Malgudi Days (2020 film)

Malgudi Days is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by Kishore Moodbidri, and produced by K Rathnakar Kamath. Starring Vijay Raghavendra[1], Greeshma Shridar, with a music score by Gagan Baderiya, it was released in India on 7 February 2020.[2][3][4]

Malgudi Days
Film poster
Directed by	Kishor Moodbidri [1]
Produced by	K Rathnakar Kamath
Written by	Kishor Moodbidri
Starring	Vijay Raghavendra Greeshma Shridar Arjun Kapikad
Music by	Gagan Baderiya
Cinematography	Uday Leela
Edited by	Pradeep Nayak
Production company	Swayam Prabha Entertainment & Productions
Release date	7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Writer Lakshmi Narayana Malgudi (Vijay Raghavendra) a well-known writer has announced his retirement from writing and his fans are heartbroken. The man, who lived his entire life creating wonderful memories for his readers, carries around a heavy heart but refuses to share with anyone the reason behind it. While his family suggests that he settled in a foreign land, Malgudi has other plans. He decides to go back to the place where he spent his childhood location Malgudi. Prakruti (Greeshma), who has quit her job after reporting workplace harassment, is on the way to find herself. The two meet into each other and begin a journey together. En route, they narrate their stories to each other. In the flashback(the late 70s), Malgudi (young Hindu boy Vijay Raghavendra ), a studious student of Class 10, falls in love with Lenita(Christians classmate) who is mute. Her father, a cop, is recently transferred to Malgudi and the family is still in the process of settling down. Malgudi's love for Lenita doubles when he finds out she is mute. Amidst all this, communal tension breaks out between Hindus and Christians in the town. While Lenita reciprocates Malgudi's love, miscreants blame Lenita's family for indulging in conversion. As the tension intensifies, Malgudi flees to Bengaluru. Forty years later, still in love with Lenita, he enters Malgudi with the hope of meeting her.

Cast

• Vijay Raghavendra as Lakshmi Narayana Malgudi in short Malgudi
• Greeshma Sridhar as Prakruti
• Arjun Kapikad as Vijay
• Dhanaraj Cm
• Tejaswini

Production

The film, despite its title, is not based on the short story collection by R. K. Narayan.[5]

Soundtrack

Malgudi Days
Soundtrack album by Gagan Baderiya
Released	2020
Recorded	2019
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	PRK Audio
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Greeshma Shridar composed the music There are eight songs.[3]

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Katale Sarge"	Kishor Moodbidri	Raghu Dixit	1:09
2.	"Hoo Malege"	Kishor Moodbidri	Siddhartha Belmannu , Sruthy Sasidharan	4:15
3.	"Oorondu Karedante"	Kishor Moodbidri	Raghu Dixit,Vaishnavi Ravi	4:01
4.	"Kanasina Kannye Kannamunde"	Kishor Moodbidri, Gubbi	Sanjith Hegde,Ninaada Nayak, Gubbi	3:10
5.	"Nooru Nooru Aase" (Rap:Madhura Gowda)	Pramod Maravante	Supriya Lohith	4:15
6.	"Nenapina Doniyali"	Madhuri Seshadri	Madhuri Seshadri	2:39
7.	"Kanneeru Kenney Mele"	Kishor Moodbidri	Sanjith Hegde	4:01
8.	"Amma-Bharavaseya Belaka Bitti"	Kishor Moodbidri	Ashwini Sharma	3:19
Total length:				25:24

Home media

The film was made available to stream on OTT platform Amazon Prime on 8 March 2020.

Reception

Reviewing Malgudi Days for The Times of India Tanvi PS gave three points five stars from five[2]

External links

• Malgudi Days on IMDb

References

1. "'Malgudi Days' set for release on Feb. 7". thehindu. 4 January 2020.
2. "Malgudi Days". The Times of India. 7 February 2020.
3. "'Malgudi Days' to be released on Feb 7". deccanherald. 7 January 2020.
4. "ಮಾಲ್ಗುಡಿ ಡೇಸ್ಗೆ ವಿಜಯ್ ಉತ್ತಮ ಆಯ್ಕೆ: ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕ". deccanherald (in Kannada). 6 February 2020.
5. "'Malgudi Days' set for release on Feb. 7". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 4 February 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 July 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)