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Amrutha Varshini
Amrutha Varshini
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	18 September 1996
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:45
Label	Lahari Music

Amruthavarshini
Amruthavarshini
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dinesh Baboo
Written by	Dinesh Baboo
Produced by	Bharathi Devi
Starring	Suhasini; Sharath Babu; Ramesh Aravind
Cinematography	Dinesh Baboo
Edited by	B S Kemparaju
Music by	Deva
Production; company	Chinni Chitra
Release date	29 January 1997;
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

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Amruthavarshini (transl. Rain of immortal nectar) is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written, photographed and directed by Dinesh Baboo. It stars Suhasini, Ramesh Aravind and Sarath Babu.^[1]^[2] Nivedita Jain appears in a cameo role. It features Ramesh Arvind playing a negative role for which he was widely praised. The film revolves around the three central characters of a husband (Sharath), wife (Suhasini) and a friend (Ramesh) who intrudes into the couple's life and turns their life into tragic events.^[3]

Upon release, the film was declared a blockbuster hit with all the songs of the soundtrack composed by Deva becoming evergreen hits.^[4] The film was one of the highest grossers at the box-office for the year 1997.^[5] The film was awarded with multiple State Awards and Filmfare Awards, particularly for the story and acting.

The film was subsequently dubbed in Telugu with same title name and in Tamil as Uyirinum Melaaga.^[6] In Malayalam, the film was remade as Mazhavillu (1999) by the same director.

Plot

Hemanth heads an advertising firm and is happily married to Veena. His childhood friend and poet Abhishek Bharadwaj visits him and stays with the family for a while. Abhishek is depressed due to the death of his girlfriend, Shruti, due to cancer. Before her death, Shruthi had asked Abhishek to promise her that he would marry another girl after her death. A prolonged stay at Hemanth's leads to Abhishek becoming obsessed with Veena due to her strong resemblance to Shruthi. Hemanth learns of this but does not reveal it to Veena.

A few days later, the three, together with employees of Hemanth's firm, take a trip to Kodaikanal. Abhishek happens to drive Hemanth to a cliff by an off-road vehicle for the latter to photograph the sunset. Once there, Hemanth chides Abhishek over his advances towards Veena and asks him to return home before things worsen. However, Abhishek, in an attempt to kill him, puts the vehicle's gears on neutral hoping it would run him down the cliff. Hemanth survives the hit but is left hanging off the cliff, but is not saved by Abhishek.

Veena is distraught over her husband's death. Friends of Hemanth request Abhishek to stay with Veena at her residence until she recovers. However, Veena learns of Abhishek's intentions and confides in her friend, Dr. Vimala. She has also got hold of the negatives from her husband's motorised camera and develops them only to find that all of her husband's final moments were captured, including Abhishek watching on as he asked for help. However, she pretends to have moved on and suggests that she is ready to share her life with Abhishek and announces before her friends that she would marry him. A day later, she asks him to take her to the cliff where Hemanth died as it was his long-cherished dream to take photographs from there. Once there, she confronts and reveals that she knows what transpired on that fateful day before handing over a trembling Abhishek the developed photographs. She then kills her self by leaping from the cliff, in front of him, as a revenge.

Cast

Suhasini as Veena^[4]
Sharath Babu as Hemanth^[7]
Ramesh Aravind as Abhishek Bharadwaj^[4]
Ramakrishna as Janakiram
Nivedita Jain as Shruthi (cameo)
Tara as Vimala
Sathyapriya as Abhishek's mother
Kunigal Nagabhushan as Ranganna
Vinayak Joshi as Peter, tourist guide in Kodaikanal (uncredited)

Production

Dinesh Baboo prepared the story in 1979. In 1987-88, he met Suhasini Maniratnam and narrated the story of Amruthavarshini; however, that meeting ended up in the film Suprabhatha (1988). Suhasini called Dinesh Baboo while he was in Kerala about producer Jayashreedevi, who was looking for a director-cum-cinematographer for their next venture. Baboo did not like the director's script and he told her the story of Amruthavarshini.^[8] Ramesh Aravind's character had very few lines and had to convey his expressions through his eyes and face.^[9] Due to his challenging character, Ramesh Aravind had a headache after the climax and felt exhausted for the next scene.^[9] Palani Senapathy made his debut as a sound designer.^[10]

