Chandrodaya

<p>Divya succumbs to family pressure and marries Sunil Kumar. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Divya reminisces her tragic past with her former lover and ultimately comes to terms with her new marriage. Filming took place in and . Four song sequences for the film were shot in Mysore and its vicinity in December 1998. scored music for the film including its soundtracks in addition to writing its lyrics. The soundtrack album constitutes six tracks. Srikanth Srinivasa, reviewing the film for , called the film “fairly decent” and wrote, “The film could have been easily trimmed in the dull first half. Music is mediocre by Hamsalekha’s standards, except for the song … Director S Mahendar has faltered in the fight sequences of the film.” He further wrote, “Ramesh is controlled and wooden as his character demands. Prema is pleasing and endearing as ever. Prema has put up a spirited performance. However, Ramesh looks jaded in the fight sequences that have been done badly. Shiva Rajkumar is wasted and so is Doddanna.” S. Shiva Kumar wrote in , “Director Mahender is catching up on the Tamil classics of the ’80s. So, after a rehash of ‘s , it’s Mani’s . Mahender takes his job seriously and even the simplest of shots have the same camera angle. The most impressive aspect is that he doesn’t tamper with the original and tries to use his imagination. If you haven’t seen the original, this is not bad at all and is several notches above what’s being served today It would have been much better if Mahender had used the original background score by Ilayaraja which was superb”. Y Maheswara Reddy of wrote, “Director Mahendar has taken every care to make it watchable by bringing out all the talent of the artists in this film”.</p>