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Speaking on casting him, Upendra said he was drawn by Shiva's "powerful brownish-shaded eyes" and wanted to "make full use of it". Shiva had till then portrayed roles predominantly of a romantic hero in his then career of 8 years. Rajkumar also agreed to produce the film and handed an amount of ₹50,000 over to Upendra the same day. Impressed by the story narrated by Upendra in a span of ten minutes using newspaper cuttings of oil mafia to elaborate on the subject, Rajkumar gave the go-ahead and Shiva was signed as the male lead. Varadappa, Rajkumar's brother, who invited Upendra and him over to their house in Bangalore. However, later, eager to cast Shiva Rajkumar in the role, Upendra approached actor Honnavalli Krishna in 1994, and persuaded him to speak the matter over to Shiva's father and actor, Rajkumar. Having given the film a working title as Satya, Upendra initially decided to cast Kumar Govind as the eponymous lead, who he had previously collaborated with, in Shhh!. Alongside, he developed the storyline and wrote a screenplay with the plot taking sequences of flashback, which he said "took another form" at the end of completion. He began working as a dialogue writer and songwriter in Kannada cinema during the time, and the first half of the 1990s saw him direct two films, Tharle Nan Maga (1992) and Shhh! (1993). He said he was "disappointed" on learning that the screenplay of 1989 film Siva had a similar storyline to what he had written. He also revealed that had always wanted make a film on organized crime and mafia, based on real-life incidents. Drawing inspiration from it, he drafted the first part of the story, that he subsequently developed, although incompletely. Purushottam, a friend of Upendra, brought to him a letter written by someone that caught his attention. Speaking on a talk show, Weekend with Ramesh in 2014, on how he developed the story for Om, Upendra said he wrote a part of the story during his days in college in the late-1980s. Sriraksha Shivakumar as Geetha, Madhuri's friend.Vikram Udayakumar as the police inspector.Murali Mohan as Harish, Madhuri's brother Manohar as Chennakeshava, Editor-in-chief of Krantiveera Honnavalli Krishna as a press photographer.Upasane Seetharam as Sreekantha shastri, Satya's father.
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On the occasion of completion of 25 years, Upendra had revealed that the core plot of the movie was based on a real-life person - Satya who was his brother's friend. The movie has released 30 times in Kapali theatre, Bangalore which is a record. This film has a Limca record for re-releasing more than 550 times. It remains a cult classic film in Kannada cinema with a dedicated fan following among audience owing to its re-release every two weeks. The film became a successful venture at the box office and was declared an industry hit. It made a pre-release business of around 2 crores. The movie which was made under a budget of around 70 lakhs was the costliest film for Dr.Raj banner at that time. Bollywood's 1998 blockbuster Satya shares many similarities with Om, including the fact that both dealt with criminal underworlds and protagonist's characterization and name in both the movies were same: Satya. UP gangster Vikas Dubey was reported to be an ardent fan of Arjun Pandit. The movie was unofficially remade in Hindi as Arjun Pandit. Hamsalekha was also the music director of the Telugu remake and retained the songs from this movie in the Telugu version. Om was remade in Telugu as Omkaram (1997) starring Dr.Rajshekar and Prema which was also directed by Upendra. Gowrishankar and Shashikumar handled cinematography and editing respectively. The soundtrack was composed by Hamsalekha who also wrote the lyrics for all songs. The rest of the film is about Satya leaving the rowdyism. The film's plot revolves around Satya, son of a priest who becomes a gangster after his lover framed him in a murder. The film was notable for its exposure of Bangalore's criminal underworld. Shivanand, Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles with real-life gangsters - Bekkina Kannu Rajendra, Tanveer, Korangu Krishna and Jedaralli Krishnappa - portraying the role of gangsters in a small but important portion of the movie. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Prema with Srishanthi, G. The film was produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar under the production company Sri Vajreshwari Combines. Om, stylized as ॐ, is a 1995 Indian Kannada-language crime drama film written and directed by Upendra.
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