10 years of ‘Simple Agi Ondh Love Story’: A film that gave birth to three stars

Entertainment By Shashiprasad S M March 8, 2023 Read the article

Simple Agi Ondh Love Story, released 10 years ago, ran houseful for several weeks and gave birth to not just one or two but three stars in the Kannada film industry.

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It marked the debut of director Sunil Kumar aka Simple Suni and helped its lead actors — Rakshit Shetty and Shwetha Srivatsav — rise to fame.

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“Simple Agi Ondh Love Story was decisive in many ways for all three of us,” Simple Suni told South First.

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Rakshit Shetty acted in a couple of movies as a lead actor, including Tuglak which earned him critical appreciation. However, he was eagerly looking for commercial success.

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Shwetha Srivatsav too had done a few projects as a supporting actor and a female lead but did not get the credit she deserved.

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Shwetha Srivatsav told South First, in an exclusive interview, that she never expected that Simple Agi Ondh Love Story would end up being such a massive hit.

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“I entered films after my marriage. I was honestly struggling to make a breakthrough despite being part of a few projects.”

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Shwetha Srivatsav also recalled how the innovative idea of exclusively shooting the trailer even before the film’s shooting commenced was a big game changer.

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“In our case, the first-day-first-show turned out to be houseful which happens rarely in any film industry,” director Simple Suni said, all smiles.

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