Asthitva

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Asthitva
Asthitva poster.jpg
Directed byNuthan Umesh
Screenplay byNuthan Umesh
Story by Jeeva Shankar
Based on Naan
Produced byB.S. Vishwa Cariappa
CinematographyRakesh B
Music by Vijay Antony
Production
company
VSan Vision
Release date
  • 19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Asthitva is a 2016 Kannada thriller film directed by Nuthan Umesh, who had earlier directed Krishnan Marriage Story . The movie is a remake of the 2012 Tamil thriller Naan which itself was inspired by the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley . [1] The film is produced by B.S.Vishwa cariappa under production company VSan Vision [2] stars Yuvraj, [3] Prajwal Pooviah, and Duniya Rashmi in the lead role.

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Plot

The plot revolves around Ram an orphan (Hindu) takes on the identity of Raheem (Muslim), a dead MBBS aspirant and starts to live a lie. Would he be able to keep on staying free from the trap of untruths that he turns?

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijay Antony who composed the original film retaining all the tunes. All lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Asthitva
Soundtrack album by
Released27 June 2016
Recorded2016
Genre Soundtrack
Length23:49
Label VSan Music
Producer Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony chronology
Nambiar
(2016)
Asthitva
(2016)
Saithan
(2016)
Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Barediro Vidhi Baraha"Badri Prasad4:47
2."Barko Nin Hane Bara" Vijay Prakash 4:26
3."Nenapugale Moodive" Rajesh Krishnan 4:37
4."Ragadaithi Ragadaithi"Apoorva Sridhar, Deepak Doddera4:52
5."Barko Nin Hane Bara" (Theme) Instrumental 2:12
6."Asthitva" (Theme)Instrumental2:55
Total length:23:49

Reception

A critic from The Times of India rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "For those who have watched the original, this doesn't measure up. For those who haven't, you could watch the film once if you overlook some parts". [4] A critic from Vijaya Karnataka wrote that "A tight narrative that not only holds the audience in suspense but also evokes realism. But the question is whether the movie is giving a wrong message to the audience". [5]

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