''Thayige Thakka Maga'' (''Like Mother Like Son'') is a 2018 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

action drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-ge ...

film written, directed and produced by Shashank. It stars Krishna Ajai Rao,

Ashika Ranganath Ashika Ranganath is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada language films. She is known for her lead role in the 2016 film Crazy Boy (film), Crazy Boy and Raambo 2 (2018). Early life and personal life Ashika was born in a Kan ...

and

Sumalatha Sumalatha (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress, politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She has acted in more than 220 films in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi. She gained ...

. The film marks 25th acting assignment for Ajai Rao and the first production venture for Shashank. Ajai plays the role of a

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

trainer who fights against social injustice. Although the film borrows the title from the 1978 hit of the same name, the film reportedly does not relate to the earlier film. The film released across Karnataka on 16 November 2018.Is Thayige Thakka Maga based on a real incident from Bengaluru?
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (5 September 2018). Retrieved on 2022-11-30.

Plot

Mohan Das (Ajai Rao), a karate trainer, decides to fight and wipe out crime. His mother, Parvathi (Sumalatha), a lawyer, motivates his fight against injustice. He falls in love with Saraswathi (Ashika Ranganath), his mother accepts her as she is the perfect match for him. A corrupt minister, Prathap Kaale (Krishna Hebbal), supports his son Suraj Kaale (Sourav Lokesh) in all his crimes. Mohandas opposes him and decides to teach a lesson to him. Once Mohan Das beats and insults Suraj. Suraj attacks his mother, but Mohan protects his mother. He and his mother fight him in court, but lose for lack of evidence. Suraj stabs him outside, but Mohan Das wants to see the people's response. In the end, Mohan Das motivates the people, and the people kill Suraj and his father.

Cast

* Krishna Ajai Rao as Mohan Das, Karate trainer, and son of Parvathi *

as Saraswati, Mohan Das' love interest *

as Parvathi, a lawyer, and mother of Mohan Das *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was t ...

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

as Trainer of a Camp *

Saurav Lokesh Saurav Lokesh (born 28 May 1984), also known as Bhajarangi Loki, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He rose to the fame with the 2013 blockbuster ''Bhajarangi''. Early life Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Ramak ...

as Suraj Kaale, Son of Corrupt Minister * Krishna Hebbale as Prathap Kaale a Corrupt Minister

Soundtrack

Judah Sandhy Judah Sandhy is an Indian film music director who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame with 2017 Blockbuster film ''Operation Alamelamma''. Early life Sandhy was born on 21 January 1989 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He went ...

has scored the soundtrack and score for the film. A total of six songs and one theme track were composed by him and written by

Jayanth 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 ...

, Raghavendra C. S. and the director Shashank.

References

External links

Thayige Thakka Maga (2018)
{{Shashank 2010s Kannada-language films 2018 action drama films 2018 films 2018 martial arts films Films directed by Shashank Films shot in Karnataka Indian action drama films Indian martial arts films Karate films