Madesha Explained

Madesha
Director:Ravi Srivatsa
Producer:B. M. Govardhana Murthy
Starring:Shiva Rajkumar
Sonu Bhatia
Music:Mano Murthy
Cinematography:G S V Seetharam
Editing:Lakshman reddy
Language:Kannada
Country:India

Madesha is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action-thriller film directed by Ravi Srivatsa and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Sonu Bhatia. The movie was released in August. Audio was launched on 24 Jun 2008.[1] [2] [3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Madesha
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Mano Murthy
Released:24 June 2008
Recorded:2008
Genre:Soundtrack
Length:38:08
Label:T-Series
Producer:Mano Murthy
Prev Title:Moggina Manasu
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Bombaat
Next Year:2008

The music was composed by Mano Murthy and released by T-Series.

Reception

Critical response

R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Mano Murthy has composed music for an action film for the first time. His songs have variety, but they are not exceptional. The background score by Sadhu Kokila is good. Maadesha is an enjoyable film for Shivraj Kumar fans".[4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "But the rest of the film is a glorified killing field. In one particular scene the state home minister writes a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to an underworld don to take on a rival. This shows the director’s lack of knowledge beyond guns and machetes".[5] A critic from Sify.com wrote "G.S.V.Seetharam the silent and sensible cameraman of Kannada cinema gives a splendid work. The top angles shots in Australia for the song is brilliant. Action lovers and die hard Shivrajkumar will love it".[6]

Box Office

15 years after the release, the director had claimed that the movie earned a theatrical share of ₹3.5 crores and the satellite rights fetched them ₹99 lakhs - then the highest for a Kannada film- plus they earned additional ₹27 lakhs vide audio rights - making the total net income of ₹4.76 crores as against a total budget of ₹4.50 crores. But he accused that the ₹3.5 crores from theatrical run were never paid to his producer by the distributors since his producer was imprisoned due to personal issue while the movie was still running in theatres on its 48th day and when the movie was removed after its 63 day run, the distributors - Pal Chandani and his son Ajay Chandani - both met with untimely death resulting in nobody to claim the amount from either side.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Madesha Audio release. https://archive.today/20120710171826/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/madesha-audio-album-240608.html . 10 July 2012. 10 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Madesha launch. https://archive.today/20120707212726/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/madesha-launch-031007.html . 7 July 2012. 7 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Shivraj Kumar is Madesha. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012213940/http://sify.com/movies/kannada/fullstory.php?id=14536533. dead. 2007-10-12. Sify.
  4. Web site: Maadesha: Enjoyable for Shivraj Kumar fans. Rediff.com. 29 August 2008.
  5. Web site: Madesha: Mess of a Mayhem. Bangalore Mirror. 31 August 2008.
  6. Web site: Maadesha. Sify.com. 1 September 2008.
  7. https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=6vYISfxAPCIJ1rJK&v=YT2HI25h3Cs&feature=youtu.be