A (1998 Kannada film)
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| Directed by | Upendra |
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| Written by | Upendra |
| Screenplay by | Upendra |
| Story by | Upendra |
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| Music by | Gurukiran |
| Cinematography | H. C. Venu |
| Edited by | T. Shashikumar |
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Uppi Entertainers
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| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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Running time
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148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹3.2 crore or US$490,000 in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹63 crore or US$9.8 million in 2016) |
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Soundtrack cover
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| Soundtrack album by Gurukiran | |
| Released | 3 February 1998 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 24:01 |
| Label | Lahiri Music |
A is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language psychological romance film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra and Chandini as the lead couple. It tells the love story between a film director and an actress which is narrated through multiple flashbacks within flashbacks and reverse screenplay. The film deals with dark truths of the film world like the casting couch. Due to the reverse screenplay, some audience members watched it multiple times to understand the story. The opening sequence of the movie reminds of Jean-Paul Sartre's short story "Erostratus", found in 1939 collection of short stories The Wall.
Upon release, A collected more than ₹20 crore at the box office. The movie was dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh. The film was remade in Tamil as Adavadi. It was Gurukiran's first film as a music director. Upendra won the Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor (1998) and Gurukiran won the Udaya Film Award for Best Music Director (1998).
A foreign woman, Marina, wants to distribute the unreleased controversial film A directed by Soorya. However the censor board permits only twenty random minutes to be screened and the climax is censored to such an extent that it no longer made any sense. She suggests its producers to re-shoot the film. However, Soorya is not in a position to participate in the film's shoot as he became a drunkard after actress Chandini, who debuted with his film, rejects his love. Soorya's family is unable to meet their ends after he stops directing films. Lost in her thoughts, he wanders near her house every night drunk, only to be expelled by her henchmen.
On one of such nights, Soorya is badly beaten up and is admitted to a hospital by Marina and team. There, one of Soorya's former assistant directors explain Soorya's past to Marina. Soorya was a successful director who had no feelings, especially for a woman's love. After his current female lead fails to act properly, he casts Chandini after a chain of events. Initially, Soorya rejects Chandini's love, but after frequent run-ins, and days of pursuit, Soorya falls in love with her madly. He later meets a rich and busy Chandini, who lives in a big bungalow and as the mistress of a wealthy married businessman. She defends herself saying that Soorya's views on materialistic world influenced her to give priority to money over everything else after her father's death. He tries to explain her that she is wrong, but is expelled.
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