Kokila (film)
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Kokila is a 1977 Kannada language film starring Kamal Haasan
in the lead role of the protagonist. The movie also stars Mohan
as Kamal's friend along with Roja Ramani
and Sobha. This was directional debut for Balu Mahendra
. It was also remade into Hindi
as Aur Ek Prem Kahani
in 1996.
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
in the lead role of the protagonist. The movie also stars Mohan
Mohan (actor)
Mohan is a popular Kollywood actor. He hails from the Udupi district of Karnataka. He derived his name Kokila Mohan after debuting in a film called Kokila, which starred Kamal Haasan in the lead role. He considers Balu Mahendra as his mentor...
as Kamal's friend along with Roja Ramani
Roja Ramani
Roja Ramani is a South Indian movie actress who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. She was a child star in her debut movie Bhakta Prahlada , and was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s. She has acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam movies...
and Sobha. This was directional debut for Balu Mahendra
Balu Mahendra
Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema...
. It was also remade into Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
as Aur Ek Prem Kahani
Aur Ek Prem Kahani
Aur Ek Prem Kahani is a 1996 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by famed Cinematographer, Balu Mahendra. The film became the debut of several Southern stars, Ramesh Aravind, Sudhir Ahuja, and Heera Rajgopal. Co-starred the film were Revathi Menon and Akshay Anand...
in 1996.
Awards and honours
- Best screenplay from the Government of KarnatakaGovernment of KarnatakaThe Government of Karnataka is a democratically elected body with the Governor as the constitutional head. The Governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers...
. - National Award for best Cinematography in Black and White for the year 1977.
- This film was screened in the International Film Festival of India then known as Filmotsav78 in Chennai.
- The film was not only a hit in Karnataka but also was a super hit in Tamil Nadu, Madras in particular, that too in its original language Kannada without being dubbed to Tamil and also in Andhra Pradesh.
- In 1980 this film run for more than 140 days in ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, this record is yet to be broken by any other Kannada film for the past 28 years.
Trivia
- Kamal Haasan didn't know Kannada at that time but dubbed in his own voice.
- This was also the debut film of actor Mohan, who later became a successful actor in Tamil.
- People from 5 industries were a part of this film; Kamal Haasan and Balu Mahendra (Tamil), Roja Ramani (Telugu), Mohan (Kannada), Shoba (Malayalam) and Salil Choudhry (Bengali).