Sakath
Sakath | |
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Directed by | Suni |
Screenplay by | Suni Sheelam M Swamy |
Produced by | Nisha Venkat Konanki Suprith |
Starring | Ganesh Nishvika Naidu Surbhi |
Cinematography | Santhosh Rai Pathaje |
Edited by | Shantu Kumar |
Music by | Judah Sandhy |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Sakath is a 2021 Indian
Suni and Sheelam Kiran wrote the story of Sakath based on a real-life incident where a physically challenged dancer participating in a reality television show was found out by the organizers to having normal feet.
Sakath opened to mixed to positive reviews from critics upon theatrical release on 26 November 2021. They highlighted the cast performances, cinematography, songs, writing and direction while directing criticism at the film's length.
Plot
Balu is a youngster who aspires to be singer like
Slowly, Balu starts to fall for Mayuri, However, he intentionally loses to another blind man, whose mother wanted the prize money for his operation. This earns Mayuri and everyone's respect. Life turns topsy-turvy for Balu as he witness a murder of a
Meanwhile, Balu learns that Mayuri is actually engaged to Sadashivaraya's son Dhanraj where he decide not to fight the case, Mayuri takes Balu to Drishti school for blind founded by Sadashivaraya and gets him a job of a
Though lost his eyesight, Balu continues to investigate. He arrives at the court and reveals that before Sadashivaraya died, in his last words, he called a name Chanti, revealing that Chanti is actually Dhanraj. He reveals that Dhanraj wanted to build a
Enraged, Praveen Mahabala kidnaps Nakshatra and takes Balu to his hideout, intending to kill him. While going for Raghuram to seek a bail for Praveen Mahabala. Praveen Mahabala's brother listens to Raghuram's conversation with his junior lawyer where Raghuram tells that Balu was the one who told to side with Praveen Mahabala in order to learn about their plans, revealing that he and Balu were in cahoots and reveals that it was Balu who gave the eyedrops (which is empty and filled with mineral water), thus revealing that he faked his blindness again and making Praveen Mahabala and Chalapathi believe that he became blind.
Balu defeats the henchmen and confronts one of the men where he learns that Nakshatra wasn't kidnapped, but used a
Cast
Cast of the film:[2]
- Ganesh as Balaram a.k.a Baalu
- Vihaan Ganesh as Young Baalu
- Nishvika Naidu as Nakshatra
- Surbhi as Mayuri, reality show anchor
- Rangayana Raghu as Lawyer Chalapathi
- Ravishankar Gowda as Special Public Prosecutor Vittal Rao
- Sadhu Kokila as Sadhu, owner of Melodies Orchestra troupe
- Ramakrishna as Sadashivaraya, Owner of Drishti Shaale
- Shobaraj as Corporater Praveen Mahabala
- Girish Shivanna as Giri, Director of reality TV show
- Dharamanna Kadur as Anjaneya, Singing Show Contestant
- Kuri Prathap as Bhupathy, Singing Show Judge
- D. P. Raghuram as Amoghavarsha Tunga, Singing Show Judge
- Hamsa as Barbara, Singing Show Judge
- Raaghu Raamanakoppa as Lawyer Raghuram
- Malavika Avinash as Pushpalatha, court judge
- Utpal as Dhanraj, Sadashivaraya's son
- Arjun. A.R as Nayan Kumar
- Viswanath Mandalika as Abdulla
- Lakshman Lucky as Auto Ranga
- Prajot P Bekal as Amit
- Sandhya Arakere as Amit's Mother
- Niranjan Kumar as Sadashiv's Partner
- Ashok Rao as Sadashiv's Partner
- Vijeth Gowda as Vegetable Seller
- Venkat Konanki as himself (Cameo)
- Sunias a Bystander (Cameo)
- Harish Raj as Rishi Vedavyasa (Special Appearance)
Production
Development
When his film Operation Alamelamma (2017) was under production, Suni's associate director sent him an article about a physically challenged dancer who was found out later by the organizers of the reality television show he was participating in, having no issues with his feet.[3][4] This was taken as a base by Suni to write Sakath. He titled it Chamak and narrated the story to Ganesh alongside another one titled Simpalag Ond Marriage Story. Ganesh liked the latter better, and was first adapted into a film titled Chamak (2017).[4] Sakath was the titled adopted for the first of Suni's stories and the film adaptation was announced in February 2020 with Ganesh as the lead. It was reported that KVN Productions would produce the film.[5] The New Indian Express reported that the plot "revolves around a present-day reality show and court case."[6] Director Suni stated, "A major part of the film will also be a court room drama and Ganesh's character will be pivotal to solving a murder and that forms an interesting part of the story."[7] He also stated that the film was not based on Andhadhun (2018), a film with a similar plot. He added, "With the law being the underline subject, I didn't want to go wrong and even consulted a few lawyers."[3]
Casting
Filming
Filming began in February 2020 but due to the
Music
Sakath | |
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Feature film soundtrack | |
Language | Kannada |
Label | Anand Audio[17] |
Judah Sandhy scored background music for the film and its soundtrack. It was his third collaboration with Suni. The soundtrack album comprises five tracks; the first track "Premakke Kannilla" was released on 9 October 2021[18] and was received well. The title track, a rap song, was sung by S.I.D Rapper and Pancham Jeeva. S.I.D Rapper wrote the rap bits of the song while Suni wrote the "colloquial words".[19] Sandhy added that all musicians involved were based out of Bengaluru, including the Bangalore String Ensemble for the string section of the score. He stated, "Sarangi, Dilruba, Flute, and the Veena instead of digital rendition of those sounds" were used "and retained the natural tempo throughout. I found the Veena player, Mahesh Prasad, on Instagram and even Pancham Jeeva, who has sung three songs in the album, came across via Insta". Other playback singers on the album included Sid Sriram and Shreya Iyer.[20][21]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Oh Appu Marali baa" | Pramod Maravanthe | Pancham Jeeva | 1:13 |
2. | "Sakath (Title Track)" | Suni, S.I.D Rapper | S.I.D Rapper, Pancham Jeeva | 2:54 |
3. | "Shuruvaagidhe" | Arjun Luis | Sid Sriram | 3:41 |
4. | "24 Carat Chinna Sakath" | S.I.D Rapper | S.I.D Rapper | 1:01 |
5. | "Baadige Mane" | Cherish Gowda, Jaishanth | Narayan Sharma | 3:19 |
6. | "Neene Naa" | Pramod Maravanthe | Pancham Jeeva | 3:48 |
7. | "Premakke kannilla" | Jayanth Kaikini | Pancham Jeeva | 4:26 |
Marketing and release
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Reception
Sakath received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics upon release. While the cast performances, writing, music and cinematography received praise, criticism was directed at its length.
The reviewer for the
The mainstream Kannada-language media too were unanimous in their praise of the acting performances on the film. However, unlike leading dailies Udayavani and Vijayavani,[28][29] Prajavani was critical of the film and stated that a serious attempt was not made. Its reviewer added, that the film pales in comparison to similar films made on the same theme, Kaabil (2017) and Andhadhun (2018).[30] TV9 Kannada gave the film a favourable review, rated it 3.5/5, but added that the length of the film was an issue.[31]
Box office
The film had a theatrical run of more than 50 days. The film was a successful venture.
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External links
- Sakath at IMDb