''Jothe Jotheyali'' is a 2006 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 ...

-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by

Dinakar Thoogudeepa Dinakar S (born 21 September 1978) mononymously known as Dinakar Thoogudeepa is an Indian film director, actor and producer who mainly works in Kannada films. who started his film career as an actor from the movie Ayyo Pandu in 2004 later he ...

and produced by Meena Thoogudeepa. The film stars Prem and

Ramya Ramya (Sanskrit: रम्य) is a Sanskrit female given name, which means "pleasant" and "delightful". Notable people * Ramya (born 1982), Indian actress and politician * Ramya Barna (born 1986), Indian actress * Ramya Krishnan (born 1970), ...

. The music for the movie was composed by a debutante music composer

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...

Plot

Nakul ( Prem) and Divya (

) are married couples on the verge of divorce. As the movie starts both of the lead characters arrive at the Family court, to seek divorce. The actual movie unfolds in Flashback scenes as both remember - how they met and fell in love. They also face parental opposition for their marriage and they eventually marry against their wish and start a separate life altogether with their friends. Prem then starts an advertising firm. He is helped by

Darshan Thoogudeep Darshan Thoogudeepa (born 16 February 1977) known mononymously as Darshan is an Indian actor, producer, and distributor who works predominantly in Kannada films. One of the leading contemporary actors of Kannada cinema, Darshan established the ...

(in a mini guest appearance playing himself) for his first ad and eventually he becomes quite successful in his profession. He starts to neglect Divya and due to some mis-understanding is found with his colleague in a compromising position. Thus Divya abandons him and moves out of their home and goes to live with her parents. Prem tries unsuccessfully to woo Divya back with many tricks which fall flat and cause more tension on their relationship. Finally Divya understands her husband and returns to their home to see him in bed with another woman - which is the last blow for their relationship. In the climax, Prem and Ramya are granted Divorce. While they are leaving the court, a criminal tries to flee from the policemen taking Divya as hostage, Prem fights to free her from the criminal and is stabbed to death. By now Divya realises Prem's true love for her and confesses the same at the hospital.

Cast

* Prem as Nakul *

as Divya * Sharan as Prem's friend *

Tharun Sudhir Tharun Kishore Sudhir is an Indian Kannada film actor, director. He is known for his directorial debut film ''Chowka''. Tharun's next project as a director was ''Roberrt'' and this film was released on 11 March 2021. The movie has Darshan in ...

as Prem's friend *

Dwarkish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (born 19 August 1942), better known as Dwarakish ( ), is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar. Early life D ...

as Divya's father *

Thulasi Shivamani Tulasi (or Tulasi Shivamani) (born 20 June 1967) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil cinema. She started her career as a child actress. Later she appeared in lead actress and supporting actress roles. She has ...

as Divya's mother *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as Nakul's father * Malathi Sardeshpande as Nakul's mother * Darshan in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with its lyrics written by

V. Nagendra Prasad V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada Cinema. He has penned more than 3000 songs, particularly for Kannada cinema. Early life He was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son to Cou ...

. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.

Reception

The movie ran to 100 days, even though directed by a debutante. People flocked to theaters to see wonderful chemistry between the lead pair

and Prem. The comedy by Sharan was also a plus point for the movie. Song of the movie were quite a rage and V Hari Krishna became a popular music Director after this movie. He also became permanent music Director for the Thoogudeepa Productions banner and henceforth for all movies acted by

Critical reception

''Jothe Jotheyali'' received average to negative reviews from critics upon release on 22 September 2006. R.G. Vijayasarathy of

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gave the film one out of five stars and noted that the film lacked a good story and neat narration. ''Nowrunning'' gave the film a rating of 2/5 and commented that even though the music of the film was good, it lacked a good story and narration.

External links

{{Reflist 2000s Kannada-language films 2006 films Films set in Bangalore Films scored by V. Harikrishna Films directed by Dinakar Thoogudeepa