Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu
| Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu | |
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 VCD Cover | |
| Directed by | Rajendra Singh Babu |
| Written by | Rajendra Singh Babu |
| Produced by | Jai Jagadish Vijayalakshmi Singh Dushyanth Singh |
| Starring | Ramesh Aravind S. Narayan Mohan Ananth Nag Bhavana Umashree |
| Cinematography | B. C. Gowrishankar |
| Edited by | B. S. Kemparaju |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
Production company | Lakshmi Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu (transl. Sheep Sir Sheep) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed and written by Rajendra Singh Babu. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, S. Narayan, Mohan, Bhavana, Ruchita Prasad, and Ananth Nag in lead roles. This is the first film in the Saar series directed by Babu and was released on 23 March 2001 and received generally positive reviews from the critics and turned out to be box-office hit.[1]
The film won the Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film and also Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress to Umashree for the year 2001.[2][3] The film's title is based on a famous poem on herd mentality written by acclaimed poet K. S. Nissar Ahmed.
Plot
[edit]Rummi (Ramesh Aravind), Nani (S. Narayan) and Moni (Mohan Shankar) are three inmates who wants to remain in jail permanently as they do not want to witness outside world. A kind hearted inspector (Srinivasa Murthy) gets them released as he finds goodness in them and wants them to lead a good life. All the three get a home thanks to an auto driver (Sundar Raj) with a condition that one of them marries his middle aged elder sister (Umashree) who is unmarried. Umashree falls in love with Nani assuming him to be Lord Krishna. However he escapes from the forced marriage. All the three ends up falling in love with different girls. Due to a mix up they end receiving a bag of money intended for other robbers. All the three witness Srinivasa Murthy's daughter and her lover (Harish Raj) committing suicide and after saving them, they come to know that Srinivasa Murthy is ill and she is forced by her uncle (Doddanna) to marry his immature son (Komal Kumar) to take over her property. In the end, trio with the help of their lovers (two of them being undercover police) and an inspector (Anant Nag) teach them a lesson, gets them arrested and they get married in the end.
Cast
[edit]- Ramesh Aravind as Rammi
- S. Narayan as Nani and Nani's father
- Mohan as Moni
- Ananth Nag as Special Investigation Officer
- Bhavana as Ramya
- Ruchita Prasad as Dr Vijayalakshmi
- Bhavyasree Rai
- NGEF Ramamurthy as lawyer
- Umashree as Rukmini
- Srinivasa Murthy as Jail Warden Neelakanthappa
- Doddanna as Veerappa
- Komal Kumar as Ice Candy Gopala
- Vinayak Joshi as Bhavana's brother
- Harish Raj as Rajesh
- Sundar Raj as Sundar, Rukmini's Brother
- Mandeep Roy as Tailor Seethapathi
- Honnavalli Krishna as Sampangi
- Bank Suresh
- Danny
- Ravi Varma
- Joe Simon
- Mari Mutthu
- Hulivana Gangadharayya
- Shankar Bhat
- Tharakesh Patel
Production
[edit]The film was launched at Ramanashri California Resort, near Yelahanka in the outskirts of Bangalore and the film's first shot was also shot there on the same day.[4] Ramani who earlier worked in Telugu films and dialogue writer Nanjunda assisted in penning the screenplay.[5]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2001 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Anand Audio |
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ayyo Hogi Saar" | Mano, Hemanth Kumar, Badri Prasad | Hamsalekha |
| 2 | "Chori Chakori" | Hemanth Kumar | Hamsalekha |
| 3 | "Sondi Sondi" | Hemanth Kumar, Rajesh Krishnan, Badri Prasad | Hamsalekha |
| 4 | "Nidire Baradire" | Mano, Hemanth Kumar, Badri Prasad | Hamsalekha |
| 5 | "Kutti Kutti" | Ramesh Chandra, Chitra Sivaraman | Hamsalekha |
Reception
[edit]A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "A heavily loaded nonstop silly comedy surrounding the three wayward youths is quite interesting film. Forget the logic and watch this".[6] Indiainfo wrote "The movie basically suffers from a weak storyline; the story seems to be beyond even the director's control. The first half is funny but in the second half, the story loses shape".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Mehu, Sowmya Aji (27 July 2001). "Kannada film industry `Bahala Chennagide'". The Times of India.
- ^ Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards
- ^ Mussanje adjudged best Kannada film
- ^ "Kurigalu ... Saar Kurigalu Rajendra Singh Babu's film on the floors". Screen. 21 July 2000. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Indiainfo: Kannada: on the sets". India info. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003.
- ^ Movie Review
- ^ "Kurigalu Sar Kurigalu". India Info. Archived from the original on 14 February 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
