Savaari

Savaari (Kannada: ಸವಾರಿ) is a 2009 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed by Jacob Verghese and produced by Ramoji Rao of Ushakiran Movies in association with Arka Media Works. The film stars Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee and Srinagar Kitty in main roles. It is a remake of Telugu film Gamyam (2008) directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi.^[1]

The film released on 10 April 2009 across Karnataka and upon release, the film generally met with positive reviews from the critics and audience.^[2] It was one of the hit films of the year 2009 completing a successful 50 days run in many cinema halls.^[3] The film earned 5 Filmfare awards nominations at the 57th Filmfare Awards South in various categories including the Best Film. Kitty was selected for the Filmfare Special Jury Award for his performance in the film.

In 2014, a sequel to this film titled Savaari 2 was released which retained the actor Srinagar Kitty while replacing the other two main roles.^[4]

Plot

Abhiram (Raghu) is a rich spoilt brat who believes only in class and hates the company of poor people with low profiles. He is in deep love with Dr. Janaki, an orphan who aims to serve poor people as a doctor and give them proper medication. Though he is in love with her, Abhiram does not like the path traversed by Janaki in helping poor and needy. This breaks their relationship apart and Janaki walks away to remote place on her job. Not able to withstand the agony of separation, Abhiram sets on a journey in finding Janaki again to carry on the relationship. Meanwhile, he meets Gaali Seenu (Kitty), a petty thief who is an expert in robbing the two wheeler vehicles. He strikes a deal with Seenu and further embarks his journey in search of Janaki. En route his search, Abhiram begins to slowly realize the real world and the noble intentions Janaki had in her service. Finally, the lovers meet up and what happens next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Srinagar Kitty as Gaali Seena
• Raghu Mukherjee as Abhiram
• Kamalini Mukherjee as Dr. Janaki
• Milind Gunaji
• Suman Ranganathan
• C. R. Simha
• H. G. Dattatreya
• Pavitra Lokesh
• Lokanath
• M.N Lakshmi Devi
• Dinesh Mangalore

Production

The National award winning director Jacob Verghese announced his desire to remake the successful Telugu film Gamyam as his maiden Kannada venture. He teamed up with Ramoji Rao from the famous Ushakiran Movies production and first signed in actress Kamalini Mukherjee to reprise her original role in this remake version too. He told the reporters that he has only retained the original concept while the narrative pattern is dealt with freshly.^[5] He later roped in Mr. India contest winner Raghu Mukherjee and Srinagar Kitty to play the roles of Sharwanand and Allari Naresh respectively. The film was shot at the temple town of Kukke Subramanya, Sakleshpur, Kuduremukha and Yadiyur, all in Karnataka state.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack totally consists of 6 songs out of which 4 are composed by Manikanth Kadri and remaining two are by E. S. Murthy. The audio launch was held on 14 March 2009 at a hotel in Bangalore. The first print of audio CDs and Cassettes created a controversy by wrongly crediting the song "Marali Mareyagi" to Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal in the place of Anuradha Bhat. Music composer Manikanth Kadri blamed the Anand Audio company for this error while the company owner put the error on the producer of the film.^[6]

Upon release, the soundtrack was immensely popular and was on top of the charts for many weeks. "Marali Mareyagi" and "Ale Aleyo" songs were very well received.

References

External links

• Movie at GGPedia
• Gamyam remade in Kannada
• Indiaglitz Review
• Deccan Herald Review
• Savaari Songs list