Aachar & Co’s Bengaluru's Suprabhata is a nostalgia-filled hit among netizens

Next week, on July 28, the PRK Production Aachar & Co releases in theatres. Written by Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy and Kanan Gill, the film has been directed by the former and she also plays the lead in it. Set in 1960s Bengaluru, Jayanagar to be precise, Aachar & Co follows Madhusudhan and Savitri Aachar’s family and their 10 children and how the younger lot then manages after the father passes away.

Starring Ashok as Madhusudhan and Sudha Belawadi as Savitri, the film also has Vamsidhar Bhogaraju, Anirudh Acharya, Harshil Koushik and Jagadishwar Sukumar, among many others on the cast. The team had recently released the trailer of the film, which they have now followed up with the first song, a modern-day version of MS Subbalakshmi’s popular Suprabhatam. Called Bengaluru’s Suprabhata, the song has been remastered by Bindhumalini with Rama Mani’s vocals and new lyrics by Trilok Trivikram.

Since the song came out, it’s become a big hit among netizens, many of who have been all praise for the lyrics and the nostalgia that the song evokes. Comments ranged from, “This is just awesome 😅❤Tumba Chanda and maja ide”, to, “This song has nostalgia printed all over it”, “Can we say the extraordinary beauty of ordinaryness, unbounded by language. Humor knows no boundaries”, “Absolute Class. The creativity to bring out this song is blissful”, “The detailing is so good. It really takes us back in time. I was born in the 70s. I can relate so many things here.❤ Great job team”, “Absolutely fabulous using the well known suprabhata stotra in this way. Hats off to the creative minds. So true of the Bengaluru I grew up in”, among others.

Speaking about the film, Sindhu, who is a 90s kid, said that she set it in the 60s, because it was an important period in terms of gender roles.