Habba

Habba (Kannada: ಹಬ್ಬ, transl. Festival) is a 1999 Indian Kannada family - drama film written and directed by D. Rajendra Babu. The film has an ensemble cast including Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Devaraj, Jayapradha, Urvashi, Shashikumar, Ramkumar, Vijayalakshmi, Kasthuri and Charulatha.[1] The movie was produced by Bharathi Devi for Chinni Chitra productions. The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Chandravamsam starring Krishna.[2] This movie loosely based on the Virata Parva of the Pandavas's exile episode in Mahabharata.

Habba
Directed byD. Rajendra Babu
Produced byNara Bharathi Devi
Written byB. A. Madhu (Dialogues)
Screenplay byD. Rajendra Babu
Story byJ. K. Bharavi
Starring
Music byHamsalekha
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited byT. Shashikumar
Production
company
Chinni Chitra
Distributed byRamu Films
Release date
  • 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16)
Running time
2 hours 22 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Cast
  • Leelavathi as Grandmother of Seetha
  • Vishnuvardhan as Vishnu, Elder Brother
  • Jayapradha as Vishnu's Wife
  • Ambareesh as Ambi, First Brother of Vishnu
  • Urvashi as Ambi's Wife
  • Devaraj as Devu, Second Brother of Vishnu
  • Kasthuri as Anu, Devu's Wife
  • Shashikumar as Shashi, Third Brother of Vishnu
  • Charulatha as Savithri, Shashi's Wife
  • Ramkumar as Ram, last brother of Vishnu
  • Vijayalakshmi as Seetha
  • Nagendra Babu as First Brother of Seetha
  • Ravi Babu as Second Brother of Seetha
  • Kazan Khan as Third Brother of Seetha
  • AV Ravi (Jim) as Fourth Brother of Seetha
  • Pavithra Lokesh as Friend of Seetha
  • M. S. Umesh
  • Manjunath hegde
  • Ashok rao
  • Ashalatha
  • Bank Janardhan
  • Neegro Johnny
  • Bank suresh
  • Govindu
  • padma vasanthi
  • Sreeraksha shivakumar
  • suneetha shetty
  • Bullet nagaraj

Awards
  1. Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay - D. Rajendra Babu

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha & Naveen Kumar M S . Popular playback singer Nanditha made her entry into film songs with this soundtrack[3] The song "Habba Habba" is a slight modified version of the song "Yele Hombisile" which Hamsalekha had composed for the film Halunda Thavaru.

Habba
Soundtrack album by
Hamsalekha
ReleasedFebruary 1999 (1999-02)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAnand Audio
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Channappa Channegowda"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra, Ramesh Chandra, Vishnu05:32
2."Aarathi Yettire"HamsalekhaNanditha03:00
3."Dheem Takita"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:58
4."Habba Habba"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, Ramesh Chandra, Nanditha04:57
5."Jenina Goodu"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra05:25
6."Koti Koti Devaru"HamsalekhaNanditha01:52
7."Mama Mama Masti"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam05:04
8."Mai Tholiyo Shastra"HamsalekhaNanditha01:26
9."Yaale Yaale"HamsalekhaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra05:15

Remake

The movie is remade in Telugu as Chandra Vamsam in 2002.

Reception

The Indian Express called the film "a beautiful mansion without proper foundation".[4] Deccan Herald wrote "this film stands out for its effort to infuse new life into the narration and proceedings."[5]

References
  1. Habba cast
  2. http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-chandravansam.html
  3. Habba Songs at Raaga
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200609090155/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/19E29EEB9C7D9F9B65256941003DC8F3?OpenDocument
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322152101/www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/384572F6661CE28265256941003DC8D3
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