Ee Bandhana

Ee Bandhana (transl. This Romantic Bond) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language drama film written, directed and co-produced by Vijayalakshmi Singh. This marks her debut directorial project. It stars Vishnuvardhan and Jayapradha. While Darshan, Ananth Nag, Tara, Sharmiela Mandre, Tarun Chandra and Jennifer Kotwal form the rest of the ensemble cast. The movie was produced by Jai Jagadish for Dakshath Combines.

Ee Bandhana
Poster
Directed byVijayalakshmi Singh
Story byB.R. Chopra
Achala Nagar
Satish Bhatnagar
Ram Govind
Shafiq Ansari
Based onBaghban by Ravi Chopra
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAjay Vincent
Edited byB. S. Kemparaju
Music byMano Murthy
Production
company
Dakshath Combines
Release date
  • 21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

The film is a remake of Hindi film Baghban (2003) which was an unofficial adaptation of the 1937 Hollywood movie Make Way for Tomorrow which had earlier inspired the 1958 Kannada movie School Master.[1] The music is scored by Mano Murthy and all the songs were received well. The film met with positive response from the critics.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Mano Murthy.[2] The audio album was released in September 2007 and was well received.[3] The songs "Lets Dance" and "Adhe Bhoomi" were hits.

Ee Bandhana
Soundtrack album by
Mano Murthy
ReleasedSeptember 2007 (2007-09)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LengthAnand Audio[4]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chanda Nanna Chandramukhi"Jayanth KaikiniUdit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam05:35
2."Adhe Bhoomi Adhe Bhanu (Part 1)"Jayanth KaikiniSonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal05:27
3."Banna Banna"V. Nagendra PrasadKunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan04:16
4."Ugadi Ugadi"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Nanditha04:46
5."Lets Dance Mathe Mathe"KavirajRajesh Krishnan, Chaitra H. G.07:47
6."Adhe Bhoomi Adhe Bhanu (Part 2)"Jayanth KaikiniSonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal05:27

Release and reception

The film was schehudlded to release on 9 November 2007,[5] but it was delayed.

Ee Bandhana received generally positive reviews from film critics upon its release. The lead actors Vishnuvardhan and Jayapradha were garnered with best performances by all the critics. Darshan's special appearance was also lauded by most of the critics. Actors Ananth Nag and Tara too got critical appraisals for their portrayals. Sify.com rated the movie 3 stars and declared the film as "above average".[6] Rediff.com lauded the technical team's effort and rated 3 out of 5 stars and commented that the film is "worth watching".[7]

Awards
  1. Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Kannada - Tara

References
  1. "E Bandhana review. E Bandhana Tamil movie review, story, rating". Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. "Ee Bandhana movie songs". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "'Yee Bandhana' Vs 'NNJ'". Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. "Drama audio releasing soon". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. R. G. Vijayasarathy. "Ee Bandhana, Kannada's Diwali gift". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. "Movie Review : E Bandhana - Sify". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
  7. "Ee Bandhana is worth watching". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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