Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu (film series)

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Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu series
Directed by Rajendra Singh Babu
Written byRajendra Singh Babu
Produced by Jai Jagadish
Vijayalakshmi Singh
Dushyanth Singh
Cinematography B. C. Gowrishankar
Edited byB. S. Kemparaju
Music by Hamsalekha
Production
company
Lakshmi Creations
Country India
LanguageKannada

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]

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Films

FilmRelease dateRuntime
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu 23 March 2001151 minutes
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu 28 December 2001157 minutes
Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu 28 March 2003154 minutes
Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu 19 April 2013 [3] [4] 135 minutes

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

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 daughters of the businessman married. Trying to vent out their frustrations against their wives, they flirt with the three daughters of businessman, only to end up learning the difference between marriage and flirting.

Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu

Chatrigalu Saar Chatrigalu

Principal cast

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

List indicator(s)
Actor/ActressFilm
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu
Ramesh Aravind Rammi
S. Narayan Nani and Nani's fatherNani
Mohan MoniMoni
Umashree RukminiMuniyammaJayammaRajalakshmi
Komal Kumar Ice-candy GopalaKomi
Urvashi AlmeluUrmila
Ruchita Prasad Dr Vijayalakshmi
Bhavana Ramya
Ananth Nag Special Investigation Officer
Doddanna Veerappa
Prema Lalita
Tara Anu
Meghana Naidu Nandhini
SanathahiLakshmi

Crew

OccupationFilm
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu
(2001)
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu
(2001)
Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu
(2003)
Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu
(2013)
Director Rajendra Singh Babu S. Narayan
Producer(s) Jai Jagadish
Vijayalakshmi Singh
Dushyanth Singh
B N Pavan Karthik
ScreenplayRajendra Singh Babu Mohan
Ramesh Aravind
S. Narayan
Cinematography B. C. Gowrishankar P. K. H. DasJagadish Vali
EditorB. S. KemparajuK R Lingaraj
Composer(s) Hamsalekha Arjun Janya

Awards

FilmAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu 2000–01 Karnataka State Film Awards Best Actress Umashree Won [5]
Best Screenplay Rajendra Singh Babu Won
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu 49th Filmfare Awards South Best Film Jai Jagadish Won [6]
Best Actor Ramesh Aravind Nominated
2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards Best Screenplay Rajendra Singh Babu Won [7]

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