''Bahuparak'' is a 2014 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

language drama film written, directed and co-produced by

Simple Suni Sunil Kumar known by his Stage name, screen name Simple Suni, is an Indian film Film director, director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the critically and commercially succe ...

of ''

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'' fame. The movie was released in the month of July 2014. The film features

Srinagar Kitty Krishna (born 8 July 1977) known by his stage name Srinagara Kitty, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema, Kannada television series and films. He started off as a child artist working in a host of television serialized dram ...

and

Meghana Raj Meghana Sundar Raj Sarja is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam and Kannada films along with a few Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2009 Telugu film '' Bendu Apparao R.M.P''. She has won Karnataka State ...

in the lead roles. This film marks the 25th venture for the actor Srinagar Kitty. The film commenced its shooting in July 2013 and released its first trailer soon after the shooting began. Mahohar Joshi is the cinematographer and

Bharath B. J. Bharath B. J. is an Indian music producer, composer and singer, who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as a composer for the short film ''Simply Kailawesome'' in 2010, Bharath got his breakthrough in 2013 with the film '' ...

, who also composed the music for the movie

, has composed the score for this film as well.

Plot

The movie opens with a call for a play titled 'Bahuparak'. The play opens with a character, which is portrayed by well known thinker and stand up comedian Richard Louis, expounding tenets of life and the principles of Karma. The story moves into a scene where the three main characters namely Manas, Mani, and Mauni, all played by

are introduced and each one starts narrating their life experiences. Manas kicks off the story where he is shown as a handsome hunk who is on his way to meet the love of his life. However, his joy soon turns into gloom when he learns of a tragic news. The story, now being told in three distinct tracks, switches to the point where Mani is introduced. Mani is found unconscious on the road. He meets a friend named Mohan, who takes him in and helps him to etch out a living. However, Mani fails to make a living in the mainstream way, and he and Mohan soon take the shortcut and start robbing unsuspecting people, which soon enough to their bad luck ends in a murder. They are picked up by the police, where an inspector offers them a choice. Either go to jail for a long time or take the blame for a murder they didn't commit, and get out on bail. Mani and Mohan accept the offer. The story then moves to a village, somewhere in North Karnataka. Mauni, a limping middle aged aspiring politician is frustrated because the person he helped to win an election has deserted him. To further exacerbate his feelings, he suffers a humiliating defeat in the next election. At this point, one of his friend's, also acting as his trusted adviser, leads Mauni to adopt the tried and tested method to win an election i.e. through money and muscle power. The story ever revolving around Manas, Mani, and Mauni switches back to Manas, where it is revealed that his childhood friend Sneha played by

has stepped into his life. Just when Manas decides to propose Sneha, her twin sister, Preethi, enters their lives causing further turmoil in Manas's life. Meanwhile, Mani, now slowly making his way as a big rowdy, soon establishes himself as a strong underworld don. Whereas Mauni reaches the highest echelons of power, however, his greed for power soon reaches unfathomable positions. The story takes a critical turn at the point where, Manas, caught in the love triangle between Sneha and Preethi. Mani, caught in the cross fire of becoming the biggest don in the country. Mauni, who wants to become a top notch politician. Will Manas come out unscathed? Will Mani reach his goal of becoming the biggest don? Will Mauni be able to quench his insatiable thirst for power? But, above all of this, who is Manas, Mani, and Mauni?. How their lives are linked forms the rest of the story.

Production

Bahuparak features Kitty in three different roles spanning three different generations. The film began the shoot in a 73-year-old house in North Karnataka. The film dialogues are written by one of the leading Kannada daily journalist, Hari.

Cast

as Manas / Mani / Mouni (Triple roles) *

as Sneha / Preethi (Dual roles) * Naveen Sagar as Virus * Manasa Rao as Samanvaya *

Sukrutha Wagle Sukrutha Wagle is an Indian actress and model who works in Kannada film industry and Telugu film industry. She made her debut with the state award-winning Kannada film '' Jatta'' under "Omkar Movies". Personal life Born in Manipal, Karnata ...

as Prathibimba *

Rakshit Shetty Rakshit Shetty (born 6 June 1983) is an Indian actor and filmmaker working predominantly in Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards South, two Karnataka State Film Awards and five SIIMA Awards. His deb ...

in guest appearance as Richie *

Pawan Wadeyar Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film producer, producer best known for his work in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha ...

in guest appearance as Director Pawan *

Sundar Raj Sundar Raj is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry, apart from a few Tamil films. Some of his notable films include ''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'', ''Chandanada Gombe'', ''Kurigalu Saar Kur ...

Pramila Joshai Pramila Joshai is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Pramila Joshai as an actor include ''Saheba (film), Saheba'' (2017), ''List of Kannada films of 2008, Thayi'' (2008), ''Apthamitra'' (2004). She was credited ...

Bhavana Rao Bhavvana Rao an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Kannada language films. She made her debut in the Kannada multistarrer '' Gaalipata'' (2008) and gained immense popularity and winning critical acclaim for her performance, befor ...

(Special appearance) * Vijeth as Mohana * Naveen Shankar as a salesman

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film was composed by

, making his second successive collaboration with the director Suni after ''

''. While the major part of the songs are penned by director Suni himself, the soundtrack also features a popular folk song written by

Shishunala Sharif Santha Shishunala Sharif was an Indian saint, social reformer, philosopher and poet. Birth and early life Santa Shishunala Sharif was born as Mahammad Sharif on 7 March 1819 in Shishuvinahala, a village in Shigganvi (now Shiggaon) taluk ( ...

. The soundtrack consists of 10 songs.

Track list

Release

The film was released on 25 July 2014 across Karnataka. Majestic, known as the heart of Kannada Cinema theaters, featured this movie in the renovated Menaka theater.

Reception

The movie has received mixed to positive reviews. The three track storytelling style has been hailed as an experiment hitherto unknown in the Kannada Industry. Suni's style of narration, dialogues, and songs especially the melodious "Usiraaguve" track has heads swaying.

References

External links

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