Usire
Directed by	Prabhu Solomon
Written by	K. Nanjunda (dialogues)
Story by	Cheran
Based on	Bharathi Kannamma (1997)
Produced by	Rockline Venkatesh
Starring	V. Ravichandran Rachana Banerjee Prakash Raj Doddanna
Cinematography	Tirru
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Rockline Productions
Release date	6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Usire (transl. From the heart) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Prabhu Solomon. The film stars V. Ravichandran along with Rachana Banerjee and Prakash Raj in prominent roles.

The film is a remake of the Tamil film Bharathi Kannamma (1997), directed by Cheran. The film was produced by Rockline Venkatesh and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

The film, upon release, met with an average response at the box office.

Cast

Production

Prabhu Solomon had wanted Shiva Rajkumar to play the lead role, and he lamented that miscasting Ravichandran in the leading role instead, worked against the viability of the film.^[1]

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by Ilaiyaraaja. The lyrics were written by K. Kalyan.^[2]

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "It is an excellent assorted sweet box. What is unfortunate is the tragedy part of the film. Yet it is a fine mixture of sentiments, love, comedy and tolerable music. The high point of the film is superb performance by Ravichandran, Prakash Rai and Rachana".^[3] A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole the film has been handled reasonably well by debutant director A.X.Prabhu".^[4]