# Apoorva (2016 film)

Apoorva is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Ravichandran who also composed the music. The movie stars V Ravichandran and Mysore-based actress Apoorva. The film will see Vijay Raghavendra and his wife playing the role of Ravichandaran's son and daughter-in-law. Actor Sudeepa has also done a special role in the movie. The crux of the film is a love story which takes place between a 61-year-old man and 19-year-old girl. The film was declared a flop at the box office.

## Plot

Rajshekhar (Ravichandran) is a 61 year old painter and married by circumstances to his manager's daughter. They have a son but marriage is not that normal type. Rajshekhar for past 40 years goes in to a mall and do painting. One bad day when he goes in his bag is used as vehicle of getting weapons in to mall by terrorist (Sudeepa) gang for kind of terrorist activities. The picturisation of this act is so new that the viewer only listen to it from inside elevator where the Rajshekhar and Apoorva (Apoorva) are stuck. By end of the mall elevator episode the Apoorva falls in love with the Rajshekhar. He will also announce his love story to the family. He will come to meet the Apoorva who is a TV anchor where he learns that she has a boyfriend and she refuse to accept Rajshekhar as his lover.

## Cast

* V. Ravichandran as Rajashekar
* Apoorva as Apoorva
* Vijay Raghavendra as Vijay Raghavendra, Rajashekar's son
* Pavitra Lokesh as Rajashekar's wife
* Sudeepa as a terrorist (guest appearance; also voiceover)
* P. Ravi Shankar as a terrorist (guest appearance; also voiceover)
* Prakash Raj as Rajki (photo presence; also voiceover)
* Spandana Vijay Raghavendra as Vijay Raghavendra's wife (guest appearance)
* Tara (voiceover)
* Sadhu Kokila (voiceover)
* Rangayana Raghu (voiceover)

## Production

Most of the film is shot in a lift at Ravichandran's residence who altered it just to shoot for the Movie. Ravichandran expects this movie to be better than Premaloka. The movie contains quotes about love such as "Death, a reason to love. Love, a reason to die", "The world does not matter to the person who has fallen in love", etc.

## Soundtrack

The audio rights of the film was bought by Lahari Music for ₹72 lakh, a record deal in Kannada film industry. The deal was finalised on 1 January 2015.
The audio of the film was released on Valentine's Day. The audio launch was exclusively telecast on Udaya TV and featured top stars of Kannada industry. Prior to the launch, Ravichandran revealed, "Each song from Apoorva will be launched by celebrities including Shivarajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Upendra, Darshan, Puneeth Rajkumar, Ganesh and Yash. Sudeep has already worked in the film and will host the launch with me," and added, "I want everybody to enjoy Valentine’s Day with us and make it a special day of love. Everyone should get ready for this special musical treat and Valentine date with Apoorva."
All lyrics are written by V. Ravichandran

## Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics.
Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India rated the film two out of five stars and wrote, "The film has the trademark Ravichandaran touch, when it comes to showcasing the new girl Apoorva. But, it does not give the same old romance that he is famous for. Instead, here's mature wine, with also talks philosophy." Shyam Prasad S of Bangalore Mirror gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and opined that "a small but good story buried under the glamorous garbage. The story is worthy of a 30-minute short film and, if you manage to sit through the almost two-and-a-half hours of Apoorva, it is a cumbersome task to distill the story out." Shashiprasad SM of Deccan Chronicle gave the film a negative review and wrote that "The actress Apoorva is not what we all have been seeing in Ravichandran's film and the other disheartening fact is that the debutant can hardly act."