| Abhi | |
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| Directed by | Dinesh Babu |
| Written by | Dinesh Babu |
| Produced by | Parvathamma Rajkumar |
| Starring | Puneeth Rajkumar Ramya |
| Cinematography | Dinesh Babu |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | Poornima Enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Box office | 16 crore[1] |
Abhi is a 2003 IndianKannada-languageromanticaction comedy film written & directed byDinesh Babu and produced byParvathamma Rajkumar under Poornima Enterprises. The film starsPuneeth Rajkumar in the titular role, withRamya, making her debut inKannada cinema.[2]Dr. Rajkumar sang a song for the film composed byGurukiran.[3] The film was remade in Telugu asAbhimanyu, withNandamuri Kalyan Ram reprising Puneeth Rajkumar's role and Ramya reprising her role in the Telugu version.
Abhi was released on 25 April 2003 and became a commercial success at the box office.[1]
Abhi, a college student inBangalore, meets aMuslim girl Bhanu as her relatives are staying in Abhi's rental house. Abhi and Bhanu get to know each other and begin a relationship. Bhanu's father Mohammed Khan learns about this and gets shocked and enraged upon learning Abhi's identity. Mohammed Khan arrives in Bangalore to search for Abhi, finds him at the college and begins to attack him. Abhi does not agree with Khan's behaviour and brutally thrashes Khan in the college but stops after learning that Khan is Bhanu's father.
Khan vacates the house, and they all leave forHubli. Abhi and his friends head to Hubli and manage to talk with Bhanu. Bhanu's grandmother advises Abhi to leave the house immediately as Khan and his men will be coming back from themosque after the prayer. Abhi asks Bhanu's grandmother about the reason why Khan tried to kill him earlier, and she tells him to ask his mother Janaki. Abhi returns home and reveals details about Khan to Janaki. Janaki reveals to Abhi that she is his adopted mother and his real parents are Ruksana Bano and Joseph.
Ruksana and Joseph fell in love, eloped and got married, but theirinter-religion marriage was not accepted by Khan and his father Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Khan and Abdul Ghaffar Khan learnt about Ruksana and Joseph's location, where they brutally killed them and were about to kill an infant Abhi, but the local people arrived and saved Abhi from danger. When many people were hesitant to adopt Abhi, Janaki adopted Abhi as her own son and they left forBangalore for a new life.
Learning this, Abhi decides to breakup with Bhanu for Janaki's sake. Bhanu also learns about Abhi's past from her grandmother, where she also decides to breakup with Abhi for her family's sake. Bhanu meets Abhi and the two breakup with each other. Khan assumes that Bhanu ran away to marry Abhi and tries to kill him, but Abhi defeats Khan. Bhanu's grandmother advises Khan to stop his cruelty. Khan realizes his mistake and allows Bhanu to marry Abhi.
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| Released | June 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mama Mama Maja Madu" | Hamsalekha | Puneeth Rajkumar | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Sum Sumne" | Bangiranga | Udit Narayan,Sowmya Raoh | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Ee Nanna Kannane" | K. Kalyan | Udit Narayan,Mahalakshmi Iyer | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Vidhi Baraha" | K. Kalyan | Dr. Rajkumar | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Bittaku Guru" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Shankar Mahadevan,Chetan Sosca | 4:45 |
Chitraloka.com wrote "The redeeming feature of this film is the mixture. A right film at the right time from equally right banner!."[4]Viggy wrote that "One can say, film Abhi in general, exceeds Puneet's earlier filmAppu in all respect, Good film to watch."[5]
