Appu (2002 film)

Appu
Film poster
Directed by	Puri Jagannath
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Written by	Puri Jagannath
Screenplay by	Puri Jagannath
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Rakshita Avinash
Music by	Gurukiran
Cinematography	K. Datthu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Production company	Poornima Enterprises
Release dates	26 April 2002
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Appu (Kannada: ಅಪ್ಪು) is a 2002 Indian Kannada film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Puneet Rajkumar and Rakshita in lead roles. The supporting cast features Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy and Sumithra. The film was produced by Puneeth's mother, Parvathamma Rajkumar under Poornima Enterprises, the production banner of the Rajkumar family. It marked the screen debut Puneeth and Rakshita in lead roles.^[1]

Upon theatrical release on 26 April 2002, the film was a success and completed a 200-day run in theatres.^[2] The film was remade into Tamil as Dum and in Bangladeshi as Priya Amar Priya in 2008.

Cast

• Puneeth Rajkumar
• Rakshita
• Avinash
• Srinivasa Murthy
• Sumithra
• Srinivasa Murthy
• Ashok
• Satyajith
• Prithviraj
• Vinayak Joshi
• Keerthi
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Bullet Prakash

Production

After the success of Yuvaraja, Puri Jagannadh was approached by Rajkumar family to introduce their third son Puneet Rajkumar to make his onscreen debut as lead actor. Puri gladly accepted the opportunity.^[3] Rakshitha, daughter of cameraman BC Gowrishankar made her acting debut with this film, she went on to play the same character in its Telugu and Tamil remakes.^[4]

Soundtrack

Appu
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Akash Audio

Gurukiran composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics written by Upendra, Sriranga and Hamsalekha. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.^[5]

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Taliban Alla Alla"	Upendra	Puneeth Rajkumar
2.	"Baare Baare Kalyana"	Sriranga	Udit Narayan, Chithra
3.	"Panavidu Panavidu"	Hamsalekha	Rajkumar
4.	"Ellinda Aarambhavo"	Sriranga	Udit Narayan, Chithra
5.	"Jolly Go Jolly Go"	Hamsalekha	Shankar Mahadevan
6.	"Aa Devara Haadidu"	Hamsalekha	Rajkumar

References

1. "Puneet Rajakumar beats the heat". refidd.com. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
2. "Appu at 100 days". viggy.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
3. "In a dual role". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
4. "Rakshita Prem had acted in all versions of Appu". the times of india. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
5. "Appu (2002)". kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2015.