Close to 80% of the film's scenes were filmed in the house. Built just for the film at a cost of ₹ 80 lakh, it was an unusual experiment by the director and producer Ravichandran at the time, considering that a similar house was erected even for Ravichandran's previous film O Nanna Nalle. įor the film, a multi-storeyed glass house was built. Ravichandran was said to have suffered a loss of ₹ 2 crore owing to the film's commercial failure. It was an ambitious project, but failed to succeed at the box-office, even though following the audience's hostile response after its theatrical release, almost 20 scenes were re-shot and re-edited before re-releasing it with censor acceptance. The film received warm reviews from film critics and won five awards at the 2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards including the award for Second Best Film and Best Actor ( Ravichandran). It was also the first in Kannada and second Indian film to employ SFX sound system. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an experimenter grew, having erected a house of ₹ 80 lakh exclusively for the film and spending heavily in filming song sequences, an unusual trend in Kannada cinema during the time. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Rai, with Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. Ekangi is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran.
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