Sirivantha

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Sirivantha
Vishnuvardhan and Bhuvan Chandra on the sets of the movie
Directed by	S. Narayan
Written by	S. Narayan
Screenplay by	S. Narayan
Story by	Madan Chandra Siddharth
Based on	Aa naluguru (2004)
Produced by	Rockline Venkatesh
Starring	Vishnuvardhan Shruthi
Cinematography	P. K. H. Das
Edited by	P. R. Sounder Raj
Music by	S A Rajkumar
Production company	Rockline Productions
Distributed by	Rockline Studios
Release date	28 September 2006 (2006-09-28)
Running time	160 min
Language	Kannada
Budget	5 Crores
Box office	20 Crores

Sirivantha is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language film starring Vishnuvardhan. This film was directed by S. Narayan.It was the sixth and last film of the Vishnu-Narayan combination. Sirivantha followed the other 5 Vishnu-Narayan films Veerappa Nayaka, Surya Vamsha, Simhadriya Simha, Jamindaru and Varsha. The movie is a remake of 2004 Telugu movie Aa Naluguru.

It ran successfully for 100 days at the box office.^[1]

Cast[]

• Vishnuvardhan as Narayan Murthy
• Shruthi as Lakshmi
• Doddanna as Kondaiah
• Srinath as Subbu
• Avinash
• K. S. Ashwath
• Bhuvan Chandra
• Ravi Chethan
• Hemalatha
• Hemashree^[2]
• Shivaram as Seenayya

Plot[]

Sirivantha revolves around the concept of ideologies and being self-sufficient in life. Narayan Murthy (Vishnu) is a very kindhearted and a peace-loving person. He works as an editor for a newspaper Mitravani and believes in the ideology of helping the needy and spends half of his earnings on his family and the other half to help the needy. His family consists of his wife, two sons and a daughter. They are dead against the principles followed by their father. There is a need in the family for some urgent money as the eldest son needs to pay a bribe to get a Sub Inspector's job, the youngest son needs to get through his education and his son decides to start a business. He is forced to break all his principles and borrow money from a financier friend of his played by Doddanna. Unable to bear the defeat of his ideology, he commits suicide the very day he gives money to his children. After hearing about their father's death, the children run away with the money and hide while the society that he helped and love come in huge numbers to perform his last rites. The rest is how the financier gets his money back and how the children understand the value of life.

Soundtrack[]

All songs were composed by S. A. Rajkumar, with lyrics penned by Kala Samrat S. Narayan.

Reception[]

Vishnuvardhan's performance received favourable comments from several reviewers.^[3][4][5][6] Former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda thought the film had a "strong message".^[7]

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