''Sidlingu'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language

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film starring

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in the lead roles. The film has been directed and written by

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, who makes his big screen debut after directing many TV series. The film is produced by Yogesh's father, T. P. Siddaraju of '' Duniya'' fame.

Anoop Seelin J Anoop Seelin (born 24 October 1979) is an Indian film music director and playback singer who works in the Kannada film industry. He has scored music for films including '' Gooli'', ''Eddelu Manjunatha'', ''Preethse Preethse,'' ''Yaksha'', '' I ...

has composed the music. Sugnan aka Gnana Murthy who has worked for movies like Mani, Lifeu Isthene, Premism, Manasology and many more is the director of cinematography. The film was released on 13 January 2012.

Plot

Sidlingu has a passion for cars since his childhood and gets closer to a young girl and a middle-aged lecturer because of his desire to own a car. But the lecturer, who gives him lift, seduces him. Later Sidlingu moves to Srirangapatna where he finds one vintage car and wants to purchase it. There he meets schoolteacher Mangala who helps him to realise his dreams. Sidlingu even expresses his desire to marry Mangala, but she keeps mum as she feels Sidlingu is an innocent and infatuated youngster. Later tragedy strikes and robs Sidlingu off Mangala.

Production

Actress Ramya is noted for an image makeover in this film playing the role of ''Mangala'', a middle-class school teacher portraying the role of a woman who is behind the success of a man in the film.

Cast

as Sidlingu *

as Mangala *

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as Aandalamma * K. S. Sridhar as Asadullah Baig *

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as Rangamma *

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as Appaji Gowda * Chaswa as Jamaal alias biryani *

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* Amarnath Aaradhya * Mimicry Gopi * Srikanth Heblikar * HMT Vijay * Nagaraj Gowda * Vatsala Mohan * Kaddipudi Chandru * Shankar Rao * Kempegowda

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' wrote "Anup Silin has provided lilting music. It is certainly worth watching till intermission. One needs a little bit extra patience to sit through its second half". A critic from ''

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'' wrote "The rural situations look natural and real thanks to the work done by art director. 'Sidlingu' is a better presented with a good performance from young hero Yogish". Shruti I L from '' DNA'' wrote "Anoop Seelin’s music, especially in the song Ellelo oduva manase… is worth a mention. Sidlingu held all the possibilities of soaring high but it falls short, leaving you asking for more". A critic from

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wrote "What could have been another film in the genre of Mera Naam Joker and My Autograph ends up being pathetically ordinary. But for the twist in the last 10 seconds, the audience would have felt cheated by the trailers".

Soundtrack

The much-hyped audio of ‘Sidlingu’ was released on 29 November 2011 at Srinivasa Theatre, Gowdana Palya which was attended by Kannada film personalities such as

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Prajwal Devaraj Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by t ...

Diganth Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), mononymously known as Diganth, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Kannada films. Diganth made his acting debut in ''Miss California'' in 2006. He is a recipient of one SIIMA Awar ...

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and

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Awards

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3107818 Films scored by Anoop Seelin 2012 romantic drama films 2012 films Indian coming-of-age drama films 2010s Kannada-language films 2012 drama films Indian romantic drama films 2010s coming-of-age drama films Films directed by Vijaya Prasad