''Dana Kayonu'' () is a 2016 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 ...

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed and written by

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...

. The film stars

Duniya Vijay } B. R. Vijay Kumar, professionally known as Duniya Vijay and Duniya Viji, is an Indian actor and film director known for his work in Kannada films. As an actor, he began his career playing small roles until he got his big break in '' Duniya'' ...

and

Priyamani Priya Mani Raj (née Iyer; born 4 June 1984 ), known professionally as Priyamani, is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films. She is the recipient of a National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards Sout ...

. The film's music is scored by

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and Producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first ...

and the cinematography is by Sugnan. The film was released on 7 October 2016 clashing with

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...

's directorial ''

Idolle Ramayana ''Idolle Ramayana'' () in Kannada, shot simultaneously in Telugu as ''Mana Oori Ramayanam'' (), is a 2016 Indian comedy drama film directed by Prakash Raj. The film was produced by Prakash himself with Ramjee Narasiman under Prakash Raj Productio ...

'' which also featured Priyamani in the lead role.

Cast

as Kempu aka Docomo *

as Jummi *

Rangayana Raghu Koththuru Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is a recipient of multiple Filmfare Awards South, SIIMA Awards, an ...

as Subsidy *

Suchendra Prasad K. Suchendra Prasad (born 1973) is an Indian actor of film, stage, and television. Career Before beginning his career in Kannada cinema, he worked as theater actor with playwrights including B. V. Karanth and D. R. Ankur. During this time, h ...

* Vijanath Biradar as Krishnappa * Mahesh * Yogi *

Veena Sundar Veena Sundar is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada films and soaps. For her performance in the movie '' Aa Karaala Ratri'', she won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2018. Personal life Veena married to actor Sund ...

* Jahangir *

Nataša Stanković Nataša Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Станковић born 4 March 1992) is a Serbian dancer, model and actress based in Mumbai, India. She made her debut in Bollywood films with the political drama ''Satyagraha'' directed by Prakash J ...

as an item number

Production

The official launch of the film took place at

Rajajinagar Rajajinagara (formerly Rajajinagar) is a luxury neighborhood and business hub in the west of Bangalore. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is bordered by Basaveshwaranagara, Malleshwara, Mahalakshmipura alias West of Chord road second stage ...

, Bengaluru on 9 June 2015. Celebrity actors such as

Shivarajkumar Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...

and V. Ravichandran were present during the launch. However, the very next day of the launch, the film met with trouble for its title. As reported, a particular community members objected for the title and termed it as an offense to their religion.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack and original score is composed by

for which the lyrics is penned by

. The audio released officially at

Kanakapura Kanakapura is a city in the Bengaluru South District of Karnataka on the banks of the Arkavathi river and the administrative center of the taluk of the same name. Its founder is Shrihan Kanaka Sigmanath, hence its name. Kanakapura is largest ...

in presence of Karnataka Power Minister, D. K. Shivakumar.

Track listing

Reception

A critic from ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...

'' wrote that "While the film’s first half mostly captures love between the hero and the heroine and also between the bull and cow, the second half strikes an emotional chord. Yogaraj Bhat has brought the man-animal camaraderie that only endears ''Dana Kayonu'' to us".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dana Kayonu 2016 romantic comedy films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films 2016 films Films directed by Yogaraj Bhat Films scored by V. Harikrishna