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Language
  
Kannada

Director
  
Dayal Padmanabhan

Country
  
India

Release date
  
March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12)

Sri Harikathe (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಕಥೆ) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language romantic-thriller film directed by Dayal Padmanabhan. The film stars Sri Murali, Pooja Gandhi, Radhika Gandhi and Naveen Krishna in pivotal roles. The film is jointly produced by S. A. Chinne Gowda and M. N. Kumar.

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The film release co-coincided with another Sri Murali film Sihi Gaali on 12 March 2010.

Plot

Hari (Sunil), a young businessman and Neha (Radhika), a PHD student at the Singapore university love each other and get married. However, Neha insists that they start the family only after she submits and completes her thesis. Hari agrees to the condition for about 6 months. Later again, Neha asks for 3 more months time until she gets prepared to start a family. This makes the couple to clash and Neha leaves for an educational trip abroad. Meanwhile, Hari brings a celebrity model (Pooja) home and Neha finds them getting cozy after which the celebrity is seen murdered. The rest of the plot deals with the "who-done-it" and the mystery around the celebrity's death.

Cast

  • Srimurali as Hari
  • Pooja Gandhi as Neha
  • Radhika Gandhi as Prakruthi
  • Naveen Krishna as Ram
  • Srinivasa Murthy
  • Sihi Kahi Chandru
  • Padmaja Rao
  • Sihi Kahi Geetha
  • Achyutha Kumar
  • Nagashekar
  • Filming

    The entire filming got completed in 45 days at a stretch. The main filming took place across the Coastal part of Karnataka namely Mangalore and Surathkal. It was revealed by the director that the film would be a thriller with the lead actress Pooja having some grey shades in her character.

    Critical response

    Now running rating 3-stars out of 5 and stated that "Actor Sree Murali has moved out from his regular action-oriented roles and has given a refined performance in the film. Among the Gandhi sisters, the younger Radhika is really a revelation. She has come out with a fine performance, the best of her career till date. Pooja carries off her role well and looks like a stunning diva. The other artists play their roles perfectly as well.

    Soundtrack

    All the songs are composed and scored by Sameer Kulkarni. The track list consists of 6 songs penned by actor Naveen Krishna, Yogaraj Bhat, Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, M. L. Prasanna among others.

    References

    Sri Harikathe Wikipedia