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''Aadya'' is a 2020 Indian
Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
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directed by
K. M. Chaitanya K. M. Chaitanya (Kannada: ಚೈತನ್ಯ) is a film director, documentary maker and theater person. His first feature film Aa dinagalu in Kannada, won several awards including the Filmfare Awards South for Best Director and Best Feature Film i ...
.It features Chiranjeevi Sarja and
Sruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...
along with Sangeetha Bhat in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes
Ravishankar Gowda Ravishankar Gowda (born 26 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in the Kannada film industry. He is known mostly for his comic roles in television and films. He shot to fame as Dr. Vittal Rao, in the sitcom ''Silli Lalli'' which aired on E ...
and Shashank Purushotham.The score and soundtrack for the film is by Sridhar V Sambhram and the cinematography is by V Malhar Bhat Joshi. The film is the official remake of 2016
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Kshanam ''Kshanam'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film directed by Ravikanth Perepu. The film features Adivi Sesh (who also served as a co-writer of the film) and Adah Sharma in lead roles while Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vennela Kis ...
'' directed by
Ravikanth Perepu Ravikanth Perepu is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and editor known for his works in Telugu cinema. Perepu won the state Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer for his directorial debut film ''Kshanam'' (2016). Personal life Perepu ...
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Plot

Aditya Shankar, a Kolkata-based investment banker, gets a voice call from his ex-girlfriend Sangeetha after a long gap. They studied medicine in the same college and wanted to marry, but her father arranged an alliance with an entrepreneur named Karthik. In the present, Aditya, who still loves Sangeetha, leaves for India on the pretense of attending a relative's marriage. Aditya hires a car from Kariya, a travel agent, takes a SIM card on his sister's address and stays at Hotel Marriott. Aditya meets Sangeetha at a restaurant and learns her five-year-old daughter Aadyaa is missing. She laments that no one else, including Rajeev believes that Aadyaa actually never exists. Aditya also learns about Karthik's brother Sunny, a drug addict who regularly visits her home. Aditya begins an informal investigation which fails many times, also inviting the ire of two African-American gangsters in the city. Kariya, who helps them in transporting drugs, saves Aditya on humanitarian grounds. Posing as Ajith Kumar, a police officer, Aditya meets Rajeev and learns that the couple was childless. Rajeev recalls Sangeetha being attacked by two masked men before a school to steal her car. He added that Sangeetha went into a coma and post-recovery started claiming that she had a five-year-old daughter named Aadyaa. Perplexed, Aditya later watches a closed-circuit television video footage of the masked men attacking Sangeetha on the day when Aadyaa went missing. Unfortunately, Aadyaa is seen nowhere in the footage, which makes Aditya doubt Sangeetha's mental condition. He confronts Sangeetha, who refuses to acknowledge that Aadyaa is imaginary. Aditya sees height markings of a child on a wall, and before he could react, Sangeetha commits suicide in his presence. ACP Shruthi and Inspector Loki investigate the suicide case. Ajith is killed in Marriott, and Kariya confesses to Aditya that he saw Sunny kidnapping Aadyaa. They meet Shruthi and Loki and get Bobby arrested. In custody, Sunny is killed by Shruthi in an act of self-defense. That same night, Ajith's murderers attack Kariya and Aditya, and Kariya is killed in the process of shooting the murderers to death. Aditya watches a MMS in the murderers' phone sent by Shruthi instructing to kill him. Aditya meets Shruthi at her farmhouse, where Aadyaa is hidden. Shruthi reveals that Rajeev wanted to kill Ria and arranged the attack on Sangeetha, after which Shruthi found Aadyaa in Sunny's custody. After meeting Aadyaa, Shruthi conspires to raise Aadyaa as her daughter because she had lost her own husband and unborn daughter in a car accident. Shruthi wanted to name her daughter Aadyaa, so when she saw Sangeetha's daughter, she convinced herself that her daughter has arrived. Thus, Shruthi made a deal with Rajeev; Rajeev wanted Sangeetha to suffer so according to Shruthi's plan, he convinced his friends and family to pretend that Aadyaa never existed, saying Sangeetha cannot bear the shock of her daughter's death. Before Shruthi could kill Aditya, Loki shoots her after listening to the conversation on his way to the farmhouse with his subordinates. Rajeev is arrested and reveals that Aadyaa is not his daughter, as his medical report confirmed him sterile in the past. Then, Aditya reminces his last meeting with Sangeetha; she visited him to invite him to her wedding, and they make love. Aditya realises Aadyaa is his biological child. As he approaches Aadyaa, he sees a reflection of Sangeetha smiling at him.


Cast

* Chiranjeevi Sarja as Aditya Shankar *
Sruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...
as ACP Sruthi Nayak * Sangeetha Bhat as Sangeetha *
Ravishankar Gowda Ravishankar Gowda (born 26 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in the Kannada film industry. He is known mostly for his comic roles in television and films. He shot to fame as Dr. Vittal Rao, in the sitcom ''Silli Lalli'' which aired on E ...
* Shashank Purushotham as Rajeev


Soundtrack

The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed by Sridhar V Sambhram. The music rights were acquired by
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External links

* {{IMDb title 2020s Kannada-language films 2020s mystery thriller films Indian mystery thriller films Films shot in Mysore Films shot in Bangalore Kannada remakes of Telugu films 2020 thriller films Films directed by K. M. Chaitanya