''Modada Mareyalli'' () is a 1991 Indian

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-language

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starring Shiva Rajkumar and

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, and directed by

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. It is a remake of the 1989

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film '' Kireedam''. ''Modada Mareyalli'' was reported to be a commercial success.

Plot

The story revolves around Ravi, the son of Panduranga Rao, a Police

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, who wishes to make his son an officer. Ravi, a recent college graduate, has many opportunities to enter different fields but he goes with his father's dream of becoming an Inspector. Panduranga gets transferred into a town whose residents are troubled by the rowdy Kari Kaala (Mohan Raj). The police force in the town turns a blind eye to the acts of Kari Kaala. One day Panduranga gets information that Kari Kaala is creating trouble in the market place. Being an honest police man he goes on site to investigate where he takes him on. Hearing of trouble, Ravi too rushes to the market place. Panduranga is no match for the goon and Ravi tries to intervene before his father is killed. A fight ensues between Kari Kaala and Ravi and both are arrested by the police. Since he managed to defeat the reigning rowdy, Ravi is typecast a rowdy by the people of the town. After recovering, Kari Kaala targets Ravi and his family. With the police failing to protect him, Ravi is forced to fight for his life and ends up killing Kari Kaala. Ravi is sentenced to prison for murdering Kari Kaala and hence is disqualified in being a Police Inspector. Head Constable Panduranga reads the Police Verification Report which states Ravi as a "notorious criminal".

Cast

* Shiva Rajkumar as Ravi *

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as M. R. Panduranga Rao *

as Devi (credited as Soumya) * Mohan Raj as Kari Kaala *

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* Shivakumar as Keshava, Ravi's friend * Honnavalli Krishna as Kitty * Sadashiva Brahmavar as shopkeeper * Girija Lokesh as Kaveri, Ravi's mother * Papamma as Ravi's neighbour * Sihi Kahi Chandru as Gunda, Ravi's uncle *

Sihi Kahi Geetha Sihi Kahi Geetha is an Indian actress and voice-over artist known for her work in Kannada cinema and television. She is noted for performances in ''Nishyabda'' (1998), '' Surya Vamsha'' (1999), ''Maleyali Jotheyali'' (2009) and ''Actor''. Biog ...

as Geetha, Gunda's wife *

Doddanna Doddanna (born 11 November 1949) is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early lif ...

as Doddanna *

Shani Mahadevappa Shani Mahadevappa (1933 – 3 January 2021) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. His films include ''Shankar Guru'' (1978), ''Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983)'', '' Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (1974), '' Shivashankar'' (1990), ''Guru Brahma'' ...

as Purushottam, a

Soundtrack

The duo of

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scored for the film's background and its film soundtrack, lyrics for which was penned by

Chi. Udayashankar Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. Hi ...

. The soundtrack album consists of four tracks.

References

External links

* {{Kireedam 1991 films Kannada remakes of Malayalam films 1990s crime films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films directed by M. S. Rajashekar 1990s Kannada-language films