Devaru Kotta Thangi Kannada Movie
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Genre: Family
Starring: Shivaraj Kumar, Meera Jasmine, Monica
Director: Om Saiprakash
Music: Hamsalekha
Very rarely all good things combine together. ‘Devaru Kotta Thangi’ an emotional, sacrifice saga of brother and sister is one such produced, directed and distributed by veteran director Om Saiprakash. The film is protracted, the contents are enough to draw the mass audience, the fans of Shivarajakumar will be having a respite the actresses Meera Jasmine and Monica not only looks good but performed very well. The character artists have given admirable support, there are very lovely songs, and the comedy is quite absorbing, the technology pressed for this film - the graphics is in high standards. What else the rural people require to watch this film? Everything is there rather in abundance!
Orphans Shivu (Shivarajakumar) and his sister Lakshmi (Meera Jasmine) are standing example of siblings. Each one is sacrificing and immensely loving in relation. Shivu works as a servant in the family of Zamindar of 18 villages (played by Avinash). He is very close to the family and all good things happen only from him. Zamindar considers him as a bright star of the family. In the same family where Shivu works as servant his sister Lakshmi comes as daughter in law. Thanks to destiny this offer is accepted by Zaminar and his wife but not the six other members in the family. Shivu and Lakshmi in the house of Zamindar finds insult one after the other. Finally Lakshmi works out a scheme to send her brother out from the house. Now it is the turn of vicious minds in the Zamindar family to kick out Lakshmi when she becomes a pregnant. The fury mounts up for Lakshmi and she is made to believe she has to sacrifice her life for stopping the flood and the life of her brother. On the other hand Lakshmi’s brother Shivu offers prayers (even injuring himself) for the good of Lakshmi. In the heavy floods pregnant Lakshmi decide to end her life. The vicious minds of Zamindar family in fact face threat to life when they decide to elope from the village. Finally it is all happy ending from Shivu’s courage.
Another sterling performance from hat trick hero Shivarajakumar! He has variety in this film and struggled hard. He is emotionally the best. Meera Jasmine is a treat to watch as sister. She has given very good expressions understanding her role very well. Monica as the naughty heroine to Shivarajakumar sizzles from village belle role.
Among the characters artists Avinash has that grit, lively appearance as Zamindar of a family. Hema Chaudhary, Rekha, Sangeetha are apt in their roles. Sadhu Kokila and Lakshmi Devi combination in the comedy track is a relief.
Hamsalekha and Giri in the music and cinematography department earn good applause. The Ugadi song mixed with Kannada language is top of all. The Nagarapanchami festival song is story based song rich in value and tradition. The opening and ending of the cinema with floods is very well captured.
OM Sai Prakash's Kannada film Devaru Kotta Thangi is nothing but a rehash of his earlier films. The only thing that is new in the story which is a Dutch fable about a small boy saving his village from impending disaster.
The essence of the Kannada folklore Keregehaara where an expectant mother sacrifices her life to save the village from being marooned has also been used in the climax sequence. .
Saigaru has specialized in making tearjerker dramas in the past and some of them are hugely successful, like Thavarige Baa Thangi and Anna Thangi. The success of these two films have made Sai Prakash to repeat the same formula in all his films!
In that way what separates Devaru Kotta Thangi from his other movies is his effective use of high voltage technology. Otherwise the film remains the same old cliched formula.
The story goes like this: Shivu, who is attached to his younger sister Lakshmi, works as a labourer in a rich man's house. Shivu loves Gowri but is agreeable to marry her only after Lakshmi gets married.
Meanwhile, Lakshmi saves the rich man's son and gets married to him later. This marriage is much liked by the elders in the family but is resented by the sons and the daughters-in-law who then hatch a plan to discredit Shivu and his sister. They even plan to kill Lakshmi who is expecting a baby. What happens next make up the rest of the movie.
The first half of the film almost looks like a docudrama of the well known festivals like Nagarapanchami, Bheemana Amavasye and Ugadi.
Another disturbing point is Sai Prakash's efforts to propagate regressive ideas through the film like the rich man's third son ties the Mangalasoothra on Meera Jasmine without seeking her permission or that of her brother. Does Sai Prakash think that women have little choice about marriage?
The positive elements are the graphics especially the flood scene. The climax song sequence and the festivities also stand out.
Shivaraj Kumar and Meera Jasmine have shown good chemistry on screen as a loving brother and sister. Both have tried to salvage this film by their genuine performances. All the other artists have carried off their respective roles with the same elan they had showed in several previous films of Sai Prakash.
Giri's camera work is another saving grace. Hamsalekha's music and lyrics suit the mood of the film.
The movie could have been better but for the cliched formulaic story, regressive posturing and dragging narration.
Music ReviewOnce again a neat soil smell family movie by Sai Prakash.
As usual Shivanna stands out in his performance ( I dont know how many times I have been telling this from almost 10 years by now) - He is so ease at what ever scene you give , he is one of the most flexible actor of KFI ever produced. :lol:
Coming back to the movie - Good to see Sai Prakash using such folkish kannada stories and making movie out of it that to in this modern era, that shows his confidence in human relationships . We had this subject of KERGHE HAARA in our school days and this movie is based on same concept.
What an amazing climax - it is simply superb and of high standards.
Hamsalekha has done superb job once again in songs and BGM [8)] [8)]
Even saadhu's comedy every now and then adds to the pace of the movie.
Meera jasmine has given very very controlled performance and monica has tried her best to fit the role and has succeded in that. :c
First off takes of fully after some 20 mins and later the movie goes at very good speed til the end.
The songs NANNA TANGI MADO HABBA makes you very emotional - atleast for me.
Even the other songs like EE Loka and Nanna nettighe botita are good.
Over all a neat family movie with full of soil smell.
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