Shanti Shanti Shanti

Two siblings live with their father who refuses to give them money to pursue their goals. They befriend Raju, a poor man, who promises to help them achieve their dreams.

• Abbas as Raju
• Madhavan as Siddhartha
• Prema as Suzy
• Prakash Raj as Ganga Prasad
• Satish Shah as Anantha Murthy
• Sumithra as Raju's aunt
• Sudha Belawadi as Bank Manager
• Avni as Shanthi

The director of the film, T. B. Srinivas, an erstwhile assistant director to Mani Ratnam, collaborated with former state cricketer Sanjay Desai, a distributor and theatre-owner, to produce a film on the youngsters of Bangalore and the idea soon started the film. Srinivas claimed he was inspired by two incidents — the kidnapping of a rich businessman by young thugs from Uttar Pradesh who were attracted by Bangalore's reputation as a fast-growing city with rich men and relaxed cops and the case of four city girls running away for a week with a man who promised to help them fulfill their ambitions — in order to write the story.[3][4][5]

The film became the first Kannada film for prominent cinematographer P. C. Sreeram whilst noted composer Sandeep Chowta was the music director. The film was notable for becoming the first Kannada language film to have a website for the film. The move happened on the initiative of the director, T. B. Srinivas, although the practice failed to set a trend in the industry.[6]

The Music Was Composed By Sandeep Chowta.

Upon release, the film became a financial failure for the producers. However, after the success of Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey (2000) in which this film's supporting actor Madhavan, played the lead role, producers opted to dub the film into Tamil as Relax.[7][8] The Tamil version featured songs from Alaipayuthey in Madhavan's scenes.[9] Actress Avni was given the stagename of Harini for the Tamil version, while composer Sandeep became Swaraj.[10] Both lead actors threatened legal action, with Madhavan unhappy that a film in which he portrayed a supporting role would hamper his career in Tamil films, whilst Abbas was unhappy that the promoters were ignoring him. He also threatened action claiming that the producers owed him money.[11][12]

• Shanti Shanti Shanti at Jointscene