''Duniya'' ( 'World') is a 2007 Indian

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-language film written and directed by Soori. It was successful with both critics and audience.

Plot

Shivlingu 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 Shivlingu or Shivu * Rashmi as Poornima *

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as Maadha * Balu Nagendra *Kaddipudi Chandru as Dopu *Anil *Raghava Uday *Ambujakshi *Madhugiri Prakash *Umesh Punga *Venkata Rao

Music

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

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Reception

A critic from ''

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'' 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".

Box office

It has completed 150-days and became commercially successful at the box office.

Awards

*2006–2007: Karnataka State Film Awards **Best Actor: Vijay **Best Screenplay: Soori **Best Supporting Actor:

**Best Female Playback Singer: M. D. Pallavi Arun

References

External links

*
Duniya, web site

IndiaGlitz, 23 July 2007. {{Duniya Soori 2007 films Films scored by V. Manohar Indian crime drama films Indian gangster films 2007 crime drama films Films about organised crime in India Films set in Bangalore Films shot in Bangalore Films directed by Duniya Soori 2007 directorial debut films 2000s Kannada-language films