
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