Prithvi (2010 film)
| Prithvi | |
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| Directed by | Jacob Varghese |
| Produced by |
Rajakumar N. S. Soorappa Babu |
| Starring |
Puneeth Rajkumar Parvathi Avinash |
| Music by | Manikanth Kadri |
| Cinematography | Sathya. P |
| Edited by | Kishore Te. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Prithvi is an 2010 Indian Kannada language film directed by Jacob Varghese, produced by N.S Rajkumar, starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Parvathi in lead roles. Manikanth Kadri composed the music of the film.
Plot
Prithvi Kumar is an honest young IAS Officer who works as District Commissioner for Bellary District. His main aim is to eradicate the ongoing corruption in the District and stick to his principles: honesty and corruption-free administration.
Once he takes office, he discovers that the people of the area are daily drinking contaminated water that is polluted by unstoppable illegal mining companies. He notices that people fall ill due to the polluted water and foresees the future may be very critical if the people continue to have the same water for drinking.
His mission is to find out the reason behind the polluted water. He seizes all illegal mining companies around Bellary with no mercy. As a result, Bellary Mining Lords try to kill him.
How Prithvi reacts to Bellary Mining Lords conspiracy, even dare to question Government's decision and be successful in his mission against illegal mining companies is the further story of the film.
Cast
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Prithvi Kumar IAS
- Parvathi as Priya
- Avinash
- John Vijay
- Srinivasa Murthy
- C. R. Simha
- John Kokin
- Ramesh Bhat as Priya's father (guest appearance)
- Padmaja Rao as Priya's mother (guest appearance)
Music
| Prithvi | |
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| Soundtrack album by Manikanth Kadri | |
| Released | June 2010 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
The music for the film is scored by Manikanth Kadri.
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Location |
| 1 | "Hejjegondu Hejje" | Swetha Mohan, Tippu | ||
| 2 | "Nenapidu Nenapidu" | Karthik, Shruthi Haasan | Wadi Rum and Jerash, Jordan | |
| 3 | "Ku Ku Kogileyinda" | Rajesh Krishnan, Sunidhi Chauhan | ||
| 4 | "Ninagende Visheshavaada" | Hamshika Iyer, Kunal Ganjawala | Petra and Wadi Rum, Jordan | |
| 5 | "Hagella Nee Nodabeda" | Anitha, Haricharan | ||
| 6 | "Jagave Ninadu" | Asif Akbar, Benny Dayal, Sindhuja Rajaram | ||
| 7 | "Ninagende" | Martin Visser | ||
| 8 | "Hejjegondu Hejje" | Benny Dayal,Asif Akbar, Sindhuja Rajaram |
Reception
The film ran for more than 150 days in cinemas.[1] The film was also dubbed in Malayalam.