Ayya is a 2005 Indian Kannada film directed by Om Prakash Rao, starring Darshan and Rakshitha.[1] Darshan plays the role of a brave police officer prepared to go to any lengths to control crime in the city. The background music and soundtrack have been scored by V. Ravichandran. Despite being an unofficial remake of Saamy, the director had revealed that he had copied scenes from nine other movies including the Tamil movie Madhurey.[2][3]
The film enjoyed box office success, with many cinemas running it for over 100 days.[4]
Plot
Cast
- Darshan as Ayya, Assistant Commissioner of Police
- Rakshita
- Hema Choudhary
- Srinagar Kitty
- Avinash
- Dharma
- Sadhu Kokila
- Shobhraj
- Bhavya Bhuvanahalli Chandre gowda
- Mandeep Roy
- Ramesh Pandit as Seetharama
Production
Ayya marks the third collaboration of Om Prakash Rao with Darshan after Annavru and Kalasipalya
Soundtrack
The music was composed by actor V. Ravichandran collaborating with Om Prakash Rao for the second time after Sahukara (2004) (other than acting) and his first collaboration with Darshan.
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kettode Kettode" | L. N. Shastry, Suma Shastry | 03:59 |
| 2 | "Tabla Tabla" | Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram | 04:52 |
| 3 | "Simha Gharjane" | Hemanth Kumar | 04:46 |
| 4 | "Surya Jothe" | L. N. Shastry | 04:37 |
| 5 | "Ee Prema" | Udit Narayan, Archana Udupa | 04:26 |
| 6 | "Rakshita Rakshita" | Badri Prasad, Manjula Gururaj | 04:00 |
Reception
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Over all, Ayya is what they call a timepass movie".[5]
Legacy
The dialogue "Naan convent alli odi police agiddalla. Corporation school alli odi police aagiddu" (Means, "I have not become a police officer by studying in the convent, I am a police officer who studied in corporation school"), became popular in Karnataka.
References
- ^ "ಡಬಾಸ ಹುಟಟುಹಬಬ: 'ಮಜಸಟಕ'ನಲಲ ಕಾಲಟಟು ಚಾಲಂಜಂಗ ಸಟಾರ ಆಗ ಮರದ ಟಾಪ 10 ಸನಮಾ". 16 February 2021.
- ^ "ಓಂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರಾವ್ ಬೆಂಕಿಮಾತು ಬೆಂಕಿಉತ್ತರ ಭಾಗ-02 | Exclusive Interview with Om Prakash Rao | Director |". YouTube.
- ^ Lokesh, Vinay (11 September 2013). "Chiranjeevi Sarja in Ayya-2". The Times of India.
- ^ Venkattasubba Rao, K.N. (8 January 2006). "The message is unclear in 'Mandya'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007.
- ^ R G Vijayasarathy (11 February 2005). "Ayya is a collage of popular non-Kannada films". Rediff.com.
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