Soundtrack

Deva composed the music for the film and the soundtrack, with lyrics of the tracks penned by K. Kalyan. The soundtrack album has nine tracks.^[11] The male version of the song "Tunturu" appears for only 30 seconds in the movie — after climax during the end credits.^[12]

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tunturu (Female Version)"	K. S. Chithra	5:21
2.	"Ee Sundara"	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:16
3.	"Manase Baduku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:04
4.	"Kannina Notagalu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:30
5.	"Tampu Tangali"	K. S. Chithra	0:30
6.	"Bhale Bhale Chandadha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:27
7.	"Yella Shilpagaligu"	K. S. Chithra & S.P Balasubrahmanyam	5:21
8.	"Gaali Gaali"	K. S. Chithra	1:51
9.	"Tunturu (Male Version)"	Gangadhar	0:25
Total length:			34:45

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "What appears in print to be a trite, thrice-told tale reveals, on celluloid, an ability to grip, to carry the viewer along on a tide of emotions ranging from the soft through the turbulent into the increasingly darker shades. And a lot of the credit goes to the three major performers, with Suhasini showing no sign of rust from her layoff. What is interesting is the way the film -- by no means a whodunit, because you know right at the outset that Arvind is the culprit -- keeps you nailed, your sympathies oscillating between Arvind and Suhasini till the very end".^[13]

Awards

It won the Arya Bhata Award and was also screened at the Indian Panorama Festival.^[14]
Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada 1997 - B. Jayashree Devi^[15]^[16]
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada 1997 - Ramesh Aravind
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada 1997 - Deva^[17]^[18]
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay^[19]
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor - Kemparaj
Screen Award for Best Actress (Kannada) – Suhasini Maniratnam^[20]

Legacy

The song "Tunturu" inspired a 2018 film of the same name also starring Ramesh Aravind.^[21]

References

^ "Amruthavarshini". Chirag Entertainers. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
^ "Amrutha Varshini sequel in the works". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ "Romance all the way!". Sify. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sharadhaa, A. (6 August 2018). "Sequel to 1997 film 'Amrutha Varshini' in the making". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^ "N. Chandrashekhar's 'America! America!' demolishes Kannada film-making myths". Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^ http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/01/14/stories/09140222.htm ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Jyothi, Y. Krishna; S. M., Shashiprasad (23 May 2023). "The top 5 films of Sarath Babu — across South film industries". South First. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^ "'ಅಮೃತವರ್ಷಿಣಿ' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ 25 ವರ್ಷ: ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು". Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Audience's Entire Wish is my Command: Ramesh Answers To Surfers Queries". Chitraloka.com. 9 November 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2001.
^ "ಹಂಸಲೇಖ ಗರಡಿಯ ಸೇನಾಪತಿ". Vijaya Karnataka. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Amruthavarshini (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
^ "- YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ Rajitha (1997). "Love, murder, guilt, revenge". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "Amruthavarshini review". Chirag Entertainers. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
^ "45th Filmfare South Best Films Winners". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
^ "45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
^ "45th Annual Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
^ "Deva won Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director Award". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
^ "Fresh approach to sensitive themes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "WHEN THE STARS DESCENDED ON CHENNAI..." Screen. Archived from the original on 13 May 1998. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ ನಾಗೇಂದ್ರ ತ್ರಾಸಿ (9 March 2012). "ಮುಸ್ಸಂಜೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅನು ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್ - ರಮೇಶ್ 'ತುಂತುರು'" [Anu Prabhakar - Ramesh 'Tunthuru' at dusk]. Webdunia. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

External links

Amruthavarshini at IMDb
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[1] "Amruthavarshini". Chirag Entertainers. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.

[2] "Amrutha Varshini sequel in the works". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

[3] "Romance all the way!". Sify. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.

