Ravi Shastri (film)

Ravi Shastri is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by M. S. Rajashekar and M. R. Raghavendra. It is a remake of the Tamil film Idhu Namma Aalu (1988) and stars Ravichandran and Sneha, in her Kannada cinema debut.

Cast

 * Ravichandran as Ravi Shastri
 * Sneha as Bhanu
 * Ananth Nag as Narayana Dixit
 * Umashree
 * Doddanna
 * Karibasavaiah
 * Vinaya Prasad
 * Mandya Ramesh
 * Bank Janardhan

Production
The film was initially titled Brahmana. The film completed shooting by mid-2006.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Rajesh Ramanath. Cricketer Ravi Shastri, who shared his name for this film, was to come for the audio launch but did not show up because he was not paid inr 500000.

Reception
R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com opined that "Ravi Shashtry has a strong message to convey, but it unfortunately ends up being an ordinary film". A critic from Sify wrote that "This remake of K.Bhagyaraj classic Idhu Namma Aal from Tamil lacks the Kannada milieu and flavour. Director M.S.Rajashekhar could have made the film more racy and entertaining, which would have appealed to the masses".