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SMS 6260

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SMS 6260
Poster
Directed bySundeep Malani
Written byDialogues:
Sandeep Malani
Mohan Shankar
Dilip Malani
Screenplay byDilip Malani
Story bySundeep Malani
Produced byPrahalad Arasu
Janu Arasu
StarringDiganth
Janu
CinematographyM. Selvam
Edited bySanjeeva Reddy
Music byMichael Dayao
Dr. Ravi Dattatreya
Lokesh-Prakash
Release date
  • 2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)
CountryIndia
LanguagesKannada
English

SMS 6260 is a 2007 Indian Kanglish-language drama film directed by Sundeep Malani and starring Diganth and Jahnavi. The film was released to mixed reviews and ran for fifty days.[1]

Cast

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  • Diganth as Roshan
  • Janu as Janu
  • Danny as Krishna
  • Rahul as Karan
  • Arjun as Mahesh
  • Loy as Lal
  • Prithvi as Prithvi
  • Amithananda as Jay Darling
  • Smrti as Tina
  • Karen as Chrissy
  • Sony as Tressy
  • Dattanna
  • Jayalakshmi
  • R. G. Vijayasarathy in a guest appearance

Production

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The film is directed by Sundeep Malani, who worked as an associate director for Miss California (2006) also starring Diganth and Janu.[2] The film's lead characters talk to each other through SMS.[1] The film was shot in thirty-five days.[citation needed] The film also features dialogues spoken in Bengali, Kodava, Gujarati, Hindi, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Tulu.[3] The film was shot in Bangalore, Mangalore and Mysore.[4]

Soundtrack

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The songs are composed by Michael Dayao. Dr. Ravi Dattatreya and Lokesh-Prakash each composed one song each. The song "Nodamma Hudugi" from Premaloka (1987) was reused in the film.[4]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kannada Thayiya Madilalli"Nagendra PrasadNarayanan Ravindranarhan, K. S. Chithra2:10
2."Lovers Rhyme"Michael DayaoMichael Dayao3:02
3."Nodamma Hudugi"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Latha Hamsalekha5:13
4."Shiradi Saibaba Sthuthi"Dr. Jumna Dhanapati0:34
5."The Beautiful You"Alex YakolevGregory Cortsev, Elena Sylantieva5:55
6."This Is Me"Michael DayaoMichael Dayao2:56
7."This Is Me (Club Mix)"Michael DayaoMichael Dayao3:22
8."SMS 6260"Instrumental1:00
9."Kannada Thaayiya Madilali"Nagendra PrasadNarayanan Ravindranarhan, Eshwar Prakash, Sandeep Malani, K. S. Chithra5:33
Total length:29:45

Reception

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A critic wrote that "It's a must watch for all the IT sector&software professionals, College youngsters and the class audience - not to forget, the kids of 6 years to the cross over of 60 years too".[citation needed] Film critic R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Totally SMS 6260 can be a film for the new generation, though qualitatively it could have been improvised".[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Viju (5 April 2007). "News headlines". Daijiworld Media. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. ^ "'SMS' for fun and frolic..." Viggy. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. ^ "New age film SMS 6260 to hit theaters in February of 2007". Business of Cinema. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  4. ^ a b Vijayasarathy, R. G. (13 February 2007). "First Look: SMS 6260". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. ^ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (6 March 2007). "SMS 6260 Kannada Movie review". IANS. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022 – via Nowrunning.
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