[N-4] Sharadhaa, A. (6 August 2018). "Sequel to 1997 film 'Amrutha Varshini' in the making". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[5] "N. Chandrashekhar's 'America! America!' demolishes Kannada film-making myths". Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[6] ttp://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/01/14/stories/09140222.htm ^{[dead link‍]}

[7] Jyothi, Y. Krishna; S. M., Shashiprasad (23 May 2023). "The top 5 films of Sarath Babu — across South film industries". South First. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[8] "'ಅಮೃತವರ್ಷಿಣಿ' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ 25 ವರ್ಷ: ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು". Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[C-9] "Audience's Entire Wish is my Command: Ramesh Answers To Surfers Queries". Chitraloka.com. 9 November 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2001.

[10] "ಹಂಸಲೇಖ ಗರಡಿಯ ಸೇನಾಪತಿ". Vijaya Karnataka. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[11] "Amruthavarshini (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

[12] "- YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[13] Rajitha (1997). "Love, murder, guilt, revenge". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[14] "Amruthavarshini review". Chirag Entertainers. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2009.

[15] "45th Filmfare South Best Films Winners". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[16] "45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[17] "45th Annual Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[18] "Deva won Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director Award". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[19] "Fresh approach to sensitive themes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[20] "WHEN THE STARS DESCENDED ON CHENNAI..." Screen. Archived from the original on 13 May 1998. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[21] ನಾಗೇಂದ್ರ ತ್ರಾಸಿ (9 March 2012). "ಮುಸ್ಸಂಜೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅನು ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್ - ರಮೇಶ್ 'ತುಂತುರು'" [Anu Prabhakar - Ramesh 'Tunthuru' at dusk]. Webdunia. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

