Apthamitra
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| Directed by | P. Vasu |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Written by | Madhu Muttam |
| Screenplay by | P. Vasu |
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Manichitrathazhu by Madhu Muttam |
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| Music by | Gurukiran |
| Cinematography | Ramesh Babu |
| Edited by | N. P. Satish |
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Dwarakish Chithra
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹3 crore (US$450,000) |
| Box office | ₹45 crore (US$6.7 million) |
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| Soundtrack album by Gurukiran | ||||
| Released | 26 July 2004 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:42 | |||
| Language | Kannada | |||
| Label | Alpha Digitech | |||
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Apthamitra (English: Close friend) is a 2004 Indian Kannada psychological thriller film directed by P. Vasu, and starring Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Arvind, Soundarya, Avinash and others. This was actress Soundarya's last film. It is an official remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu.The movie was dubbed in Telugu as " Soundharya Chandramukhi ".The film ran for one year in the main theaters across Karnataka. Apthamitra was later followed by its sequel, Aptharakshaka (2010). The movie will be soon dubbed into Hindi.
Ramesh (Ramesh Arvind) and Ganga (Soundarya) are married couple who recently move into Mysore to buy an ancient palace, against the wishes of his uncles and elders (Dwarakish & Pramila Joshai) of the family. His uncle agrees to reside with them with his two daughters Vani and Rani, on one condition that the room on the first floor which is locked and sealed should not be visited by anyone in the family. They have their care-taker Rangajja (Shivaram) who lives in the outhouse with his granddaughter Sowmya (Prema).
During their stay in the house they come to know that this palace earlier belonged to Raja Vijaya Rajendra Bahaddur. He had a court dancer named Nagavalli from Andhra Pradesh, whom he was in love with. But Nagavalli had an illicit affair with a fellow dancer named Ramanatha, who used to reside in a house just behind the palace. When the Raja came to know of their affair on an Durgashtami day, he be-headed Dancer Ramanatha and burned Nagavalli alive. Nagavalli vowed at the time of her death that she would seek revenge of her death from the Raja by burning him alive on very same Durgashtami day, as like her.
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