Aptha is a 2011 Kannada film in the thriller genre starring Pooja Gandhi, Neeraj Sham in the lead roles . The film has been directed and written by Sanjeev Kumar and produced by Dharmalingam and Megoti Sanjeev Kumar . The film is released on 25 February 2011.
Synopsis
The film story is a thriller and is greatly inspired by Kamal Hassan's Sigappu Rojakkal.
Pooja Gandhi plays the role of a village girl who comes to city to learn music. Raghu Mukherjee plays the music teacher role. The story revolves around the lives of the teacher and student.
Srikanth (Srikanth), a son of a rich industrialist (Nassar), meets Preeti (Aakanksha Mansukhani), an Assamese girl, in a dance competition in Coimbatore, and falls in love with her. His initial intentions were to only steal a few kisses from her. Bound by guilt, he sets off on foot to Assam to meet her as promised. On his journey, he faces the realities of life as he meets various characters and witnessing incidents such as a farmer couple sharing their lunch with a 'kind' thief (Sadhu Kokila), and a cobbler (Rangayana Raghu), taking his disabled wife (Veena Sundar) on a pilgrimage to Kashi on a bullock-cart. Srikanth is moved on witnessing these.