Dilwala

Dilwala
Directed by	Anil Kumar
Produced by	Shailendra Babu
Written by	Anil Kumar
Screenplay by	Anil Kumar
Story by	Anil Kumar
Starring	Sumanth Shailendra; Radhika Pandit; P. Ravi Shankar
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	Sudhakar
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Production; company	Shailendra Productions
Release date	4 October 2013 (India); ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Dilwala (Kannada: ???? ???) is a 2013 romantic drama Kannada film directed by Anil Kumar (Dilwala Anil). The film stars Sumanth Shailendra and Radhika Pandit in lead roles. Shailendra Babu is producing this film which is backed with Arjun Janya's music and Sudhakar's cinematography.

Shot at the scenic locales of Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty and Dubai for two songs, the film speaks about a campus romance between a village farmer girl and a rich brat boy. The film received average response from the critics and performed above average at the box-office with the first weekend collections of up to ?3.7crores.

Cast

Sumanth Shailendra as Prem
Radhika Pandit as Preethi
Ravishankar
Jai Jagadish
Sharath Lohitashwa
Bullet Prakash

Production

After the debacle of his debut film Aata (2011), actor Sumanth Shailendra with the help of his producer father Shailendra Babu teamed up with director - writer Anil Kumar for a romantic entertainer. The producer signed on the talented actress Radhika Pandit to play the female lead. Arjun Janya was roped in to compose the music while Anil Kumar's previous associate Sudhakar was made to handle the cinematography.

The first schedule of the filming began on 16 December 2012 and continued for a week including a scene at Hyderabad outdoor spot. Rest of the filming took place in Ooty, Mysore, Bangalore and the team left for Dubai to shoot two songs. A huge set was erected on the streets of NICE road near Bangalore spending about ?30Lakhs. The film released at around 100 cinema halls across Karnataka.

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Arjun Janya. The lyrics for the songs were written by director Anil Kumar himself along with Yogaraj Bhat and Ananda Priya.^[5]

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ontu Hoda"	Yogaraj Bhat	Arjun Janya	03:58
2.	"Heng Hengo"	Anil Kumar	Kailash Kher, Priya Himesh	03:59
3.	"Heegeke"	Anil Kumar	Harsha Sadananda, Arjun Janya	02:57
4.	"Jaadhoo"	Ananda Priya	Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal	04:51
5.	"Kaigondu"	Anil Kumar	Tippu	05:09
6.	"Arare Arare"	Ananda Priya	Vijay Prakash, Saindhavi	04:47