''Devara Naadalli'' () is a 2016 Indian

Kannada language 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 sp ...

political thriller A political thriller is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle, high stakes and suspense is the core of the story. The genre often forces the audiences to consider and understand the importance of politics. The ...

film written and directed by B. Suresha, inspired by an article that appeared on ''

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'' in 1998, of an incident that occurred in a town in

coastal Karnataka Kanara, also known as Karavali is the historically significant stretch of land situated by the southwestern coast of India, alongside the Arabian Sea in the present-day Indian state of Karnataka. The region comprises three civil districts, ...

. It features an ensemble cast of

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several ...

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, Mandya Ramesh and Sihi Kahi Chandru. The film has received critical reviews from Japanese audience and lot of accolades as the film had Japanese subtitles which was the joint work of Sirish Chandrashekar and Ryozo Araki. This was nominated for South Indian film festival in Tokyo for the year 2016.

Cast

as Kanitkar *

as C. Manju Naika *

Mandya Ramesh Mandya Ramesh is an Indian actor, comedian, director and theatre personality who mainly works in the Kannada films and theatre. He is the founder secretary oNatanaRangashaale, Mysore, one of the eminent theatre training institutions of India. ...

* Sihi Kahi Chandru as Padmakar Shetty * Manu Hegde as Shankara * Ikshvaku Ram as Michael Madagaskar * Pranav Bharadwaj as Bhatta * Disha Ramesh as Savitha * Kasaragod Chinna * Kiran Naik as Teacher * Kiran Vati as God

Production

B. Suresha announced in June 2014 of the film and said that it would be based on an article of that appeared on ''

'' in 1998, of an incident that occurred in a

town in 1993. He said that he followed the story and wrote the film's screenplay. Having developed the story years ago, Suresha was unable to find film producers for a long time. To raise money, he worked as a screenwriter for TV operas for a few years.

, with who Suresha had previously collaborated in the 2011 film ''

Puttakkana Highway ''Puttakkana Highway'' ( kn, ಪುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕನ ಹೈವೇ) is a 2011 Indian Kannada drama film starring Shruti and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. The film was directed by B. Suresha. Prakash Rai and Shylaja Nag jointly produced this ...

'', was cast to play a parallel lead in the film alongside

, Mandya Ramesh, Sihi Kahi Chandru. Disha Ramesh, the daughter of Mandya Ramesh was signed to play a supporting role, who made her debut in the film alongside Manu Hegde, another debutant. Filming began in early-September 2014 in

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, and was to complete in a single schedule. It completed filming in November 2014.

Release

Following post-production work, the film was shortlisted as one of the two Kannada films to be screened at the 7th Bangalore International Film Festival in December 2014. The screening was however cancelled due to the delay caused by the Regional Censor Board in issuing the censor certificate for the film. The "U/A" (Parental guidance) certificate was however issued for the film on 15 December, also suggesting "a major cut" of 45 seconds in one of the film's sequences. The reasons cited were that the film dealt with communal issues.

Soundtrack

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

composed the music for the film and the soundtracks, also writing the lyrics for soundtracks. The album has four soundtracks.

References

External links

* {{B. Suresha 2016 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian political thriller films Films scored by Hamsalekha Indian films based on actual events Films directed by B. Suresha