''Sahukara'' is a 2004 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language

masala film Masala films of Indian cinema are those that blend multiple genres into one work. Masala films emerged in the 1970s and are still being created as of the 2020s. Typically these films freely blend action, comedy, romance, and drama, or melod ...

directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced by K. Manju. It stars Vishnuvardhan, V. Ravichandran,

Shashikumar Shashi Kumar (born 2 December 1965) is an actor and politician from Karnataka. He works predominantly in Kannada films also appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. He acted with many leading ladies in 1990s and he acted as Rajnikanth's broth ...

, Rambha, and

Anu Prabhakar Anu Prabhakar, also known by her married name Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee, is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada film industry, Kannada films and a few Tamil films. Early life Anu was born in Bangalore to M. V. Prabhakar, an ...

. It was a remake of the Tamil film '' Muthu'' (1995), which itself based on the

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

film '' Thenmavin Kombath'' (1994). The film was released on 24 September 2004 to generally positive reviews from critics, went on to become one of the blockbuster hits of 2004, and successfully screened for about 25 weeks in cinema halls.

Premise

Cast

Production

Vishnuvardhan said he accepted to work in the film "out of inspiration from Rajnikanth". The film's first schedule began on 14 January 2004. The film was also shot in Kerala.

Soundtrack

Rajesh Ramanath used all the tunes and re-arranged the instrumentation from the original soundtrack of '' Muthu'' composed by

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinem ...

Reception

K. N. Venkatasubba Rao of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...

'' wrote "Lakshmi Sri Combines ''Saahukara'', a remake of Tamil blockbuster ''Muthu'', starring Rajnikant, (original Malayalam) is a classic example of how taste can be corrupted by shifting importance from thematic essence to artistes' image-refurbishing exercise and cheap pranks in place of pure comedy". A critic from '' Viggy.com'' wrote " Though is a remake (of Tamil film ''Mutthu''), producer Manju has made an effort to make his latest movie Sahukara look 'rich' in all aspects. Credit goes to director Om Prakash Rao for handling this multi-starrer movie and a balanced presentation. Though is not an unusual story, it has everything to be a family entertainer". S. N. Deepak of ''

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately hel ...

'' wrote "Ravichandran has put in a good performance though the role is not much different from the ones he played earlier. Sashikumar is okay" but praised Vishnuvardhan "his saint-like role is small, impresses" and called Rangayana Raghu as "convincing villain" while also praising technical elements citing "Cinematography by Seetharam adds colours to the film. Music by Ramesh Ramanath is good". A critic from ''

Sify Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology (ICT) company providing telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services, and ...

'' wrote "''Sahukara'' is a remake of Tamil film ''Muthu'', which itself was a remake of a Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The glorious production values are a treat to watch along with the selection of artistes and technicians that are apt. The only problem that lacks in the film is the action scenes which are not well conceived". Anjali of ''Indiainfo'' wrote, "The costumes and the sets look elegant. On the whole, ''SAHUKARA'' is a complete family package filled with action, sentiment, love and comedy". A critic from ''

IANS Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency. It was founded in 1986 by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the "India Abroad News Service" and later renamed. In December 2023, Adani Group, Adani group, known for its clos ...

'' wrote, "''Sahukara'' is a film for the masses. But it could have been a better film, were it not a frame-by-frame copy of the original".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 2000s Indian films 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s masala films 2004 films Films directed by Om Prakash Rao Films scored by Rajesh Ramnath Kannada remakes of Malayalam films