''Nyaya Ellide'' () is an 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 film which was released on 3 September 1982. It is a remake of the Tamil movie ''

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'', which was directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, who also directed the Kannada version of the film. It was produced by

Dwarakish 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 ...

and Prabhakara Reddy under the banner of D R Films. According to ''

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'' it was one of the 1980s films with revolutionary songs.

Plot

Inspector Durga lives with her widowed mother and little brother Vijay, who fights for justice whenever he comes across injustice in society and gets caught by the police. Vijay is frequently at loggerheads with Durga due to his aggressive behaviour. Vijay's only mission in life is to kill three men: George, Javed and Jagannath. Vijay's father Gopal Rao happened to witness a murder committed by the trio. Despite being arrested and imprisoned, the trio managed to come out of prison, where they killed Gopal Rao and his family except Vijay, Durga and their mother. When Vijay and Durga approached the police to report the killings, the police brushed them off by stating that the accused were in prison when the murders took place and hence the murder could not have committed by them. The trio's method of committing the murders with an alibi registers in Vijay's mind and decides to take vengeance on them in the same way. However, Durga feels they should be punished legally and takes up the case 15 years after the murders. The trio come to known about the case is reopened and try to kill Durga by planting a bomb in her jeep. Vijay catches Peter, the man who planted the bomb and saves Durga. Peter becomes an ally of Vijay in his crusade. When Jagannath tries to molest Rekha, a bar dancer who knows Vijay, she saves herself and later tells Vijay that she escaped by knocking out Jagannath's

glasses Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear, with lenses (clear or tinted) mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms (known as temples ...

, without which he can hardly see, and Vijay recognises him as one of his father's murderers. Jagannath is killed by Vijay taking him in his car, removing his glasses and leaving him on the road, where he is run over by vehicles. He then makes George drunk, and mixes poison in his drink to kill him. Javed understands that his friends were murdered by Vijay and decides to challenge him. Rekha and Vijay marry. Javed reaches the hotel where they are staying and tries to kill Rekha, but escapes. Infuriated, Vijay tries to kill Javed but Durga, who is aware of Vijay's activities, corners and arrests him. From prison, Vijay works out a plan with Peter, creates his alibi and goes to meet Javed. Durga, who has gone to meet Javed, is caught and tied in a chair. Vijay reaches there, fights Javed and kills him in Durga's presence. Durga returns to the police station, only to find Vijay is in the lock-up. Durga tries to prove that Vijay had committed the murders. But in the court, she is unable to prove this as Vijay as built a strong

alibi An alibi (from the Latin, '' alibī'', meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person, who is a possible perpetrator of a crime, of where they were at the time a particular offence was committed, which is somewhere other than where the crim ...

, showing he was in lock-up when the murder took place. Vijay is exonerated due to lack of evidence and leaves with Rekha, but Durga remains determined to apprehend him in the High court.

Cast

Shankar Nag Shankar Nagarakatte (9 November 1954 – 30 September 1990) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work in Kannada-language films and television. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, Nag is often referred to as ...

as Vijay * Aarathi as Inspector Durga * Sangeetha as Rekha *

Tiger Prabhakar Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001), also known as Kannada Prabhakar, was an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Kannada and Telugu cinema, with a few Malayalam, Tamil and Bollywood films. Career Prabhakar started hi ...

as Javed * Sundar Krishna Urs as Jagannath *

as Peter * Sudheer as George *

Rajanand Venkataraju known by his professional name Rajanand (1927-2004), was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rajanand as an actor include '' Operation Diamond Racket'' (1978), '' Mayura'' (1975), and '' Eradu Ka ...

Shivaram S. Shivaram (28 January 1938 – 4 December 2021), popularly known simply as Shivaram or Shivaramanna, was an Indian actor, producer and director whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. He has played roles including lead hero p ...

* Kanchana as Durga and Vijay's mother * Lakshman * Udaya Kumar

Soundtrack

The music for this movie was given by Chakravarthy. The audio rights were given to Sangeetha, this movie has 5 songs sung by SPB and S. Janaki. The song "Nyaya Ellide" is one of the revolutionary hit song of the 1980s. # "Hennu Chenna Thaane" by

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

# "Nyaya Ellide" by

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

# "Nee Kallanu Balu Tuntanu" by SPB and

# "Nanagu Ninagu Ibbarigu Gottu" by SPB and S. Janaki # "Nyaya Ellide" (pathos) by SPB.

References

{{Dwarakish Kannada remakes of Tamil films 1982 films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Indian action films Indian vigilante films 1980s Kannada-language films 1982 action films 1980s vigilante films

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