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+'''''Amruthavarshini''''' ({{translation|Rain of [[Amrita|immortal nectar]]}}) is a 1997 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[romantic drama film]] written, photographed and directed by [[Dinesh Baboo]]. It stars [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], [[Ramesh Aravind]] and [[Sarath Babu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/av.htm |title=Amruthavarshini |work=Chirag Entertainers |access-date=20 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724033955/http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/av.htm |archive-date=24 July 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Amrutha Varshini sequel in the works|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/amrutha-varshini-sequel-in-the-works/articleshow/65307384.cms|access-date=2021-10-11|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028142135/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/amrutha-varshini-sequel-in-the-works/articleshow/65307384.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nivedita Jain]] appears in a cameo role. It features Ramesh Arvind playing a negative role for which he was widely praised. The film revolves around the three central characters of a husband (Sharath), wife (Suhasini) and a friend (Ramesh) who intrudes into the couple's life and turns their life into tragic events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/romance-all-the-way-news-kannada-pcnjm5dcbfaai.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002175048/http://www.sify.com/movies/romance-all-the-way-news-kannada-pcnjm5dcbfaai.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2016|title=Romance all the way!|website=[[Sify]]|date=13 February 2015}}</ref>
-The film was produced by Bharathi Devi under the banner Chinni Chitra. Upon release, the film was declared a musical blockbuster hit with all the songs of the soundtrack composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] becoming evergreen hits. The songs of the film continue to be favorites among the Kannada audience. The film was one of the highest grossers at the box-office for the year 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/n-chandrashekhar-america-america-demolishes-kannada-film-making-myths/1/274271.html|title = N. Chandrashekhar's 'America! America!' demolishes Kannada film-making myths}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/sep/11amrit.htm|title=Love, murder, guilt, revenge|publisher=Rediff|author=Rajitha|date=1997}}</ref> The film was awarded with multiple [[Karnataka State Film Awards|State Awards]] and [[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Awards]], particularly for the story and acting.
+Upon release, the film was declared a blockbuster hit with all the songs of the soundtrack composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] becoming evergreen hits.<ref name="N"/> The film was one of the highest grossers at the box-office for the year 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/n-chandrashekhar-america-america-demolishes-kannada-film-making-myths/1/274271.html|title=N. Chandrashekhar's 'America! America!' demolishes Kannada film-making myths|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904033928/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19970616-n-chandrashekhar-america-america-demolishes-kannada-film-making-myths-830244-1997-06-16|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was awarded with multiple [[Karnataka State Film Awards|State Awards]] and [[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Awards]], particularly for the story and acting.
 The film was subsequently dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with same title name and in Tamil as ''Uyirinum Melaaga''.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/01/14/stories/09140222.htm {{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In [[Malayalam]], the film was remade as ''[[Mazhavillu]]'' (1999) by the same director.
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
-Hemanth and Veena are a happily married couple with Hemanth working for an advertisement firm. One day, Abhishek Bharadwaj, a poet and Hemanth's childhood friend, visits them. Abhishek is depressed due to the death of his girlfriend, Shruti due to cancer. Shruthi had made Abhishek promise that he will marry another girl after her death. Abhishek becomes obsessed with Veena as she has a strong resemblance to Shruthi. Hemanth learns of this but doesn't reveal it to Veena. He takes Abhishek to a cliff and ask him to change his mind and return home but Abhishek tries to kill him by letting their jeep hit him which causes him to fall off the cliff. Abhishek does not try to save him even though he could have, when Hemanth was hanging off the cliff. Hemanth's automatic camera captures the whole episode. When Veena accidentally sees those pictures, she understands what really happened that day. She pretends to have moved on and suggests that she is ready to share her life with Abhishek. She asks him to take her to the cliff where Hemanth died as it was his long cherished dream to take photos from the cliff. She confronts him, revealing that she knows what had happened and shows him the pictures of that day. She then kills her self by leaping from the cliff, in front of Abhishek, as a revenge.
+Hemanth heads an advertising firm and is happily married to Veena. His childhood friend and poet Abhishek Bharadwaj visits him and stays with the family for a while. Abhishek is [[Depression (mood)|depressed]] due to the death of his girlfriend, Shruti, due to cancer. Before her death, Shruthi had asked Abhishek to promise her that he would marry another girl after her death. A prolonged stay at Hemanth's leads to Abhishek becoming obsessed with Veena due to her strong resemblance to Shruthi. Hemanth learns of this but does not reveal it to Veena.
+A few days later, the three, together with employees of Hemanth's firm, take a trip to [[Kodaikanal]]. Abhishek happens to drive Hemanth to a cliff by an [[Mahindra Major|off-road vehicle]] for the latter to photograph the sunset. Once there, Hemanth chides Abhishek over his advances towards Veena and asks him to return home before things worsen. However, Abhishek, in an attempt to kill him, puts the vehicle's gears on neutral hoping it would run him down the cliff. Hemanth survives the hit but is left hanging off the cliff, but is not saved by Abhishek.
