Krishna Leela (2015 film)

Krishna Leela
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shashank
Produced by	Ajai Rao
Screenplay by	Shashank Raghu Kovi
Story by	Shashank
Starring	Ajai Rao Mayuri Kyatari Rangayana Raghu
Music by	Sridhar V. Sambhram
Cinematography	Shekhar Chandra
Edited by	Naveen Raj
Production company	Sri Krishna Arts and Creations
Distributed by	Shankar Enterprises Ram Jagadish Films Anand Kumar Om Sai Release
Release dates	20 March 2015
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Krishna Leela (Kannada: ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಲೀಲಾ) is a 2015 Indian Kannada romance film written directed by Shashank and produced by Ajay Rao, making his debut at production under the Shree Krishna Arts and Creations banner. Besides Rao, the film features Mayuri Kyatari, making her film debut and Rangayana Raghu in pivotal roles.

The film released on 20 March 2015 to positive reviews by critics. It completed the 100 days run successfully across Karnataka in about 15 cinema halls.^[1]

Cast

• Ajai Rao as Smile Krishna
• Mayuri Kyatari as Flower Leela
• Rangayana Raghu as a police inspector
• Shobhraj
• Dharmendra Urs
• Achyuth Kumar as Krishna's father
• Tabla Nani
• Bullet Prakash
• Sadhu Kokila
• Suchendra Prasad
• Mico Nagaraj
• Vijay Chendur
• Sharada
• Lakshmi Raj
• Shwetha Srinivas
• Anusha
• Chikkahejjaji Mahadev
• Shivakumar Aradhya
• Umesh Thalya
• Auto Nagaraj
• Sindhu Lokanath in a cameo appearance as Sindhu

Soundtrack

Krishna Leela
Soundtrack album by Sridhar V. Sambhram
Released	November 2014
Recorded	good film
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Kannada
Label	Anand Audio

Sridhar V. Sambhram scored the film's background music and composed for its soundtrack, who also wrote the lyrics for the track "Pesal Man". Shashank, Sri Harsha, Shiva Thejasvi and Sai Sarvesh penned lyrics for other tracks. The soundtrack album consisting of six tracks in total featured actors Upendra and Puneeth Rajkumar singing a track each.^[2] The track "Muttlilla Murililla" drew flack due to its controversial lyrics.^[3]

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Phonammangu Simmappangu"	Shashank	Upendra
2.	"Pesal Man"	Sridhar V. Sambhram	Puneeth Rajkumar
3.	"Muttlilla Murililla"	Sri Harsha	Naveen Sajju
4.	"Mathaadro"	Shiva Thejasvi	Shashank Sheshagiri
5.	"Krishna Calling"	Shiva Thejasvi, Sai Sarvesh	Tippu, Apoorva Sridhar
6.	"Kaadiruve Ninagagi"	Shashank	Shreya Ghoshal

Awards and nominations

Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
IIFA Utsavam 2015	Best Picture	Sri Krishna Arts and Creations	Nominated	[4] [5]
	Best Director	Shashank	Nominated
	Best Performance In A Leading Role – Male	Ajay Rao	Nominated
	Best Performance In A Leading Role – Female	Mayuri Kyatari	Nominated
	Best Performance In A Supporting Role – Male	Rangayana Raghu	Nominated
	Best Performance In A Supporting Role – Female	Lakshmi Raj	Won
	Best Performance In A Comic Role	Achyuth Kumar	Nominated
	Best Performance In A Negative Role	Dharmendra Urs	Nominated
	Best Music Direction	V. Sridhar	Nominated
	Best Lyrics	Shashank (for "Kadiruve Ninagagi")	Nominated
	Best Playback Singer - Male	Tippu (for "Krishna Calling")	Nominated
	Best Playback Singer - Male	Shashank Sheshagiri (for "Maathaadro")	Nominated
	Best Playback Singer - Female	Apoorva Sridhar (for "Krishna Calling")	Nominated
Karnataka State Film Awards 2015	Best Family Entertainer	Shashank	Won	[6]
	Best Screenplay	Shashank Raghu Kovi	Won
	Best Music Director	V. Sridhar	Won

References

1. Krishna Leela 50
2. "Puneeth song in Krishna Leela". Indiaglitz. 23 October 2014.
3. "Shashank cross limit". Indiaglitz. 23 December 2014.
4. "'Srimanthudu', 'Rangitaranga' win laurels at IIFA Utsavam". The Indian Express. 27 January 2016.
5. "Srimanthudu and Rangitaranga dominate IIFA awards". The News Minute. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
6. Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List

External links

• Krishna Leela at the Internet Movie Database