SMS 6260

SMS 6260
SMS 6260
	VCD cover
Directed by	Sundeep Malani
Written by	Dialogues:; Sandeep Malani; Mohan Shankar; Dilip Malani
Screenplay by	Dilip Malani
Story by	Sundeep Malani
Produced by	Prahalad Arasu; Janu Arasu
Starring	Diganth; Janu Arasu; Arjun; Smrti; Kiran; Badri; Danny; Karan; Karen; Sony;
Cinematography	M. Selvam
Edited by	Sanjeeva Reddy
Music by	Michael Dayao; Dr. Ravi Dattatreya ; Lokesh-Prakash
Release date	2 February 2007;
Country	India
Languages	Kannada; English

SMS 6260 is a 2007 Indian^[a] drama film written and directed by Sundeep Malani. The film features an ensemble cast of Diganth, Janu, Arjun, Smrti, Kiran, Badri, Danny, Karan, Karen, and Sony. The film was released to mixed reviews and ran for fifty days.^[2]

Cast

Diganth Manchale as Roshan
Janu as Janu
Arjun as Mahesh
Smrti as Tina
Kiran Srinivas as Kiran
Badrinath Krishnamurthy as DJ Badri
Danny as Krishna
Karan as Karan
Karen as Chrissy
Sony as Tressy
Loy as Lal
Prithvi as Prithvi
Dattanna as Dattanna
Jayalakshmi as Sarojamma
Amithananda as Jay Darling

Production

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

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Michael Dayao, which features some English songs. 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.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kannada Thayiya Madilalli"	Nagendra Prasad	Narayanan Ravindranarhan, K. S. Chithra	2:10
2.	"Lovers Rhyme"	Michael Dayao	Michael Dayao	3:02
3.	"Nodamma Hudugi"	Hamsalekha	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Latha Hamsalekha	5:13
4.	"Shiradi Saibaba Sthuthi"	—	Dr. Jumna Dhanapati	0:34
5.	"The Beautiful You"	Alex Yakolev	Gregory Cortsev, Elena Sylantieva	5:55
6.	"This Is Me"	Michael Dayao	Michael Dayao	2:56
7.	"This Is Me (Club Mix)"	Michael Dayao	Michael Dayao	3:22
8.	"SMS 6260"	—	Instrumental	1:00
9.	"Kannada Thaayiya Madilali"	Nagendra Prasad	Narayanan Ravindranarhan, Eshwar Prakash, Sandeep Malani, K. S. Chithra	5:33
Total length:				29:45

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka.com 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".^[5] 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".^[6]

Notes

^ Although the film's CBFC certificate states that the film is Kannada, much of the film is in English.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "New age film SMS 6260 to hit theaters in February of 2007". Business of Cinema. Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Viju (5 April 2007). "News headlines". Daijiworld Media. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ "'SMS' for fun and frolic..." Viggy. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ ^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.
^ CNB (26 February 2007). "SMS6260 CLASS FILM: Sundeep Excels: Film Review :SMS6260". Chitraloka.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008.
^ 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.

External links

SMS 6260 at IMDb

[2] Although the film's CBFC certificate states that the film is Kannada, much of the film is in English.^[1]

[B-1] "New age film SMS 6260 to hit theaters in February of 2007". Business of Cinema. Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[D-3] Viju (5 April 2007). "News headlines". Daijiworld Media. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[4] "'SMS' for fun and frolic..." Viggy. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[R-5] Vijayasarathy, R. G. (13 February 2007). "First Look: SMS 6260". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[6] CNB (26 February 2007). "SMS6260 CLASS FILM: Sundeep Excels: Film Review :SMS6260". Chitraloka.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008.

[7] 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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