| Kashi from Village | |
| Director: | Om Sai Prakash |
| Producer: | N. Kumar |
| Story: | Om Sai Prakash |
| Based On: | Bagavathi (Tamil) |
| Screenplay: | Om Sai Prakash |
| Music: | Koti |
| Cinematography: | J.G. Krishna |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada |
Kashi from Village (also known as Kashi) is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Om Sai Prakash featuring Sudeep and Rakshita in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Koti and lyrics by K. Kalyan. The film was released on 1 April 2005. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Bagavathi (2002) starring Vijay and Reema Sen.
Kashi owns a tea shop and lives with his younger brother Vishwa. Kashi's lifelong dream is to make his brother a doctor according to his mother's given promise before her death. He meets a girl named Anjali. She ends up appreciating his kindness, and they fall in love. Vishwa has a girlfriend named Priya, with whom he secretly develops a intimate relationship. However, Vishwa and Priya's relationship is objected by Priya's father PVR, a business magnate. Kashi tries to convince PVR, but the former is humiliated by the latter. Vishwa and Priya elopes and plans to marry. After knowing about this PVR's brother Satya and his nephew Hari kills Vishwa on the way to their marriage and takes Priya away with them. Kashi gets devastated by seeing Vishwa brutally murdered.
Kashi mourns over Vishwa's death, who promises he will be with his brother forever in his last moment. After Vishwa's death, Kashi learns that Priya is pregnant with Vishwa's child and becomes happy that Vishwa will be coming back as his nephew. However, PVR attempts to kill the child before birth, but Kashi challenges him, saying the child will touch the earth. In order to accomplish Kashi's vengeance, Chamak lal Settu, PVR's enemy helps him turn into a gangster. With the help of Anjali, Kashi overcomes all hurdles by PVR and manages to protect Priya to allow for the safe birth of his brother's child. PVR later realizes his mistake and apologizes to Kashi.
| Kashi from Village | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Koti |
| Released: | 2005 |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length: | 29:49 |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Label: | Anand Audio |
| Producer: | Koti |
Music by Koti. All lyrics were written by K. Kalyan.[1] The song "Maguve Naguthiru" is a remake of composer's own Telugu song "Kadile Kalama" from movie Pedarayudu.
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Kashi will provide some relief for the audience looking for decently made commercial films, though too much sensibility is not to be looked for in such films".[2] A critic from Sify wrote that "If you are a Sudeep fan go ahead and watch it".[3]