''Kaafi Thota'' is a 2017 Indian
romantic thriller
A romantic thriller is a narrative that involves elements of the romance and thriller genres.
A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thri ...
Kannada film written, directed and co-produced by
T. N. Seetharam
Thalagavara Narayanarao Seetharam (born 6 December 1948) is a prominent Kannada film and TV serial director, actor and screenwriter. He has become a cultural icon in Karnataka, India, through his work in several art mediums. Seetharam has writ ...
. Adapting a crowd-funding methodology, Seetharam produced the film along with 29 other donors under the maiden banner "Manvanthara Films".
The film stars
Raghu Mukherjee,
Radhika Chetan and
Samyukta Hornad
Samyukta Hornad is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. Her debut movie was Lifeu Ishtene directed by Pawan Kumar.
She is known for her roles in the commercially successful films ''Lifeu Ishtene'' (2011), ''Barfi'' (2011), Un Samay ...
in the lead roles along with
Rahul Madhav,
B. C. Patil,
Achyuth Kumar, Sudha Belawadi and Sundar Raj in key supporting roles. The
film score is by Mithun Mukundan and
Anoop Seelin and the cinematography is by Ashok Kashyap. The film was officially launched on 9 December 2016.
The project marks the comeback of T. N. Seetharam to the big screen after his earlier directorial ''
Meera Madhava Raghava''. The trailer was launched on 6 August 2017 by actor
Yash in Bangalore. The film was released on 18 August 2017.
Plot
Chami (
Rahul Madhav), a travelling musician who is a bit of a wanderlust, arrives at a palatial coffee estate owned by Mythili
(Radhika Chetan), ostensibly on vacation. He is fond of Mythili's niece Pranjali, and grows close to the members of her extended family as well, who manage the homestay for Mythili. He conveys his love to Mythili, who is reluctant to accept his proposal, since a failed relationship with her lawyer Niranjan (
Raghu Mukherjee) had caused her immense heartbreak in the past. However, despite her misgivings, she agrees to marry Chami.
On a night when the staff members of the homestay are on leave, Mythili is found murdered with trauma injuries to her head. The shadow of suspicion immediately falls upon Chami who was the only person present at the crime scene. Chami implores Niranjan to defend his case, which he does. Niranjan's sound arguments result in Chami being acquitted of the murder charge and him inheriting the estate. However, after examining the evidence, Niranjan soon discovers that Chami had planned and executed several murders to snap up the inheritances of young women who died heirless. He decides to appeal against his own arguments and requests a re-trial. Eyewitness evidence proffered by Pranjali, who was clandestinely present when Chami brutally murdered Mythili clinch the case in the favour of the prosecution. Chami is convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, while ownership of the estate passes on to Pranjali.
Cast
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Raghu Mukherjee as Niranjan
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Radhika Chetan as Mythili
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Samyukta Hornad
Samyukta Hornad is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. Her debut movie was Lifeu Ishtene directed by Pawan Kumar.
She is known for her roles in the commercially successful films ''Lifeu Ishtene'' (2011), ''Barfi'' (2011), Un Samay ...
as Tanvi
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Rahul Madhav as Chami
* Apeksha Purohit as Inspector Chanchala Kumari
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B. C. Patil as Police Commissioner
* Rajesh Nataranga as Public prosecutor
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Ambika as Judge
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Sudha Belawadi
Sudha Belawadi is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Sudha Belawadi as actress include ''Mathadana'' (2001), ''Mungaru Male'' (2006), ''Moggina Manasu'' (2008), ...
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Sundar Raj as Chiranjeevi
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T. N. Seetharam
Thalagavara Narayanarao Seetharam (born 6 December 1948) is a prominent Kannada film and TV serial director, actor and screenwriter. He has become a cultural icon in Karnataka, India, through his work in several art mediums. Seetharam has writ ...
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Veena Sundar as Meera
* Hanumanthegowda
* Krishnamurthy Srinath
* Diganteshwara S
Soundtrack
The original soundtrack for the film is composed by
Anoop Seelin and Mithun Mukundan. Both have composed one song each and an additional track is penned by
Yogaraj Bhat. Actor
Puneeth Rajkumar launched the audio officially in Bangalore under the JP Music audio label.
References
External links
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2017 films
2010s Kannada-language films
2010s romantic thriller films
Indian romantic thriller films
Films scored by Anoop Seelin
Films directed by T. N. Seetharam
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