Ekangi is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Rai, with Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an experimenter grew, having erected a house of ₹ 80 lakh exclusively for the film and spending heavily in filming song sequences, an unusual trend in Kannada cinema during the time.[1] It was also the first in Kannada and second Indian film to employ SFX sound system.

EkangiDirected byRavichandranWritten byRavichandranScreenplay byRavichandranStory byRavichandranProduced byRavichandranStarring

Ravichandran

Ramya Krishna

Prakash Rai

CinematographyG. S. V. SeetharamEdited byShyam YadavMusic byRavichandran

Production
company

Eshwari Enterprises

Release date

21 March 2002

Running time

130 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageKannada

The film received warm reviews from film critics and won five awards at the 2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards including the award for Second Best Film and Best Actor (Ravichandran). It was an ambitious project, but failed to succeed at the box-office, even though following the audience's hostile response after its theatrical release, almost 20 scenes were re-shot and re-edited before re-releasing it with censor acceptance. Ravichandran was said to have suffered a loss of ₹ 2 crore owing to the film's commercial failure.[2]

CastEdit

Ravichandran as Ravi

Ramya Krishna

Prakash Rai

Vanitha Vasu

Sridhar

Soori

Master Vinay

M. N. Suresh

Prakash

Ramesh Bhat

Sadhu Kokila

Mandya Ramesh

Master Santhosh

ProductionEdit

For the film, a multi-storeyed glass house was built. Built just for the film at a cost of ₹ 80 lakh, [3] it was an unusual experiment by the director and producer Ravichandran at the time, considering that a similar house was erected even for Ravichandran's previous film O Nanna Nalle. Close to 80% of the film's scenes were filmed in the house.[4][5] EFX sound system was employed in the film for the first time in Kannada cinema and second overall.

Following the film's first theatrical release and a hostile response from the audience, close to 20 scenes of the film were re-shot and re-edit before giving it a re-release, a first of its kind in Kannada cinema.[6]

SoundtrackEditEkangiSoundtrack album by 

Ravichandran

Released2001GenreFeature film soundtrackLength48:21LabelJhankar MusicRavichandran chronologyO Nanna Nalle
(2002)Ekangi
(2001)Kodandarama
(2002)

Ravichandran composed the film's background score, soundtracks and also wrote the lyrics for the tracks. The album consists of nine soundtracks.[7] The album was released in late 2001, in Davangere, at an event.[8]

Track listingNo.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length1."Banna Bannada Loka"RavichandranShankar Mahadevan5:082."Ee Chitte Thara Banna"RavichandranL. N. Shastry5:543."Hudugi Superamma"RavichandranSuresh Peters, Anupama, Rajesh Krishnan4:544."Nannane Kele Nanna Pranave"RavichandranHariharan5:505."Nee Madid Thappa"RavichandranRajesh Krishnan11:186."Nee Yekangiyagamma"RavichandranMadhu Balakrishnan4:407."Once Upon a Time"RavichandranSonu Nigam4:158."Ondu Nimisha"RavichandranS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram4:479."Ekangi Theme"RavichandranInstrumental1:35Total length:48:21

Critical receptionEdit

The album was received well by critics upon release. But, for the lyrics, the album received appreciation. Amritamati S. of The Music Magazine reviewed the album and called it, "Symphonic grandeur on dumb lyrics". She added writing credits to the solo violin, guitar bits and the piano play among other highlights of the album. She concluded writing, "The quality of recording is excellent. Full marks to the string ensemble, and to the other instrumentalists. But you will be disappointed if you look for poetry, or even the street-smart variety of verse that Hamsalekha specialises in."[8]

AwardsEdit

Karnataka State Film Awards 2001-02

Best Film - V. Ravichandran

Best Actor – V. Ravichandran

Best Music Director – V. Ravichandran

Best Sound Recording – L. Sathish

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Rajesh Krishnan

AftermathEdit

Having suffered from huge losses after the film failed commercially, Ravichandran took the blame for the film's failure. In an interview with Deccan Herald in December 2004, speaking of the film's failure, he said "it shattered him mentally and physically."[9] The failure of the film influenced him hugely and his style of filmmaking.[10]

ReferencesEdit

^ "Veterans still hold the key". The New Indian Express. 14 March 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

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