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{{Infobox film
| name = Idu Entha Premavayya..!
| image = Idu Entha Premavayya.jpg
| alt =
| caption = OTT thumbnail
| native_name = 
| director = [[Kodlu Ramakrishna]]
| writer = Purushottham Kanagal (dialogues)
| screenplay = Kodlu Ramakrishna<br />K. V. Raju<br />[[Joe Simon (director)|Joe Simon]]
| story = Kodlu Ramakrishna
| based_on = 
| producer = Basavaraj Sogaladh<br /> Anand B. Sogaladh <br /> Sangayya C. Panchkatti Matt
| starring = {{plainlist|*[[Ramesh Aravind]]
*[[Chippy Renjith|Shilpa]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = B. S. Basavaraj
| editing = Basavaraj Urs
| music = [[Gurukiran]]
| studio = Shri Vaibhavalakshmi Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1999|4|28}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Idu Entha Premavayya..!''''' ({{Translation|What kind of love is this..!}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Kodlu Ramakrishna]] and starring [[Ramesh Aravind]] and [[Chippy Renjith|Shilpa]]. The film's plot is inspired by the Hindi film ''[[Kaamchor]]'' (1982), which itself was a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Subhodayam]]'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vbyDwAAQBAJ&dq=Idu+Entha+Premavayya&pg=PA1023-IA1|title=BollySwar: 1991 - 2000|first=Param|last=Arunachalam|page=1023|publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |isbn=978-81-938482-1-0 }}</ref>

The film follows Arun, a lazy man, marries Apoorva, a rich woman, for her money. However, she discovers his true intentions and leaves him, making him realise his mistake and try to win her over again.<ref name="N"/>

==Plot==
Arun has been an aimless and lazy slacker all his adult life, and has no goals for his future. He lives with his brother, sister-in-law, and nephew Santhosh. On one occasion, he gate crashes one of his brother's supervisor's friend's wedding ceremony and finds out that the would-be groom is to live with his in-laws. To Arun's delight, he finds out that the bride Aparna has an unmarried sister Apoorva. They both are the daughters of a rich industrialist, [[Karanam]] Sadashiva Rai. Friendship develops between Arun and Apoorva and she helps him get a job in her father's company. Later Arun convinces her father, and marries her.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Ramesh Aravind]] as Arun
*[[Chippy Renjith|Shilpa]] as Apoorva
*Charulatha as Aparna
*[[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] as [[Karanam]] Sadashiva Rai
*[[Jai Jagadish]] as Aparna's husband
*[[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as Arun's brother
*[[Kunigal Nagabhushan]] as Sadashiva Rai's friend
*[[Dingri Nagaraj]] as Naga
*[[Padma Vasanthi]] as Arun's sister-in-law
*Master Santhosh as Santhosh
* Shivadhwaj
* Shrishailan
* M. S. Karanth
*[[R. G. Vijayasarathy]] as [[Search Warrant]] Officer (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT2cHpzDroo&t=6089s|title=Idu Entha Premavayya Kannada Full Movie {{!}} Ramesh Aravind {{!}} Shilpa {{!}} Romantic Kannada Movie|date=21 October 2016|work=Superhit Kannada Movies HD|access-date=15 April 2016|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
}}

==Production ==
The film was initially titled ''Idu Entha Premaa'', and was the debut production of Shri Vaibhavalakshmi Pictures. One of the film's producers, Sangayyapanchkatti Matt, used to work as a correspondent at [[Samyukta Karnataka]].<ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/762F8FD883257EA365256940004B7BC2?OpenDocument|title=The film's moral is money|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=7 February 1999|via=cscsarchive.org|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

This was [[Ramesh Aravind]]'s first film to feature him wearing a cap. This was [[Kodlu Ramakrishna]]'s first film to have a court scene, and his first film to be shot outside of Bangalore after a song was canned in [[Ooty]]. Two scenes were shot at a temple in [[Banashankari]]: the scene where Ramesh Aravind chases a production boy and the scene where he tells jokes to [[Chippy Renjith|Shilpa]].<ref name="N"/>

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Gurukiran]] and released under the Akash Audio music label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Premavayya-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B01BLHX4AS|title=Idu Entha Premavayya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|date=23 April 1999|work=[[Amazon Music]]|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> The title track "Yeneno Kanasu Kandalu", was notably written by a female: Asha Kadpatti from [[Belgaum]].<ref name="N"/>
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 28:42
| title1 = Andada Chandramancha
| lyrics1 =
| extra1 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]], Manjula Gururaj
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Bandaalo Bandaalo
| lyrics2 = [[Doddarangegowda]]
| extra2 = Mohammed Haneef, [[Nanditha (singer)|Nanditha]]
| length2 = 4:58
| title3 = Doctoru Aadarunu
| lyrics3 =
| extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Ninna Aasegale
| lyrics4 = D Bharath
| extra4 = [[K. S. Chithra]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]]
| length4 = 5:07
| title5 = Soniya O Soniya
| lyrics5 =
| extra5 = Gurukiran, [[Anuradha Sriram]], Shankar Shanbhag
| length5 = 4:45
| title6 = Yeneno Kanasu Kandalu
| lyrics6 = Asha Kadapatti
| extra6 = [[Dr. Rajkumar]]
| length6 = 5:03
}}

== Home media ==
A scene from this film was posted by [[Colors Kannada]] on 15 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ColorsKannadaCinema/videos/idu-entha-premavayya/2618623608408132/|title=ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕಿಂತ ರೆಟೈರ್‌ಮೆಂಟ್ ಬೆಟರ್ ಅಂತೆ!…|language=kn|work=[[Colors Kannada]]|via=[[Facebook]]|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> The film was telecast on [[Colors Kannada]] on 21 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/ColorsKannadaCinema/photos/a.324789711627138/1231045924334841/?type=3&locale=ms_MY|title=ರಮೇಶ್ ಅರವಿಂದ್ ಅಭಿನಯದ ಸೂಪರ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಇದು ಎಂಥಾ ಪ್ರೇಮವಯ್ಯ {{!}} ಇಂದು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 10ಕ್ಕೆ|date=21 July 2022|language=kn|work=[[Colors Kannada]]|via=[[Facebook]]|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|tt14814672}}

[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Gurukiran]]
[[Category:1999 Indian films]]
[[Category:1999 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Kannada remakes of Telugu films]]

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Saurabh pal at 02:40, 5 March 2026