^ "Kannada Music - MusicIndiaOnline - Indian Music for Free!".^ "Sampath Raj joins Yogaraj Bhat's Drama".Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. ^ "Yogaraj Bhat's Drama begins on Jan 18".Vijay Prakash for "Thund Haikla Sahavasa"ĭrama was premiered in USA. Accolades CeremonyĢnd South Indian International Movie Awards The film went on to become one of the highest grossers of 2012 by completing 100 days of run and grossing ₹20 Crore against its ₹4 Crore budget and was declared as a Blockbuster. Box office ĭrama got a good opening upon release. Chitraloka rated as spicy taste of masala. Bharatstudent reviewed as Passable entertainer, can be watched once. Last but not least, there is a message in the film." IBN live reported 'Drama' is a film that genuine Kannada film audience can not miss. Rediff gave the film 3/5 rating and concluded saying, "(the film) is worth a watch for all the entertainment the young team gives us." Prakash Upadhyaya of Oneindia gave the film three out of five stars and commented, "Hilarious one-liners, romantic songs and a little bit of philosophy.
DNA gave the film three and a half star rating praising the acting and the technical departments. Harikrishna - Nominated -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Singer Male' Category ĭrama received generally positive reviews from film critics upon its release.
Yogaraj Bhat - Won -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Lyricist' category for the song 'Bombe Adsonu'.Sonu Nigam - Won -The Bangalore Times Film Awards for 'The Best Playback Singer Male' category for the song 'Chendutiya Pakkadali'.Harikrishna - Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada category Yogaraj Bhat - Won - Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada category for the song 'Bombe Adsonu'.The audio album was released in the end of September, 2012 and was well received. Drama is produced by Jayanna and Bhogendra. S Krishna, who previously worked on Mungaru Male, conducted camera work. V Harikrishna scored the music and background score. He was again replaced by Tamil actor Sampath Raj. Hindi and Marathi cinema actor Atul Kulkarni was picked for the negative role after Prakash Rai, who was the original choice for the role. Rockline Sudhakar as Chandrika's fatherĪfter the moderate success of Paramathma, the last venture of Yogaraj Bhat, this was the second project for the production house, Jayanna Combines.Suchendra Prasad as College Principal Shalivahana.