Premier Padmini (film)

Premier Padmini is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed and written by Ramesh Indira. The film marks the debut of television personality, Shruti Naidu as the producer under her home banner Shruti Naidu Chitra. The film features Jaggesh, Madhoo, Sudharani, Hitha Chandrashekar and Vivek Simha in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes H. G. Dattatreya, Bhargavi Narayan and Pramod.

The technical crew members for the film include Arjun Janya as the music composer, Advaita Gurumurthy as the cinematographer, Rajendra Urs as the editor.

The film launched in early March 2018 and released across theaters in Karnataka on 26 April 2019. The film was premiered on 29 September 2019 in Zee Kannada.

Controversy
The movie borrowed heavily from Kannada author Vasudhendra's short story without giving any credits or soliciting his permission.

Cast

 * Jaggesh as Vinayak
 * Madhoo as Shruti
 * Sudharani as Spandana
 * Pramod as Nanjundi
 * Vivek Simha as Sumukha
 * Hitha Chandrashekar as Ranjani
 * H. G. Dattatreya as Vinayak's neighbour
 * Ramesh Indira as Rajesh
 * Bhargavi Narayan
 * Aishwarya Baspure as Pragathi

Soundtrack
Arjun Janya has scored the soundtrack and score for the film. The album consists of four songs and according to Janya, as per the film's script he has composed Carnatic and Hindustani classical fusion songs apart from a traditional folk song and a romantic song.