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]
| Ayya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Om Prakash Rao |
| Story by | Hari |
| Produced by | Byre Gowda |
| Starring | Darshan Rakshitha |
| Cinematography | Anaji Nagaraj |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Music by | V. Ravichandran |
Production company | Bhavya Cine Creations |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film enjoyed box office success, with many cinemas running it for over 100 days.[4]
Cast
edit- Darshan as Ayya, Assistant Commissioner of Police
- Rakshita as
- Hema Choudhary as
- Srinagar Kitty
- Avinash as
- Dharma as
- Sadhu Kokila as
- Shobhraj as
- Bhavya Bhuvanahalli Chandre gowda
- Mandeep Roy as
- Ramesh Pandit as Seetharama
Production
editAyya marks the third collaboration of Om Prakash Rao with Darshan after Annavru and Kalasipalya
Soundtrack
editThe 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.
| Ayya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 11 January 2005 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:56 | |||
| Language | Kannada | |||
| Label | Anand Audio | |||
| Producer | V. Ravichandran | |||
| V. Ravichandran chronology | ||||
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| 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
editA critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Over all, Ayya is what they call a timepass movie".[5]
Legacy
editThe 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
edit- ^ "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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ R G Vijayasarathy (11 February 2005). "Ayya is a collage of popular non-Kannada films". Rediff.com.
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