Duniya (2007 film)
Duniya (transl. 'World') is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Soori. It was successful with both critics and audience.[1][2]
| Duniya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Soori |
| Produced by | T. P. Siddaraju |
| Written by | Soori |
| Screenplay by | Soori |
| Starring | Vijay Rashmi Rangayana Raghu Yogesh |
| Music by | Songs: V. Manohar Score Sadhu Kokila |
| Cinematography | Satya Hegde |
| Edited by | Deepu S. Kumar |
Production company | Samy Associates |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Plot
Shivlingu a.k.a. Shivu, an innocent villager who works as a manual laborer in stone quarry realizes that his mother is seriously ill. He gets his mother to Bangalore for treatment, but his mother dies and he is unable to arrange finances for her funeral. He manages to pay with the only ornament he had in order to carry out the funeral of his mother. With his inability to procure a tomb-stone for his mother's grave, Shivu leaves the city walking without any money, devastated.
While on his way he comes across a girl (Purnima) who is kidnapped and the abductors try to rape her. Shivu saves her and gets her to the orphanage where she is staying. The warden of the institute misunderstands the situation and believes that Purnima is in love with Shivu and had eloped with him. The warden asks the girl to leave the institution immediately.
Shivu wants to fulfill her wish to continue study and decides to support her education. But apart from a strong body he does not have any qualities to survive in this world. The circumstances make him work for the underworld. In the process his peers in the underworld have an eye on Purima, the love for Purnima makes Shivu to fight with mob leaders. In the process the kingpin is killed. Police wrongly believe that Shivu is responsible for the murders. Unable to see the suffering of Shivu at the hands of society, police, and the underworld, Purnima calls him to meet her outside the city. Without his knowledge, she gives him sweets laced with poison and she too consumes the same to end the chapter.
Cast
- Vijay as Shivlingu or Shivu
- Rashmi as Poornima
- Rangayana Raghu as Satyanna
- Kishore as ACP Umesh Kumar
- Mico Nagaraj as Raghupathi
- Vasudha Barighate
- Mahesh
- Lokesh as Praveen
- Sai Sunil as Sappe
- Prasanna as Petrol
- Mithra
- Yogesh as Maadha
- Balu Nagendra
- Kaddipudi chandru as Dopu
- Anil
- Raghava Uday
- Ambujakshi
- Madhugiri Prakash
- Umesh Punga
- Venkata Rao
Music
The soundtrack for Duniya has music composed by V. Manohar. Lyrics are by V. Nagendra Prasad, V. Manohar and Yograj Bhat.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kariya I Love You" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Rajesh Krishnan, Nanditha | 04:44 |
| 2. | "Preethi Maaye Hushaaru" | Ranganath | Hemanth Kumar, Aakansha Baadami | 03:39 |
| 3. | "Ee Paapi Duniya Preethi" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Badri Prasad | 01:52 |
| 4. | "Saala Maadiyaadru Tuppa" | V. Manohar | Abhimanyu Bhupathi, Mysore Jenny, Gururaj Hosakote | 03:43 |
| 5. | "Ee Paapi Janara Haalu" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Badri Prasad | 01:56 |
| 6. | "Nodayya Kwate Lingave" | V. Nagendra Prasad | M. D. Pallavi Arun | 04:02 |
| 7. | "Ennomme Neenu Bandu" | Yograj Bhat | Badri Prasad | 02:04 |
Box-Office
It has completed 150-days and became commercially successful at the boxoffce.[3]
Awards
- 2006–2007: Karnataka State Film Awards
- Best Actor: Vijay
- Best Screenplay: Soori
- Best Supporting Actor: Rangayana Raghu
- Best Female Playback Singer: M. D. Pallavi Arun[4]
References
- Vijay's best days are here 4 June 2007.
- Crew behind. Chitraloka.com. Retrieved on 2015-11-28.
- "Newcomers rule box office". Indiaglitz.com. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- "Duniya" – Kannada Movie Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. seattlekannadasangha.org
External links
- Review
- Duniya, web site
- 'Mungaru Male' & 'Duniya' sweep State Awards IndiaGlitz, 23 July 2007.