''Kalaya Tasmai Namaha'' is a 2012

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movie directed and written by Chandrashekar Shrivastav. The film stars

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and debutante Madhubala in the lead roles.

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makes a special appearance in a song sequence. The music is composed by A. M. Neel.

Plot

The story revolves around a man who is a serial Supari killer and his love interest played by Madhubala.

Production

Director Chandrashekar, after a brief gap from his previous film, ''Patre Loves Padma'', approached

with a different screenplay oriented script and soon after roped in him in the lead role. Yogesh plays a Supari serial killer and lead actress Madhubala plays a homely girl character.

Filming

The film is shot in central cities such as Bangalore, Mysore and Haasan. For songs, the unit has shot at Jaipur locales. The filming officially begun on 5 August 2011 and

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and Bhavana attended the inaugural event to wish the team.

Cast

* Madhubala *

in a special appearance *

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* Ravi Khale

Soundtrack

A. M. Neel composed 7 songs to the lyrics of director Chandrashekar Shrivastav.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Full marks to Yogish not only for his excellent acting, but also for singing a song in Kolaveri tune. Madhubala makes an impressive debut with good dialogue delivery. Rangayana Raghu excels as don". A Sharadhaa from

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wrote "The verdict: 'Kalaya Tasmai Namaha' means salutations to that great entity called time. The audience would bow to time, provided there was more meat to the film". A critic from

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scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Yogish has played his role well but it is debutante Madhubala who walks away with all the acting honours by playing the innocent girl so perfectly. Rangayana Raghu is seen differently. Suri's cinematography and A M Neel's music are good. Though the narration is quite slow, the film is engaging and a good attempt". A critic from

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wrote "The wide-angles of the camera would have been great, if it was not just two locations; a railway bridge and Hesarghatta plains, that made up three-fourths of the film. As the common film wisdom goes, anyone can direct a film, but not everyone can become a story-teller".

Awards

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 8946500 2012 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2012 crime drama films Films shot in India Viral videos Films shot in Bangalore Films shot in Mysore Indian crime drama films