{{No plot|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Akasha Gange | image = Akasha Gange 2008 poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Official poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Dinesh Baboo | writer = Dinesh Baboo | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = Sudhakar<br /> Srinath <br />Prakash | starring = Mithun Tejasvi <br />Chaya Singh | narrator = | cinematography = Ravi Suvarna | editing = | music = Deva | studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --> | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|6|13}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Kannada | budget = | gross = }} '''''Akasha Gange''''' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Dinesh Baboo and starring Mithun Tejasvi and Chaya Singh. The film was released after a two year delay.<ref name="T">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/im-not-bothered-about-my-image/articleshow/262691.cms|title='I'm not bothered about my image'|date=31 October 2006|work=The Times of India|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628120413/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/Im-not-bothered-about-my-image/articleshow/262691.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was reportedly produced under fraud and was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2010/nov/07/five-held-for-fraud-200895.html|title=Five held for fraud|work=The New Indian Express|date=7 November 2010|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424050803/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2010/nov/07/five-held-for-fraud-200895.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Cast == * Mithun Tejasvi as Sonu * Chaya Singh as Lakshmi alias Beena * Vanitha Vasu as Lakshmi's foster mother * Smitha * Komal * Doddanna * Jayanthi
==Production== The film began production in 2006. In the film, Chaya Singh plays an unwed mother, which was different from her previous girl next door roles.<ref name="T"/>
==Music== The music was composed by Deva with lyrics by K. Kalyan.
{{Track listing | headline = Tracklist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/akasha-gange/xQOBdGLXEno_|title=Akasha Gange|work=JioSaavn|date=2020|access-date=2023-04-23|archive-date=2023-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424050804/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/akasha-gange/xQOBdGLXEno_|url-status=live}}</ref> | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 29:12 | title1 = Belagutide | extra1 =K. S. Chithra | length1 = | title2 = Gange Gange | extra2 =S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | length2 = | title3 = Kuhu Kogile | extra3 =K. S. Chithra | length3 = | title4 = Lalli Lalli | extra4 =K. S. Chithra | length4 = | title5 = Malli Malli | extra5 =S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | length5 = | title6 = Manase Prithiya Manase | extra6 =S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | length6 = | title7 = Nanagagi Ninagagi | extra7 =K. S. Chithra | length7 = | title8 = Ninna Kannu Neenu | extra8 =K. S. Chithra | length8 = }}
== Reception == A critic from ''Rediff.com'' wrote that "In a nutshell, a neatly packaged film worth watching".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/13ssag.htm|title=''Akasha Gange'', a clean entertainer|work=Rediff.com|date=13 June 2008|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=13 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913082237/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/13ssag.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''The Times of India'' wrote that "At a time when all action packed superstar films are bombing big time in Kannada, ''Akasha Gange'' comes as a whiff of fresh air".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/akasha-gange-a-whiff-of-fresh-air/articleshow/3142481.cms|title=Akasha Gange: A whiff of fresh air|work=The Times of India|date=19 June 2008|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025003430/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Akasha-Gange-A-whiff-of-fresh-air/articleshow/3142481.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
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Category:2008 films Category:Indian romantic drama films Category:2008 Kannada-language films Category:2008 Indian films Category:Films scored by Deva (composer) Category:Films directed by Dinesh Baboo