Duniya
VCD cover
Directed bySoori
Written bySoori
Produced byT. P. Siddaraju
StarringVijay
Rashmi
Rangayana Raghu
Yogesh
CinematographySatya Hegde
Edited byDeepu S. Kumar
Music bySongs:
V. Manohar
Score
Sadhu Kokila
Production
company
Samy Associates
Release date
  • 23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Duniya (transl. World) 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

  • 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)

Music

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

No.TitleLyricsSingersLength
1."Kariya I Love You"V. Nagendra PrasadRajesh Krishnan, Nanditha04:44
2."Preethi Maaye Hushaaru"RanganathHemanth Kumar, Aakansha Baadami03:39
3."Ee Paapi Duniya Preethi"V. Nagendra PrasadBadri Prasad01:52
4."Saala Maadiyaadru Tuppa"V. ManoharAbhimanyu Bhupathi, Mysore Jenny, Gururaj Hosakote03:43
5."Ee Paapi Janara Haalu"V. Nagendra PrasadBadri Prasad01:56
6."Nodayya Kwate Lingave"V. Nagendra PrasadM. D. Pallavi Arun04:02
7."Ennomme Neenu Bandu"Yograj BhatBadri Prasad02:04

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

  1. ↑ "Vijay's best days are here". Oneindia. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (3 April 2007). "Rajni's impressed with Duniya". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 Kumar, S. Shiva (23 March 2007). "It's a big, bad world". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Top Kannada actors, 2007". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (24 February 2007). "Duniya Kannada Movie Review". IANS. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Nowrunning.
  6. ↑ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (26 February 2007). "Duniya is refreshingly original". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Duniya Movie Review". Chitraloka. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Newcomers rule box office". Indiaglitz.com. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "2007 – year of 'Mungary Male', 'Duniya' in Kannada cinema". IANS. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via India Forums.
  10. ↑ "Duniya". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "55th annual Tiger Balm South Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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