‘Antha’ which is considered as one of the landmark films in Kannada is all set to rerelease in a new technology on the 26th of May on the occasion of Late actor Ambarish’s birthday (May 29th).
Recently, director S V Rajendra Singh Babu along with producer Venugopal talked about the film in a press conference organized to promote the film.
Speaking about the film, ‘‘Antha’ was released in 1981 and most of the actors who were a part of the film including Ambarish, Vajramuni, Prabhakar, Sundarakrishna Aras, Musuri Krishnamurthy, cinematographer Prakash, music composer G K Venkatesh and others are not with us. The film shaped up very well because of all these people’ said Babu.
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‘Antha’ is based on the novel of the same name H K Anantha Rao. The novel was published in Sudha Magazine and was a huge hit among the readers. I read the story and planned to make a film with it. H N Maruthi, Venu and K C N Chandru came forward to produce the film through Parimala Arts. It was a different subject and was a huge risk then. Ambarish had just acted as a hero in one film and he came forward to be the hero of the film. The shooting was held in Msore and we had erected 18 sets for the film. ‘Antha’ went on to become a huge success’ said Babu.
Speaking about the success of ‘Antha’, ‘the film was not only a huge hit in Karnataka, but many stalwarts from other film industries including Raghavendra Rao, Dharmendra, Kader Khan flew down to Bangalore to buy the remake rights of the film. It was one of the real Pan Indian films which were directly made in other languages. The film was a hit in other languages also. The film became an inspiration to more than 2000 films. The film got featured in Variety Magazine. It became a milestone in not only Kannada film industry, but in Indian film industry’ said Babu.
