Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu (film series) explained

Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu series
Director:Rajendra Singh Babu
Editing:B. S. Kemparaju
Studio:Lakshmi Creations
Country:India
Language:Kannada

Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu is a series of Indian Kannada-language comedy films. The series is directed by Rajendra Singh Babu.[1] The film's title is based on a famous poem on herd mentality written by acclaimed poet K. S. Nissar Ahmed.[2]

Films

FilmRelease dateRuntime
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu23 March 2001151 minutes
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu28 December 2001157 minutes
Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu28 March 2003154 minutes
Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu19 April 2013[3] [4] 135 minutes

Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu

See main article: Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu.

Rummi, Nani and Moni are inmates who wants to remain in jail permanently. A kind hearted jailor gets them released on basis of good behavior and wants them to lead a good life.An auto driver allowed them to house without any rent but with one condition. One of them should his middle aged unmarried elder sister Rukmini who is devotee of Lord Krishna. On the night Rukmini assumes Nani is tha avatar of Krishna and forced him to marriage and threatened. Trio escapes from marriage by wearing "Trimoorty" dress, while escaping enter bank unknowingly and got bags of money intended for other robbers. They saw and save the Jailor daughter from committing suicide and decide to help her. Undercover police inspector joined them to find truth about bank robbers.

Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu

See main article: Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu. Nani, Moni and Varada are middle-class employees, who wish to commit suicide but fail in it. They see an elderly business-man trying to commit suicide and talk him out of his woes. All three of them start to work for him and turn his ventures profitable. However, they become embroiled while trying to get the three daughter's of the businessman married. Trying to vent out their frustrations against their wive's, they flirt with the three daughter's of businessman, only to end up learning the differece between marriage and flirting.

Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu

See main article: Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu.

Chatrigalu Saar Chatrigalu

See main article: Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu.

Principal cast

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Saar franchise.

Actor/ActressFilm
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Rammi
Nani and Nani's fatherNani
MoniMoni
UmashreeRukminiMuniyammaJayammaRajalakshmi
Komal KumarIce-candy GopalaKomi
AlmeluUrmila
Dr Vijayalakshmi
BhavanaRamya
Special Investigation Officer
Veerappa
Lalita
TaraAnu
Nandhini
SanathahiLakshmi

Crew

OccupationFilm
width:10%; Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu
(2001)
width:10%; Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu
(2001)
width:10%; Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu
(2003)
width:10%; Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu
(2013)
DirectorS. Narayan
Producer(s)Jai Jagadish
Vijayalakshmi Singh
Dushyanth Singh
B N Pavan Karthik
ScreenplayRajendra Singh Babu Mohan
Ramesh Aravind
S. Narayan
CinematographyB. C. GowrishankarP. K. H. DasJagadish Vali
EditorB. S. KemparajuK R Lingaraj
Composer(s)HamsalekhaArjun Janya

Awards

Film Award Category Recipient Result Ref
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu2000–01 Karnataka State Film AwardsBest ActressUmashree[5]
Best ScreenplayRajendra Singh Babu
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu49th Filmfare Awards SouthBest FilmJai Jagadish[6]
Best ActorRamesh Aravind
2001–02 Karnataka State Film AwardsBest ScreenplayRajendra Singh Babu[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KURIGALU SAAR KURIGALU MOVIE REVIEW. Chitraloka . 24 March 2001.
  2. http://www.poemhunter.com/k-s-nissar-ahmed/biography/ Biography of K. S. Nissar Ahmed
  3. Web site: The gagmasters are back and how! . 21 April 2013 .
  4. News: Chatrigalu Saar Chatrigalu Movie Review : Critic Review of Chatrigalu Saar Chatrigalu . The Times of India . 14 May 2016 . 2022-09-12.
  5. Web site: Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards. The Hindu. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102014049/http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/17/stories/2001121701550300.htm . 2013-11-02 .
  6. News: Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921025343/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-04-06/hyderabad/27122602_1_filmfare-film-award-actor-award . dead . 21 September 2012 . . 6 April 2002.
  7. Web site: Film-makers told to focus on issues affecting society. Deccan Herald . 18 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405022703/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/94ff8a4a35a9b8876525698d002642a9/3c89ecbe8d9664ed65257253001b95f7/%24FILE/A0580283.pdf . 5 April 2012 .