Shabdavedhi

Shabdavedhi ಶಬ್ದವೇಧಿ
File:Shabdavedhi movie poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	S. Narayan
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Written by	Vijay Sasanur
Starring	Rajkumar Jayapradha K.S. Ashwath Sowcar Janaki Umashri
Music by	Hamsalekha
Cinematography	R. Giri
Edited by	S. Manohar
Distributed by	Sri Bhargavi Arts Combines
Release dates	2000
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Shabdavedhi (Kannada: ಶಬ್ದವೇಧಿ ) is a Kannada film directed by S. Narayan and produced by Sri Bhargavi Arts Combines. The film, released in 2000 starred Rajkumar, Jayapradha, K. S. Ashwath, Sowcar Janaki, Umashree in lead roles. The music was composed by Hamsalekha.

This film marked the last acting venture of the celebrated actor Rajkumar. The movie is based on a novel by Vijay Sasanur.

Plot

Shabdavedi is about Sandeep (Rajkumar), a strict police officer crusading against narcotics. The man is so straight that when his wife Jaya Prada refuses to reveal the identity of a key link in the drug ring that he is investigating, he beats her in lockup. Eventually he overcomes all the usual attempts to throw him off the chase like tarnishing his reputation and implicating him in lock-up death cases and tracks the ring down to its last man.

Cast

• Rajkumar as Sandeep
• Jayaprada
• K.S. Ashwath
• Sowcar Janaki
• Mukhyamantri Chandru
• Umashri
• Bhavanishankar
• Umesh
• Shobhraj
• Guru Dutt
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Daali
• Karibasavaiah
• Rajeev

Production

This film has its credit as the comeback film of Rajkumar after almost six years. Theis was the first time that S. Narayan, age of 35 directed a film starring the legendary actor. The film was shot locations such as K R Circle in Bangalore, Abhiman Studio on the city's outskirts, Rama Mandira in Rajajinagar, Kashmir. Mysore's police commissioner Kempaiah has given guidance for star's uniforms in the movie.

The producer of the film had originally planned to have Bhanupriya as the female lead, but she was living abroad having married then. Jayaprada was then chosen as the female lead actor

Soundtrack

Shabdavedhi
Soundtrack album by Hamsalekha
Released	1999
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	31:48

Hamsalekha composed the music for the film and the soundtracks. The album has six soundtracks.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Prema Kashmira"	Rajkumar, Chithra	5:20
2.	"Oh Gelathi"	Rajkumar, Chitra	5:16
3.	"Thayare Thayare"	Rajkumar, Chitra	5:10
4.	"Namma Yejamamrau"	Rajkumar, Manjula Gururaj	5:33
5.	"Baaro Baaro Sri Krishna Baro"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:12
6.	"Janarindha"	Rajkumar	5:17
Total length:			31:48

Reception

Shabdavedhi, Rajkumar’s comeback film had received mixed reviews from various critics. But, the film was a commercial hit with fans flocking the cinemas from day one of the release. Tickets were being sold in black for 10 times the actual price.