"Track listing"@en . . . . . . "148.0"^^ . "1441.0"^^ . . "1114715021"^^ . . . . . . . . "13321"^^ . . . "yes"@en . . . "\u20B9 1.25 crores"@en . "L. N. Shastry"@en . "Idhu One Day Match"@en . "B. G. Manjunath"@en . . . . "Film poster"@en . "A is a 1998 Indian-Kannada romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra and Chandini as the lead couple. It tells the love story between a film director and an actress which is narrated through multiple flashbacks within flashbacks and reverse screenplay. The film deals with dark truths of the film world like the casting couch. Due to the reverse screenplay, some audience members watched it multiple times to understand the story. The movie was an instant cult hit."@en . . "Upendra"@en . "Singer"@en . . . . . "B. Jagannath"@en . . . . "1998-02-03"^^ . "India"@en . . . . . "Chandini"@en . . . "T. Shashikumar"@en . "Soundtrack"@en . "Murali Mohan"@en . . "Soundtrack cover"@en . . "Chandini"@en . . . . . "23488527"^^ . "Kannada"@en . . . . "308.0"^^ . . "Maari Kannu"@en . . . . . . . . . "294.0"^^ . "394.0"^^ . . "L. N. Shastry, Upendra"@en . . . . "Upendra"@en . . . . . ""@en . . "Archana"@en . "Uppi Entertainers"@en . . . "262.0"^^ . . "8880.0"^^ . . "\u20B9 20 crores"@en . "Lahiri Music"@en . . "Helkollakonduru"@en . "A is a 1998 Indian-Kannada romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra and Chandini as the lead couple. It tells the love story between a film director and an actress which is narrated through multiple flashbacks within flashbacks and reverse screenplay. The film deals with dark truths of the film world like the casting couch. Due to the reverse screenplay, some audience members watched it multiple times to understand the story. The movie was an instant cult hit. The opening sequence of the movie where a misanthropic man who is exhilarated by the sense of power he receives by carrying a revolver while walking on the streets was reported to be based on Jean-Paul Sartre's short story Erostratus found in his 1939 collection of short stories The Wall. Upon release, A collected more than \u20B9 20 crores at the box office. The movie was dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh. The film was remade in Tamil as Adavadi. It was Gurukiran's first film as a music director. Upendra won the Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor (1998) and Gurukiran won the Udaya Film Award for Best Music Director (1998)."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "303.0"^^ . . "Upendra"@en . . "A"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "1999"^^ . . . . . "1441.0"^^ . ""@en . . "L. N. Shastry, Prathima Rao"@en . "A"@en . "Sum Sumne"@en . "8880.0"^^ . . . . . "A (1998 Kannada film)"@en . . "Yash Raj"@en .