Tananam Tananam
Tananam Tananam is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic musical film directed and written by Kavitha Lankesh. The film has Ramya and Rakshita teaming up together for the first time, and introduces Shaam, a Tamil actor, to Kannada cinema. The film was produced by N. M. Suresh and based on a Tamil short story written by Kalki. The film released on 24 November 2006 to average and negative feedback from critics. The film eventually failed to live up to the initial hype and the director's reputation at the box-office. Despite the failure, the film won two  Filmfare Awards in Best Actress and Best Lyricist categories. Noted violinist L. Subramaniam was hired to play violin bits in the film. The film premiered at International Film Festival of India upon release. Plot. Vanaja (Ramya) loves Shankar (Shaam), but he loves Bhavani (Rakshita), an actress from a travelling theatre group. When Bhavani turns him down, Shankar turns to alcohol and becomes a victim of a tragedy. Production. Bangalore based Tamil actor Shaam was cast as the hero while the leading Kannada actresses Ramya and Rakshita were cast as the heroines. Kavitha Lankesh also admitted that the story was inspired  from a Tamil short story penned by Kalki. The classical music notes that comes in the film scenes have been tuned by acclaimed violinist L. Subramaniam. Girish Karnad was cast as Ramya's father. Soundtrack. The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by K. Kalyan. The title track won him the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Kannada for the year 2006. Release. A critic from "Rediff" gave the film a rating of one-and-half out of five stars and stated that "But halfway through "Tananam Tananam", you realise Kavitha Lankesh has derailed the story, and nothing  really works in favour of the film". "The Hindu" gave the film a negative review and cited that "nothing is right about "Tananam Tananam"". Tananam