Love

<p>The story is about the romantic relationship between Vicky and Ganga that begins from and then travels to . Tragedy starts with Jai Jagadish and ends with Saligrama Oberoi. Ganga, who mistakes Vikram to be a womaniser, understands his character when he saves her from a fire accident. They become lovers, but things change when a mysterious woman enters their lives. made his debut with the film, as a taxi driver. The film was shot in locations such as and , a month long shoot was conducted in from November 2003. Mohanlal joined the film in November in Dubai. The film was written, directed and produced by . His son made his acting debut with the film in the leading role. The music of the film was composed by veteran music composer , making his debut in Kannada cinema. The makers also used ‘s jingle was featured in the original soundtrack album and reused for another four similar tunes in the movie. Telugu dubbed version is titled . The Malayalam dubbed version was titled . was released on 9 July 2004. The film was dubbed and released in as and in as . The reviewer for called the film “a disappointing fare” and criticized its plot. Of the acting performances, they wrote, “Actingwise, Adithya has put in good efforts. There is nothing much to say about Rakshitha’s performance as she has done similar roles earlier. Arun Sagar in the role of Amrish Puri’s son is wasted.” The reviewer concluded writing, “Camerawork gets noticed particularly in Banaras and Dubai desert scenes. Anu Malik’s musical score has nothing new. The only songs by A R Rahman’s were good.” wrote “This is a big budget film shot in the picturesque locales of Varanasi, Dubai and other exotic locations on a lavish scale. The songs, cinematography and actions are well conceived but the director has not given any importance to the story which is predictable and banal”.</p>