-==Cast==
-* [[Ramesh Aravind]] as Abhishek Bharadwaj
+Veena is distraught over her husband's death. Friends of Hemanth request Abhishek to stay with Veena at her residence until she recovers. However, Veena learns of Abhishek's intentions and confides in her friend, Dr. Vimala. She has also got hold of the [[Negative (photography)|negatives]] from her husband's [[Motor drive (photography)|motorised camera]] and [[Photographic developer|develops]] them only to find that all of her husband's final moments were captured, including Abhishek watching on as he asked for help. However, she pretends to have moved on and suggests that she is ready to share her life with Abhishek and announces before her friends that she would marry him. A day later, she asks him to take her to the cliff where Hemanth died as it was his long-cherished dream to take photographs from there. Once there, she confronts and reveals that she knows what transpired on that fateful day before handing over a trembling Abhishek the developed photographs. She then kills her self by leaping from the cliff, in front of him, as a revenge.
-* [[Suhasini]] as Veena Hemanth
-* [[Sharath Babu]] as Hemanth
+== Cast ==
-* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] as Vimala
+{{cast listing|
+* [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]] as Veena<ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/aug/06/sequel-to-1997-film-amrutha-varshini-in-the-making-1854220.html|title=Sequel to 1997 film 'Amrutha Varshini' in the making|date=6 August 2018|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|first=A.|last=Sharadhaa|access-date=5 December 2023|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205081435/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/aug/06/sequel-to-1997-film-amrutha-varshini-in-the-making-1854220.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
+* [[Sharath Babu]] as Hemanth<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/the-top-5-films-of-sarath-babu/|title=The top 5 films of Sarath Babu — across South film industries|first1=Y. Krishna|last1=Jyothi|first2=Shashiprasad|last2=S. M.|work=South First|date=23 May 2023|access-date=5 December 2023|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205080739/https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/the-top-5-films-of-sarath-babu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+* [[Ramesh Aravind]] as Abhishek Bharadwaj<ref name="N"/>
 * [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]] as Janakiram
-* [[Nivedita Jain]] in a guest appearance as Shruthi
+* [[Nivedita Jain]] as Shruthi (cameo)
+* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] as Vimala
-* [[Sathyapriya]] as Abhi's mother
+* [[Sathyapriya]] as Abhishek's mother
 * [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]] as Ranganna
-* [[Vinayak Joshi]] as Kodaikanal Tourist Guide Peter
+* [[Vinayak Joshi]] as Peter, tourist guide in Kodaikanal (uncredited)
+}}
+==Production==
+[[Dinesh Baboo]] prepared the story in 1979. In 1987-88, he met [[Suhasini Maniratnam]] and narrated the story of ''Amruthavarshini''; however, that meeting ended up in the film ''[[Suprabhatha]]'' (1988). Suhasini called Dinesh Baboo while he was in Kerala about producer Jayashreedevi, who was looking for a director-cum-cinematographer for their next venture. Baboo did not like the director's script and he told her the story of ''Amruthavarshini''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘ಅಮೃತವರ್ಷಿಣಿ’ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ 25 ವರ್ಷ: ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು |url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/25-years-of-amrutha-varshini-interesting-facts-about-suhasini-ramesh-aravind-starrer-dinesh-baboo-directorial-film/articleshow/89200434.cms |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Vijay Karnataka |language=kn |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030044415/https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/25-years-of-amrutha-varshini-interesting-facts-about-suhasini-ramesh-aravind-starrer-dinesh-baboo-directorial-film/articleshow/89200434.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ramesh Aravind]]'s character had very few lines and had to convey his expressions through his eyes and face.<ref name="C">{{Cite web|url=http://chitraloka.com/english/stock_shots/ramesh_inter.html|title=Audience’s Entire Wish is my Command: Ramesh Answers To Surfers Queries|date=9 November 2001|work=[[Chitraloka.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011109180924/http://chitraloka.com/english/stock_shots/ramesh_inter.html|archive-date=9 November 2001}}</ref> Due to his challenging character, Ramesh Aravind had a headache after the climax and felt exhausted for the next scene.<ref name="C"/> Palani Senapathy made his debut as a sound designer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/gossip/palani-d-senapati/articleshow/54953802.cms|title=ಹಂಸಲೇಖ ಗರಡಿಯ ಸೇನಾಪತಿ|date=21 October 2016|work=Vijaya Karnataka|access-date=28 June 2024|archive-date=28 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628170232/https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/gossip/palani-d-senapati/articleshow/54953802.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Soundtrack==
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-[[Deva (composer)|Deva]] composed the music for the film and the soundtracks, with lyrics of the soundtracks penned by [[K. Kalyan]]. The album has nine soundtracks.<ref>{{cite web |title= Amruthavarshini (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url= https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/amruthavarshini-original-motion/id603037053 |publisher= iTunes |date= |accessdate= 21 August 2014}}</ref> The male version of the song "Tunturu" appears for only 30 seconds in the movie&nbsp;— after climax during the end credits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KayRZIj7KkQ | title=- YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
