''Dasharatha'' is a 2019 Kannada film directed by M. S. Ramesh and starring

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Sonia Agarwal Sonia Agarwal is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in the films such as ''Kaadhal Kondein'' (2003), ''7G Rainbow Colony'' (2 ...

, and Abhirami.

Plot

Dashratha, a righteous lawyer, leads a happy life with his wife, son and daughter. The latter completes her college and joins a job soon after. However, trouble begins in their happy life when his daughter falls in love with her employer.

Cast

as Advocate Dasharatha *

as Kousalya * Abhirami as Krutika *

Hema Choudhary Durga Prabha, known by her stage name, Hema Chaudhary (born 1955) is an Indian actress who has predominantly acted in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. Starting her career as a lead actress in the Telugu film ''Pelli Kani Pelli'' in 1 ...

as Judge * Meghashree as Dasharatha's daughter *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

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* Darshan - voice over in climax * Abhilash

Production

M. S. Ramesh was inspired to make a film with

in the role of a lawyer after watching ''

Yuddha Kaanda ''Yuddha Kaanda'' () is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K. V. Raju, starring Ravichandran, Poonam Dhillon and Bharathi Vishnuvardhan. It is a remake of the 1985 Hindi film ''Meri Jung''. Upon release, the movie received positiv ...

''. Actress

returns to Kannada cinema after more than 15 years. The makers asked Darshan to sing a song in the film. The actor initially declined before accepting.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie ''Upendra'' furt ...

. * "Dasharatha" (Title Track) - Darshan * "Kari Kotu Hakorella" - Gurukiran, Doddappa, Pichalli Srinivas * "O Jeeva" -

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* "Jagava Belaguva" -

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, Chetana Acharya * "Life is Beautiful" -

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, Sanjith Hegde

Release

''The Times of India'' gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "''Dasharatha'' could have been a far more engaging story". The reviewer praised the performances of Sonia Agarwal and Abhirami in their comeback to Kannada cinema. ''Bangalore Mirror'' criticized the uninteresting plot while praising the film's dialogues.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt12576208 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films Indian drama films Indian courtroom films