Ayya (2005 Kannada film)

For the 2004 film, see Ayya (2005 Tamil film).

Ayya
DVD Cover
Directed by	Om Prakash Rao
Story by	Hari
Produced by	Byre Gowda
Starring	Darshan Rakshitha
Cinematography	Anaji Nagaraj
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	V. Ravichandran
Production company	Bhavya Cine Creations
Release date	4 February 2005 (2005-02-04)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Ayya is a 2005 Indian Kannada film directed by Om Prakash Rao, starring Darshan and Rakshitha. ^[1] Darshan plays the role of a brave police officer prepared to go to any lengths to control crime in the city. The background music and soundtrack have been scored by V. Ravichandran. Despite being an unofficial remake of Saamy , the director had revealed that he had copied scenes from nine other movies including the Tamil movie Madhurey . ^{[2] [3]}

The film enjoyed box office success, with many cinemas running it for over 100 days. ^[4]

Cast

• Darshan as Ayya, Assistant Commissioner of Police
• Rakshita
• Hema Choudhary
• Srinagar Kitty
• Avinash
• Dharma
• Sadhu Kokila
• Shobhraj
• Bhavya Bhuvanahalli Chandre gowda
• Mandeep Roy
• Ramesh Pandit as Seetharama

Production

Ayya marks the third collaboration of Om Prakash Rao with Darshan after Annavru and Kalasipalya

Soundtrack

The music was composed by actor V. Ravichandran collaborating with Om Prakash Rao for the second time after Sahukara (2004) (other than acting) and his first collaboration with Darshan.

Ayya
Soundtrack album by V. Ravichandran
Released	11 January 2005
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:56
Language	Kannada
Label	Anand Audio
Producer	V. Ravichandran
V. Ravichandran chronology
Malla (2004) Ayya (2005) Panduranga Vittala (2005)

Track #	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Kettode Kettode"	L. N. Shastry, Suma Shastry	03:59
2	"Tabla Tabla"	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram	04:52
3	"Simha Gharjane"	Hemanth Kumar	04:46
4	"Surya Jothe"	L. N. Shastry	04:37
5	"Ee Prema"	Udit Narayan, Archana Udupa	04:26
6	"Rakshita Rakshita"	Badri Prasad, Manjula Gururaj	04:00

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Over all, Ayya is what they call a timepass movie". ^[5]

Legacy

The dialogue "Naan convent alli odi police agiddalla. Corporation school alli odi police aagiddu" (Means, "I have not become a police officer by studying in the convent, I am a police officer who studied in corporation school"), became popular in Karnataka.

References

1. "ಡಬಾಸ ಹುಟಟುಹಬಬ: 'ಮಜಸಟಕ'ನಲಲ ಕಾಲಟಟು ಚಾಲಂಜಂಗ ಸಟಾರ ಆಗ ಮರದ ಟಾಪ 10 ಸನಮಾ". 16 February 2021.
2. "ಓಂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರಾವ್ ಬೆಂಕಿಮಾತು ಬೆಂಕಿಉತ್ತರ ಭಾಗ-02 | Exclusive Interview with Om Prakash Rao | Director |". YouTube .
3. Lokesh, Vinay (11 September 2013). "Chiranjeevi Sarja in Ayya-2". The Times of India .
4. Venkattasubba Rao, K.N. (8 January 2006). "The message is unclear in 'Mandya'". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 4 May 2007.
5. R G Vijayasarathy (11 February 2005). "Ayya is a collage of popular non-Kannada films". Rediff.com .

External links

• Ayya at IMDb