Prithvi (2010 film)

Prithvi
Directed by Jacob Varghese
Produced by Rajakumar N. S.
Soorappa Babu
Starring Puneeth Rajkumar
Parvathy
Avinash
Music by Manikanth Kadri
Cinematography Sathya. P
Edited by Kishore Te.
Release date
  • 23 April 2010 (2010-04-23)
Running time
 134 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Prithvi is a 2010 Indian Kannada language film directed by Jacob Varghese, produced by N.S Rajkumar, starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Parvathy in lead roles. Manikanth Kadri composed the music of the film.

Plot

Prithvi Kumar is an honest young IAS Officer who works as District Commissioner for Bellary District. His main aim is to eradicate the ongoing corruption in the District and stick to his principles: honesty and corruption-free administration.

Once he takes office, he discovers that the people of the area are drinking contaminated water, that is polluted by unstoppable illegal mining companies, daily. He notices that people fall ill due to the polluted water and foresees the future may be very critical if the people continue to have the same water for drinking.

His mission is to find out the reason behind the polluted water. He seizes all illegal mining companies around Bellary with no mercy. As a result, Bellary Mining Lords try to kill him.

How Prithvi reacts to Bellary Mining Lords conspiracy, even dare to question Government's decision and be successful in his mission against illegal mining companies is the further story of the film.

Cast

Soundtrack

Prithvi
Soundtrack album by Manikanth Kadri
Released 11 April 2010 (2010-04-11)
Recorded 2009–10
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 27:05
Label Anand Audio

Manikanth Kadri scored the film's background music and composed its soundtrack, lyrics for which was penned by Jayant Kaikini, K. Kalyan and Kaviraj.[1] The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.[2] Actress and singer Shruti Haasan made her debut as a playback singer for a Kannada track with "Nenapidu Nenapidu". Saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath, also the father of the composer Manikanth Kadri, lent bits to the track "Kukkoo Kogileyinda". The album was released in Bangalore on 11 April 2010. Anand Audio distributed the album into the market.[3][4]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hejjegondu Hejje"KavirajClinton Cerejo, Benny Dayal, Shweta Mohan4:39
2."Nenapidu Nenapidu"K. KalyanKarthik, Shruti Haasan4:26
3."Kukkoo Kogileyinda"K. KalyanRajesh Krishnan, Sunidhi Chauhan4:46
4."Ninagende Visheshavaada"Jayanth KaikiniManikanth Kadri, Hamsika Iyer4:26
5."Haagella Nee Nodabeda"Jayanth KaikiniHaricharan, Anitha Karthikeyan4:42
6."Jagave Ninadu"K. KalyanManikanth Kadri, Benny Dayal4:06
Total length:27:05

Release

The movie ran for 8 weeks in Main Theater Sagar and additional 2 weeks in Menaka (10 weeks). The movie was critically acclaimed & became hit in A centers and multiplex but flopped in B & C Centres. The movie attained cult status after being telecasted in TV .

The movie was dubbed in Malayalam and Telugu as Prithvi IAS.

References

  1. ↑ "Prithvi – ಪೃಥ್ವಿ (2010/೨೦೧೦)". Kannada Movies Info. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Prithvi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Manikanth Kadri". iTunes. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Pyarilal, Vasanth (12 April 2010). "Puneeth's 'Prithvi' audio launched". southscope.in. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Prithvi Audio Released". chitraloka.com. 12 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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