Birugaali

Birugaali
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	January, 2009
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Swarna Audio

Birugaali
Directed by	Harsha
Produced by	Adarsha Enterprises
Written by	Harsha
Starring	Chetan Kumar ; Sithara Vaidya ; Charisma Bharadwaj
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	H. C. Venu
Edited by	Deepu S. Kumar
Production; company	Adarsha Enterprises
Release date	6 February 2009;
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Birugaali (Kannada: ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ) is a 2009 Indian Kannada language action film written and directed by Harsha making his second directorial after Geleya. The film stars Chetan Kumar of Aa Dinagalu fame along with Sithara Vaidya, Charisma Bharadwaj and Tara in main roles.[1] The film featured the musical score by Arjun Janya which was received positively among the critics and masses.

The film released on 6 February 2009 across Karnataka with a U/A certification for its excessive violence content.[2] Upon release, the film generally met average reviews from the critics for its conventional script and audience.[3]

Cast

Chetan Kumar as Hacchi
Sitara Vaidya as Anju
Charisma Bharadwaj
Tara
Kishore
Mico Nagaraj
Sadashiva Brahmavar
Kuri Prathap
Rajendra Karanth as Anna Sait
K. D. Venkatesh

Production

The lead actor Chetan Kumar underwent a rigorous body building regime developing a six-pack abs for his role.[4] Director Harsha lauded his training skills at the audio launch and also told that the film would showcase his dancing skills which was not exhibited in his last film Aa Dinagalu. The film was shot in Greece locales for two songs and also included an under-water action scene.[5]

Soundtrack

The audio comprises a total of 7 original songs with 2 repeated tracks and one instrumental theme all composed by Arjun Janya. The audio launch took place at a Bangalore hotel in January 2009. Noted music director Gurukiran released the audio in the presence of entire film team [6]

The audio was received very positively and the songs "Madhura Pisumaatige" and "Hoovina Baanadante", both written by Jayanth Kaikini, earned maximum positive reviews and were on the top of the charts for many weeks. The songs were also nominated at various award functions of the year 2009.

All music is composed by Arjun Janya.

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Amma Amma"	Ranganath	Srinivas
2.	"Macchi Sacchi"	Shivananje Gowda	Shankar Mahadevan
3.	"Jo Jo Laali"	Ranganath	K. S. Chithra
4.	"Helbide Helbide"	Kaviraj, Mahesh Kumar	Jassie Gift
5.	"Idhu Nanna Kathe"	Harshapriya	Vijay Prakash, Hamsapriya
6.	"Hoovina Baanadante"	Jayanth Kaikini	Shreya Ghoshal
7.	"Madhura Pisumaatige"	Jayanth Kaikini	Mohit Chauhan, Shamitha Malnad
8.	"Amma Amma"	Ranganath	Arjun Janya
9.	"Helbide Helbide"	Kaviraj, Mahesh Kumar	Arjun Janya
10.	"Theme"	Instrumental	Arjun Janya

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada - Shamitha Malnad
Suvarna Film Award for Best Female Singer - Shamitha Malnad
South Scope Film Award for Best Music Director - Arjun Janya

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References

"Birugaali Cast & Crew". Entertainment One India. 2009.
"'U/A' for 'Birugali'". Indiaglitz. 9 January 2009.
"Birugaali: Old wine in old bottle!". Rediff. 9 February 2009.
"Chetan's makeover for Birugaali". Entertainment One India. 2009.
"Birugaali's USP : Chetan's Six-Pack Abs". Entertainment One India. 23 December 2008.
"Birugali audio launched". Sify.com. January 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.