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Duniya (Шаблон:Translation) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Soori and starring Vijay in his lead debut and newcomer Rashmi. It was successful with both critics and audience.[1][2] Post the success of this film, Vijay received many film offers.[3][4]

Plot

Shivalinga a.k.a. Shivu, an innocent villager who works as a manual laborer in stone quarry realizes that his mother is seriously ill. He gets his mother to Bangalore for treatment, but his mother dies and he is unable to arrange finances for her funeral. He manages to pay with the only ornament he had in order to carry out the funeral of his mother. With his inability to procure a tomb-stone for his mother's grave, Shivu leaves the city walking without any money, devastated.

While on his way he comes across a girl (Purnima) who is kidnapped and the abductors try to rape her. Shivu saves her and gets her to the orphanage where she is staying. The warden of the institute misunderstands the situation and believes that Purnima is in love with Shivu and had eloped with him. The warden asks the girl to leave the institution immediately.

Shivu wants to fulfill her wish to continue study and decides to support her education. But apart from a strong body he does not have any qualities to survive in this world. The circumstances make him work for the underworld. In the process his peers in the underworld have an eye on Purima, the love for Purnima makes Shivu to fight with mob leaders. In the process the kingpin is killed. Police wrongly believe that Shivu is responsible for the murders. Unable to see the suffering of Shivu at the hands of society, police, and the underworld, Purnima calls him to meet her outside the city. Without his knowledge, she gives him sweets laced with poison and she too consumes the same to end the chapter.

Cast

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  • Vijay as Shivalinga a.k.a. Shivu
  • Rashmi as Poornima
  • Rangayana Raghu as Satyanna
  • Kishore as ACP Umesh Kumar
  • Mico Nagaraj as Raghupathi
  • Yogesh as 'Loose' Maadha
  • Lokesh as Praveen
  • Sai Sunil as Sappe
  • Prasanna as Petrol
  • Kaddipudi Chandru as Dopu
  • Mohan Juneja as Gravedigger (uncredited)

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Music

The soundtrack for Duniya has music composed by V. Manohar. Lyrics are by V. Nagendra Prasad, V. Manohar and Yograj Bhat. Шаблон:Tracklist

Reception

Film critic R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Duniya is a film that should not be missed as it is a top class presentation. It is strongly recommended for film buffs who want to see different type of films".[5] A critic from Rediff.com said that "This is Vijay's first film as the hero but he has certainly proved that he has oodles of talent. His performance is one of the best seen in recent times. Rashmi is the real find of this film. Duniya is a must see".[6] A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "Soori directed “Duniya not only stands up to its huge expectations, but it also comes as a fresh offering for the quality conscious Kannada film audience".[7]

Box office

As of July 2007, the film had completed one-hundred-and-fifty days of screening.[8][3] The film ran for more than twenty-five weeks in some centres, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film.[9]

Awards

References

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External links

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