Apthamitra

Apthamitra English Close friend is a 2004 Indian Kannada psychological thriller film directed by P. Vasu, and starring Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Arvind, Soundarya, Avinash and others. This was actress Soundaryas last film. It constitutes the official remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu, starring Mohanlal. The Kana Kanade Shaarade sequence was inspired by another Malayalam movie Aaraam Thampuran. The film ran for a year in the main theaters across Karnataka. Apthamitra was later followed by its sequel, Aptharakshaka 2010.

Gurukiran scored the films background music and composed for its soundtrack, with lyrics for the tracks written by V. Manohar, Kaviraj, V. Nagendra Prasad and Goturi. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. The track Kaalavannu Thadeyoru was taken from the 1977 film Kittu Puttu, which had Dwarakish and Vishnuvardhan playing the lead roles as well, alongside Manjula, the lyrics for which was written by Chi. Udayashankar.

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