Aakasmika
Aakasmika (transl. Unexpected) is a 1993 Indian Kannada language action thriller film directed by T. S. Nagabharana. The film stars Rajkumar, Geetha and Madhavi. The film was based on Ta Ra Su's trilogy Aakasmika – Aparadhi – Parinama thereby becoming the second Kannada movie to be based on three novels, the first being 1973 movie Naagarahaavu which incidentally was based on three novels of the same writer.
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| Directed by | T. S. Nagabharana |
| Written by | Ta Ra Su |
| Screenplay by | T. S. Nagabharana |
| Produced by | S A Govindaraju |
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| Cinematography | S. V. Srikanth |
| Edited by | P. Bhaktavatsalam |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
Production company | Sri Nirupama Combines |
| Distributed by | Sri Vajreshwari Combines |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The movie was produced by S. A. Govindaraju and has music and lyrics written by Hamsalekha. The film opened to packed houses across Karnataka for many months and won many awards and critical acclaim. The film was highly successful at the box office. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks. At the age of 64, Rajkumar won his 8th Filmfare Award in Best Actor Category. The song Huttidare is still considered one among the top Kannada songs.
Nagabharana had revealed that Shiva Rajkumar was supposed to be the hero of this movie, but after listening to the script and at the insistence from Chi. Udayashankar , it was decided that it should be made with Rajkumar.And accordingly script was modified.