Vande Matharam (2001 film)
{{short description|2001 film by Om Prakash}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Vande Matharam
| native_name =
| image = Vande Matharam (2001).jpg
| caption =
| director = Om Prakash
| writer = {{ubl|M. S. Ramesh|R. Rajashekhar|(Dialogues)}}
| story = J. K. Bharavi
| screenplay = Om Prakash
| producer = B. Jayasridevi
| starring = Ambareesh
Vijayashanti
| music = Deva
| cinematography = T. Janardhan
| editing = Manohar
| studio = Chinni Films
| distributor = Bahar Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2001|1|5}}
| runtime = 144 minutes
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
| gross =
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Vande Matharam ({{translation|Mother, I bow to thee}}) is a 2001 Kannada-language film directed Om Prakash and written by J. K. Bharavi. It stars Ambareesh and Vijayashanti. Deva composed the music for the film.
Cast
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- Ambareesh as CBI Officer Yashwanth
- Vijayashanti as DCP Gayatri Brahmavar
- Girish Karnad as Gayatri's father
- Ashish Vidhyarthi as Major Sujan
- Qaisar Shurza
- Kiran Kumar
- Kazan Khan as Inspector Deva
- Sunil Raoh as Abhishek, Gayatri's brother
- Vinod Raj as Citizen rights council member
- Kumar Govind as Citizen rights council member
- Harish as Citizen rights council member
- Sumanth as Citizen rights council member
- Ravi Teja as Citizen rights council member
- Anand as Citizen rights council member
- Brahmaji as Citizen rights council member
- Akhila as Citizen rights council member
- Damini as Citizen rights council member
- Reethu Singh as Citizen rights council member
- Shivaram
- Avinash
- Ayyappa
- Tiptur Raghu
- Meena
- Sailaja
- Maina Chandru
- Padma Kumata
- Sathyajith as a police officer
- Karibasavaiah
;Uncredited
- Narsing Yadav as Sujan's henchman
- Besant Ravi as Sujan's henchman
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Production
The film was planned to be shot in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil, but the film was later made only in Kannada with a Telugu dubbed version.{{Cite web|url=https://m.sify.com/movies/vande-matharam-review-kannada-pcltX2gccjhbg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201071928/https://m.sify.com/movies/vande-matharam-review-kannada-pcltX2gccjhbg.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2021|title=Vande Matharam|work=Sify|date=2 April 2002}}
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Deva.{{Cite web|url=https://mio.to//album/Vande+Matharam+%282000%29|title=Vande Matharam (2000) - Deva|via=mio.to}}
- "No Problem" - Srinivas, Krishnaraj, Swarnalatha
- "Sandal Wood Huduga" - P. Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha
- "Ma Thujhe Salam" - Gangadhar, Krishnaraj
- "Hindusthana Gottheno" - SPB
- "Thayya Thakka Tha" - Krishnaraj, Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
- "Bisi Nettharu" - K. S. Chithra
Release and reception
The film released on January 5, 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/vande-matharam-2001/|title=Vande Matharam – ವಂದೇ ಮಾತರಂ (2001/೨೦೦೧)|date=16 December 2013}} The film was dubbed in Telugu with the same name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news143.html|title=JK Bharavi prepares another subject for Chiru|work=Idlebrain|date=2 July 2001}} The Telugu dubbed version released on 12 October 2001.{{Cite web|url=http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-vandemataram.html|title=Telugu Cinema - Review - Vandemataram - Vijaya Shanti - OmPrakash - Nara Jayasridevi|website=The Hindu|last=Srihari|first=Gudipoodi|via=Idlebrain.com|author-link=Gudipoodi Srihari}}
Regarding the Telugu dubbed version, Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu noted that the "role of Gayatri is well portrayed by Vijaya Shanti" and that Ambarish "does justice to his role".
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