Samyuktha
Samyuktha | |
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Chi Guru Dutt Balaraj | |
Cinematography | V. K. Kannan |
Edited by | P. G. Mohan |
Music by | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (songs) Shankar–Ganesh (background score) |
Production company | Nirupama Art Combines |
Release date |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Samyuktha is a 1988 Indian
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Plot
Three youngsters Shivarajkumar aka Shivu aka Shivanna, Balaraj aka Balu and Gururaj aka Guru arrive in
The trio shift to the bungalow and experience paranormal activities: When Balu was returning from a theatre with his girlfriend Pramila, He hears sounds of a woman singing, deducing it is a Mohini escapes from the forest to the bungalow. They also finds that someone has been following them. One night, they hear the same song where they find a woman and follows her, who tries to commit suicide, but Shivu saves her only to find that she is Devi's sister Radha, who reveals that she followed Sadanand to the bungalow, only to find him disappeared which results in Radha sinking into depression. The trio checks Samyuktha's room for clues, but to no avail. Balu wakes up to drink water, only to find a horrific ghost in front to their room. The ghost escapes making the trio deduce that someone is trying to scare them by using Ghost tactics.
After completing their work at night, The trio are attacked by goons and manages to defeat them, but Balu gets knocked by the process. Devi arrives at the bungalow to meet the trio, only to see the ghost and escapes from there until Shivu arrives and chases the ghost. He throws a knife at the ghost where Shivu finds blood stains confirming their suspicion. At Devi's friend Shashirekha's birthday, Guru goes missing and deduce that he has been kidnapped. At morning, Shivu and Balu finds Guru's camera where they find the photo of the priest, who prays at a Gudi near the bungalow is involved in the paranormal activities. They follow him at night, but the priest sees them and a chase ensues where the priest disappears. The next morning, Shivu and Balu find the priest dead and his body hanging from the tree.
They deduce that the priest disappeared from the temple and at night they check the temple and finds some dotted snake puzzle and solve it which leads to a tunnel, only to find that the base is actually an illegal arms den. Shivu and Balu attack the culprits and frees Guru and Sadanand (who is alive) and also confront the ghost, who reveals that Gopal Rao is behind Samyuktha's death and arms smuggling. Samyuktha had learnt about Gopal Rao's smuggling business which leads to Gopal Rao chocking Samyuktha to death and made it look like a suicide, He only spared Sadanand as he is Radha's husband. Shivu, Balu and Guru confronts Gopal Rao, who reveal themselves as undercover officers, who are assigned by Mohan Rao to solve the case. A chase and shootout ensues at a factory where Shivu, Balu and Guru manages to catch Gopal Rao and arrest him. After this, Shivu-Devi, Balu-Pramila, Guru-Shashirekha embarks on a road trip at the hillside.
Cast
- Shiva Rajkumar as Shivaraj aka Shivu
- Veena as Devi
- Chi Guru Duttas Gururaj aka Guru
- Balaraj as Balaraj aka Balu
- K. S. Ashwath as Veerabhadraiah
- Sundar Krishna Urs as Mohan Rao
- Avinash as Gopal Rao
- Shivaram as Purushotthama Rao
- Honnavalli Krishna as Thamboori
- Sudha Narasimharaju as Prameela
- Prashanthi Nayak as Shashi
- Roopadevi as Samyuktha (Voice dubbed by B. Jayashree)
- Devaraj in a guest appearance as Devil
- Sadashiva Brahmavar as Priest
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.[4]
All lyrics are written by
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ee Namma Naade" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mano, Ramesh | |
2. | "Preethiyo Premavo Mohavo" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam | |
3. | "Aakasha Baagide" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
4. | "Mysoorinalli Mallige" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
5. | "Thangaaliyagi Hode" | S. Janaki |
Legacy
Abhiram titled his 2017 film Samyuktha 2, which has no similarity with this film.[5]
References
- ^ "Novel based films of Shivarajkumar". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Cast & crew". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "When star Shivarajkumar played the dupe and nailed the shot". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Samyuktha (1988) – Singeetam Srinivasa Rao". Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2021 – via mio.to.
- ^ "This is not a sequel: Makers of Samyukta 2 say the film is not connected to the original". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017.?
External links
- Samyuktha at IMDb