Kalaya Tasmai Namaha is a 2012 Kannada Crime drama movie directed and written by Chandrashekar Shrivastav. The film stars Yogesh and debutante Madhubala in the lead roles. Snake Shyam makes a special appearance in a song sequence. The music is composed by A. M. Neel.

Kalaya Tasmai Namaha
Directed byChandrashekar Shrivastav
Written byChandrashekar Shrivastav
Produced byMaruthi JD
StarringYogesh
Madhubala
CinematographyCinetech Suri
Edited byS. Sounder Rajan
Music byA. M. Neel
Production
company
Maruthi Enterprises
Distributed byArya Mourya Enterprises
Release date
  • 12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

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The story revolves around a man who is a serial Supari killer and his love interest played by Madhubala.

Cast

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Production

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Director Chandrashekar, after a brief gap from his previous film, Patre Loves Padma, approached Yogesh with a different screenplay oriented script and soon after roped in him in the lead role. Yogesh plays a Supari serial killer and lead actress Madhubala plays a homely girl character.

Filming

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The film is shot in central cities such as Bangalore, Mysore and Haasan. For songs, the unit has shot at Jaipur locales. The filming officially begun on 5 August 2011 and Duniya Vijay and Bhavana attended the inaugural event to wish the team.

Soundtrack

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Kalaya Tasmai Namaha
Soundtrack album by
A. M. Neel
ReleasedJuly 2012 (2012-07)
GenreFeature film soundtrack

A. M. Neel composed 7 songs to the lyrics of director Chandrashekar Shrivastav.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kaali Roadu"Yogesh 
2."Naanenu Alla"Sunidhi Chauhan, Vardhan 
3."Haalaythu"Ritheesha Padmanabh, Sujay 
4."Ninna Naanu"Anuradha Bhat, Neel 
5."Preethi Andare"Kailash Kher 
6."Ondu Eradu Preethiya"Tippu 
7."Preethi Yako"Kailash Kher 

Reception

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Critical response

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A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Full marks to Yogish not only for his excellent acting, but also for singing a song in Kolaveri tune. Madhubala makes an impressive debut with good dialogue delivery. Rangayana Raghu excels as don".[1] A Sharadhaa from The New Indian Express wrote "The verdict: 'Kalaya Tasmai Namaha' means salutations to that great entity called time. The audience would bow to time, provided there was more meat to the film".[2] A critic from Rediff.com scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Yogish has played his role well but it is debutante Madhubala who walks away with all the acting honours by playing the innocent girl so perfectly. Rangayana Raghu is seen differently. Suri's cinematography and A M Neel's music are good. Though the narration is quite slow, the film is engaging and a good attempt".[3] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote  "The wide-angles of the camera would have been great, if it was not just two locations; a railway bridge and Hesarghatta plains, that made up three-fourths of the film. As the common film wisdom goes, anyone can direct a film, but not everyone can become a story-teller".[4]

Awards

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Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Ravi Khale Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "KAALAYA THASMAI NAMAHA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 14 May 2016.
  2. ^ "'Kalaya Tasmai Namaha' (Kannada)". The New Indian Express. 14 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Review: Kaalaaya Tasmai Namaha is engaging". Rediff.com. 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Kaalaya Tasmai Namaha: Empty vessel, Loud noises". Bangalore Mirror. 12 October 2012.
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