''Sipaayi'' is a 2016 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

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written and directed by Rajath Mayee in his directorial debut. The film stars debutant Siddharth Mahesh (who also produced the film), Sruthi Hariharan,

Sanchari Vijay Vijay Kumar Basavarajaiah (17 July 1983 – 15 June 2021), known by his stage name Sanchari Vijay, was an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a stage actor. He trained on stage from Sanchari Theatre, a cu ...

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, Gaurish Akki, Krishna Hebbale and Bharath Singh.

Premise

Siddharth is a

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, whose aim is to fight against illegal trading activities in

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, but his plans are thwarted by a crime boss Virat, where he along with his friends Divya and Manju sets out to expose and bring Virat to justice.

Cast

* Sidharth Mahesh as Siddharth * Sruthi Hariharan as Divya *

as Manju *

as Narasimharaju * Gaurish Akki as Vishwanath * Krishna Hebbale as Virat * Bharath Singh as Abhay

Production

Rajath Mayee and Siddharth Mahesh met on the sets of '' Lucia'' as they both were coproducers of the film. Sruthi Hariharan, who starred in ''Lucia'', was cast in this film. Production started on 19 May 2014. Completed shoot with the song shoot on 4 July 2015.

Soundtrack

B. Ajaneesh Loknath B. Ajaneesh Loknath (born 20 November 1985) is an Indian composer who works predominantly for Kannada cinema. He received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work in the film Ulidavaru Kandanthe in 2015. He is known f ...

composed the soundtrack of ''Sipaayi''. The lyrics were written by

Jayant Kaikini Jayanth Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collecti ...

, Hrudaya Shiva,

Chethan Kumar Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...

and Bharath Venkataswamy. B. Ajaneesh Loknath,

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, Chinmayi,

Shashank Sheshagiri Shashank Sheshagiri is an Indian playback singer, live performer and composer who works in Kannada, Tulu, Telugu and Tamil film Industries. Background Shashank was born to Sheshagiri. A & Arundathi K.P in Shimoga, Karnataka. Shashank's par ...

, Bobby CR and Udith Haritas lent their voices for the songs. Audio released on 20 May 2016.

Reception

Sunayana Suresh of ''

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'' gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The filmmaker has tried his hand at narrating the subject in a non-linear manner. This is interesting, no doubt but the fact that he relies on the usual tropes of commercial cinema is what makes it tedius. While the maker has tried to be different with the screenplay, the commercial must haves like fights and songs slow down the narrative that should have kept one on the edge of the seat." ''

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'' wrote "The film is narrated so poorly that it is only in the second half that we even learn about what the lead character does in the film."

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 6034076 2016 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian action films 2016 action films