Darshan (film)
Darshan is a 2004 Kannada suspense thriller film starring Darshan and Navaneeth in leading roles, along with a supporting cast of Srujan Lokesh, Srinath, and Chithra Shenoy.[1]
| Darshan | |
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| Directed by | Ramesh Kitty |
| Written by | Ramesh Kitty |
| Starring | Darshan Thoogudeep Navaneeth Srinath Renukamma Murugodu Chitra Shenoy Srujan Lokesh |
| Music by | Sadhu Kokila |
| Cinematography | Krishna Kumar |
| Distributed by | Super Shine Movies |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Plot
Rahul returns to his foster father Appaji, a terrorist after completing his studies. Appaji reveals the death of Rahul's parents at the hands of Ramamurthy and sends him to seek revenge, also to pioneer a terrorist attack.
Ramamurthy lives a happy life with his wife Janaki, mother Renukamma and daughters Surabhi and Nandini. Surabhi's marriage is fixed with an NRI. Rahul and his fake mother Sumitra rescues Ramamurthy's family while they are attacked and soon becomes a part of the Murthy family. Nandini falls in love with him. An attack is made on the defense minister from which he miraculously escapes. After marriage Surabhi and her husband goes to airport to leave the country but is killed in the airplane blast. The defense minister was also travelling in the same plane. It is shown that Rahul is leader of the terrorist gang who killed the minister in the blast.
Murthy approaches Rahul with Nandini's marriage proposal to which he consents. On the day of engagement Nandini reveals the true nature of Rahul and the assistant police commissioner holds Rahul at point blank. However he manages to escape but dies in a car blast.
Rahul who has survived the blast asks Nandini to marry him which she refuses. A deranged Rahul turns into a killing machine vandalising the family of Nandini. He kills the assistant commissioner with the help of a sub inspector. Eventually he kills Sanjay, Nandini's fiancé in front of her eyes. After confessing his crimes he asks Nandini to enter his life. However, unable to forgive and forget, an angry Nandini shoots Rahul. As she walks away he opens his eyes indicating that he is still alive and will be an immortal as long as there is war in this world.
Cast
- Darshan as Rahul
- Navaneeth as Nandini
- Srinath as Ramamurthy
- Srujan Lokesh as Sanjay
- Renukamma Murugodu as Renukamma
- Chitra Shenoy as Janaki
- Sathyajith as Appaji
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Sadhu Kokila and released by Anand Audio Video.
| Darshan | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | Mar 9, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:18 | |||
| Label | Anand Audio Video | |||
| Producer | Sadhu Kokila | |||
| Sadhu Kokila chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "O Surya" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Rajesh Krishnan | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Manase Manase" | K. Kalyan | P. Unnikrishnan, Nanditha | 5:20 |
| 3. | "Thangali" | V. Nagendra Prasad | K. S. Chithra, Sadhu Kokila | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Bharatha Matheya" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Hemanth, Sadhu Kokila | 6:01 |
| 5. | "Salu Salinalli" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Rajesh Krishnan | 4:15 |
| Total length: | 25:18 | |||