Premada Kanike (1976)
March 5, 1976Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Aarathi
Seetha
Dr. Rajkumar
Manohar
Jayamala
Kumudha
Vajramuni
Chandru
Thoogudeepa Srinivas
Ashok
Puneeth Rajkumar
Baby Shobha
T. N. Balakrishna
Madhavayya
Rajashankar
Kumuda's Brother
B. Jaya
Gajalakshmi
Sampath
Kumuda's Father
Rajanand
Superintendent of Police
Honnavalli Krishna
Guest Appearance
B. Mallesh
Guest Appearance
Javed Akhtar
Writer
Salim Khan
Writer
Chi. Udayashankar
Writer
Details.
Release DateMarch 5, 1976
Original Nameಪ್ರೇಮದ ಕಾಣಿಕೆ
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 31m
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Premada Kanike (transl. A Token of Love) is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language romantic thriller film directed by V. Somashekhar and written by the duo Salim–Javed. It was produced by Jayadevi under the banner of Jayadevi films. The film starred Rajkumar, Aarathi and Jayamala in lead roles with Vajramuni and Rajashankar in supporting roles. The plot follows a teacher hired by rich man to home-school his daughter. En route, she witnesses a murder and discovers that the murderer is the father of her student.
The story of the film was written by the acclaimed duo Salim–Javed who made their debut in South Indian cinema as original story writers for which they rehashed the story of the 1969 film Do Bhai, by retaining only the core plotline which was originally credited only to Salim Khan under the name of Prince Salim. This was Salim–Javed's first release after Sholay. The film also marked the onscreen debuts of Rajkumar's children — Lohith and Poornima Rajkumar. It was remade in Tamil in 1980 as Polladhavan and in Hindi in 1981 as Raaz.
Premada Kanike saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks upon release and was declared a blockbuster at the box-office. The film has since attained cult status for redefining the thriller genre in Kannada cinema. The songs composed by Upendra Kumar were received extremely well and considered evergreen hits. The film went on to win multiple awards and accolades including the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film.