''Sirivantha'' is a 2006 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 film starring Vishnuvardhan. This film was directed by

S. Narayan S. Narayan (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian filmmaker, director, actor and lyricist of Kannada films. After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct Dr. Rajkumar and all his three sons. He has given many hits with Dr. Vi ...

. It was the sixth and last film of the Vishnu-Narayan combination. Sirivantha followed the other five Vishnu-Narayan films ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Simhadriya Simha'', '' Jamindaru'' and '' Varsha''. The movie is a remake of 2004 Telugu movie '' Aa Naluguru''.

Plot

''Sirivantha'' revolves around the concept of ideologies and self-sufficiency. Peace-loving Narayan Murthy (Vishnu) works as an editor for the ''Mitravani'' newspaper and lives his life helping others. He spends half of his earnings on his family and the other half on charitable deeds. His family consisting of his wife, two sons and a daughter opposed the principles followed by their father. There is an urgent need in the family for money because the eldest son needs it to pay a bribe to get a Sub Inspector's job and the youngest son needs to get it for his education. In order to do so, Narayan decides to start a business. He is forced to break all his principles and borrow money from a financier friend, played by Doddanna. Unable to bear the defeat of his ideology, he commits suicide the very day he gives money to his children. After hearing the news about their father's death, the children run away with the money and hide whilst the community that he helped and loved come in huge numbers to perform his last rites. The rest of the story follows the journey of how the financier gets his money back and how the children come to understand their father's ideology.

Cast

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by S. A. Rajkumar, with lyrics penned by

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics especially Vishnuvardhan's performance received positive comments from several reviewers. ''Indiaglitz'' wrote "'Sirivantha' is spectacular because of its contents and portrayal of all the characters in the film is convincing. Dr.Vishnu, Shruthi and Doddanna share the top honors for their heart touching performance". ''Rediff'' wrote "Definitely a landmark film, not only for director S Narayan and Vishnuvardhan, but for all associated with it". ''Sify'' wrote "Producer Rockline Venkatesh, director S.Narayan and Dr.Vishnuvardhana comes together to give a landmark film that is a torch bearer to the society. Sirivantha lives up to the expectations and is a meaningful and moral boosting film". Former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda thought the film had a "strong message".

References

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