+[[Deva (composer)|Deva]] composed the music for the film and the soundtrack, with lyrics of the tracks penned by [[K. Kalyan]]. The soundtrack album has nine tracks.<ref>{{cite web |title= Amruthavarshini (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url= https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/amruthavarshini-original-motion/id603037053 |publisher= iTunes |date=  |accessdate= 21 August 2014 |archive-date= 7 September 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140907070514/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/amruthavarshini-original-motion/id603037053 |url-status= live }}</ref> The male version of the song "Tunturu" appears for only 30 seconds in the movie&nbsp;— after climax during the end credits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KayRZIj7KkQ | title=- YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] | access-date=26 June 2016 | archive-date=19 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019135817/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KayRZIj7KkQ | url-status=live }}</ref>
-{{tracklist
+{{track listing
 | headline = Tracklist
 | extra_column = Singer(s)
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 | extra1 = [[K. S. Chithra]]
 | length1 = 5:21
-| title2 = [[Ee Sundara]]
+| title2 = Ee Sundara
 | lyrics2 =
 | extra2 = K. S. Chithra, [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
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-==Awards and honors==
+== Reception ==
+A critic from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' wrote that "What appears in print to be a trite, thrice-told tale reveals, on celluloid, an ability to grip, to carry the viewer along on a tide of emotions ranging from the soft through the turbulent into the increasingly darker shades. And a lot of the credit goes to the three major performers, with Suhasini showing no sign of rust from her layoff. What is interesting is the way the film -- by no means a whodunit, because you know right at the outset that Arvind is the culprit -- keeps you nailed, your sympathies oscillating between Arvind and Suhasini till the very end".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/sep/11amrit.htm|title=Love, murder, guilt, revenge|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|author=Rajitha|date=1997|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-date=3 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603164906/http://www.rediff.com/movies/sep/11amrit.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
-* It won the Arya Bhata Award and was also screened at the Indian Panorama Festival<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/AVreview.htm |title=Amruthavarshini review |work=Chirag Entertainers |access-date=5 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025145346/http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/AVreview.htm |archive-date=25 October 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+==Awards==
+* It won the Arya Bhata Award and was also screened at the Indian Panorama Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/AVreview.htm |title=Amruthavarshini review |work=Chirag Entertainers |access-date=5 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025145346/http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/AVreview.htm |archive-date=25 October 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
 * [[Filmfare Award for Best Film&nbsp;– Kannada]] 1997 - B. Jayashree Devi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestFilmsWinners|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205065518/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestFilmsWinners|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-05|title=45th Filmfare South Best Films Winners}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestMusicDirectors|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205071128/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestMusicDirectors|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-05|title=45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors}}</ref>
 * [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor&nbsp;– Kannada]] 1997 - [[Ramesh Aravind]]
 * [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director&nbsp;– Kannada]] 1997 - [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/45thAnnualFilmfareBestKannadaMusicDirector|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205071917/https://archive.org/details/45thAnnualFilmfareBestKannadaMusicDirector|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-05|title=45th Annual Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/DevawonfilmfarebestkannadamusicdirectorAmruthavarshini|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205073809/https://archive.org/details/DevawonfilmfarebestkannadamusicdirectorAmruthavarshini|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-05|title=Deva won Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director Award}}</ref>
-* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Karnata State Film Awards&nbsp;— Amrutha Varshini |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/E9447519F20B26DF65256941001E4B68 |accessdate=2012-11-29 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/E9447519F20B26DF65256941001E4B68?OpenDocument|title=Fresh approach to sensitive themes|work=The Hindu|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214153031/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/E9447519F20B26DF65256941001E4B68?OpenDocument|archive-date=14 February 2008}}</ref>
 * [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor]] - Kemparaj
 * [[Screen Awards|Screen Award for Best Actress]] (Kannada) – [[Suhasini Maniratnam]]<ref>{{cite web |title=WHEN THE STARS DESCENDED ON CHENNAI... |url=http://expressindia.com/screen/apr17/south1.htm |website=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |access-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980513013706/http://expressindia.com/screen/apr17/south1.htm |archive-date=13 May 1998}}</ref>
+==Legacy==
+The song "Tunturu" inspired a 2018 film of [[Tunturu (film)|the same name]] also starring Ramesh Aravind.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kannada.webdunia.com/kannada-cinema-news/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81-112030900018_1.htm|title=ಮುಸ್ಸಂಜೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅನು ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್ - ರಮೇಶ್ 'ತುಂತುರು'|trans-title=Anu Prabhakar - Ramesh 'Tunthuru' at dusk|work=Webdunia|date=9 March 2012|author=ನಾಗೇಂದ್ರ ತ್ರಾಸಿ|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>
 ==References==
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 {{Dinesh Baboo}}
+{{Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada}}
 [[Category:1990s Kannada-language films]]
+[[Category:1990s Indian films]]
 [[Category:1997 films]]
 [[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]