about Kalpana from their interactions with her." Gandhi admitted to the same, following the revelation that the film was based on the life of Kalpana. Sequences of the film were shot in AVM Studios and the beaches of Chennai, which were the filming locations of the 1970s. The theatre scenes were shot at Gudigeri Basavaraj and Malathi Sudhir Drama companies which still had props from the 1970s including vintage mirrors. Controversies The film which was set to release on 6 June, but release was delayed after a complaint was filed at a local court in Bangalore by novelist Bhagya Krishnamurthy. She alleged that the film was based on a serialised novel Abhinetriya Antaranaga, written by her for the weekly Kannada magazine Mangala, in 2003. The producer and lead actress of the film, Pooja Gandhi commented saying, "There is no similarity between my film and the novel. The team hadn’t heard of the novel until the case was filed." In August 2014, the case was ruled in favor of Gandhi, thus allowing the release of the film. In August 2014, Puttanna Kanagal's daughter said that her father was shown in bad light in the film. Kanagal allegedly had an affair with actress Kalpana, on whom the film is based. The director of the film, Satish Pradhan replied to this saying, "As a director, I have followed his direction. I honour Puttanna’s work and respect him as a director. Why would I want to get into his personal life? The story is inspired by actress Kalpana and her life. Puttanna is in the picture but we have not disrespected him. Where is the necessity to create a different story? They can’t assume anything about Abhinetri before even watching the film. The news of Puttanna’s daughter being unhappy came to my ears too. If it reaches the chamber and they call me, I would definitely abide by their instructions." Soundtrack Mano Murthy composed the music of the film and lyrics for the soundtrack were penned by Jayant Kaikini and V. Nagendra Prasad. The soundtrack album has six songs. The song "Thamnam Thamnam" was taken from the film Eradu Kanasu (1974). The music for the song was composed by the duo Rajan–Nagendra and lyrics penned by Chi. Udaya Shankar. Its music for Abhinetri was re-created by Mano Murthy. The soundtrack album of Abhinetri was released officially on 21 March 2014 in Chowdiah Memorial Hall,