Krishnan Love Story

Krishnan Love Story (ಕೃಷ್ಣನ್ ಲವ್ ಸ್ಟೋರಿ) is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Shashank and stars Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit in the lead roles, alongside Umashri, Achyuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha and Kaddipudi Chandru in supporting roles. The music was composed by Sridhar V. Sambhram.

Krishnan Love Story was released on 18 June 2010 to positive reviews from critics and became a box office success. The film was remade in Bengali in 2018 as Piya Re by Surinder Films.

Cast

 * Ajay Rao as Krishna
 * Radhika Pandit as Geetha
 * Umashree
 * Achyuth Kumar
 * Sharan
 * Pradeep Bogadi as Narendra
 * Pavan Benaka
 * P. N. Sathya
 * Rithesh
 * Kempegowda
 * Master Rakesh
 * Master Manju
 * Harsha
 * Ashok rao
 * Kaddipudi Chandru as Chandru, Geetha's brother
 * Shashank
 * Padmaja Rao
 * Lakshmi Hegde
 * Ninasam Ashwath
 * Jadi Akash
 * Yogesh; special appearance in Mosa Madalendu Neenu

Soundtrack
Sridhar V. Sambhram composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The lyrics for the soundtrack was written by V. Sridhar, Yogaraj Bhat, Jayant Kaikini and Shashank. The album consists of eight tracks.

Critical response
The Times of India gave 4/5 stars and wrote "With excellent screenplay and brilliant narration, director Shashank has chosen an emotionally-filled romantic story." Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of Rediff gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Krishnan Love Story is worth a one time watch." B S Srivani from Deccan Herald wrote "Krishnan Love Story is the perfect tale for the current monsoon." Bangalore Mirror wrote "Shashank manages to create interesting characters, but the room for them to grow remains limited. He pays great attention to character details, but fails to bring them together in the right proportions."

Box office
The film opened to a good response and ran successfully across Karnataka. It has completed 150 days.