Preethigagi is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by S. Mahendar and starring Murali and Sridevi Vijayakumar. It is a remake of the 1997 Malayalam film Aniyathipraavu. The plot is of a love story between a boy and a girl, whose relationship is not approved by their families, who eventually elope.
Cast
Murali as Sanju
Sridevi Vijaykumar as Mili
Ramakrishna as Sanju's father
Bhavya as Sanju's mother
Jayanthi as Mili's mother
Avinash as Rajeev
Chithra Shenoy
Doddanna
Mukhyamantri Chandru
Shobaraj as Venkat
Srujan Lokesh as Mili's brother
Preethi
Amrutha
Master Anand as Sanju's friend
Nagashekar
Bank Janardhan
Honnavalli Krishna
Karthik Sharma
Production
Ramu agreed to produce the film although he usually does not produce any remake films. In order to get tax exemption, the film was released ten years after the original film.
Soundtrack
S. A. Rajkumar composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The track "Ennai Thalatta" from the Tamil version was reused as "Kanninalli". The track "Ee Preethi" was reused from composer's own Tamil track "Pirivondrai" from Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001) while "Ananda" was reused from composer's another own Tamil track "Rosapoo" from Surya Vamsam. The album consists of eight tracks.
Reception
A critic from Sify wrote that "Director S.Mahender has nothing new to offer story wise and could have stuck to village based films that he is famous for". A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Preethigaagi is enjoyable for those who haven't seen the original".