Majestic (film)

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Majestic
Majestic Kannada Film Album Cover.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by P. N. Sathya
Written by P. N. Sathya
Produced byBa.Ma. Harish
M.G. Ramamurthy
Starring Darshan
Rekha
Jai Jagadish
Harish Roy
CinematographyAnaji Nagaraj
M. R. Seenu
Edited byNagendra Urs
Music by Sadhu Kokila
Production
company
Ullas Enterprises
Release date
  • February 8, 2002 (2002-02-08)(India)
Running time
140 minutes
Country India
LanguageKannada

Majestic is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language action crime thriller film written and directed by P. N. Satya in his directoral debut . The film stars Darshan in the lead role, along with Rekha and Jai Jagadish in other prominent roles. [1] It was produced by Ullas Enterprises studio. Sadhu Kokila scored the music.

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The film was released on February 8, 2002 and the movie was a superhit and it ran successfully for more than 100 days in theatres. It was the first movie for actor Darshan in the male lead. [2] The film was remade in Telugu as Charminar (2003). [3] [4] The film was re released on Darshan's birthday February 16) 2022. [5] [6]

Plot

Daasa is an orphan, raised by a corrupt policeman, Ranadheera. Daasa makes friends on the streets, and they all become gangsters when they grow up, working for Ranadheera. One day, Daasa and his gang get a job to separate two college lovers at the request of the boy's father. Daasa's gang goes to the college without Daasa to scare the girl away from the boy, but not before the girl's friend, Kiran, stands up to them and tarnishes Daasa's name. In an attempt at revenge, Daasa changes his appearance to woo Kiran and eventually breaks up with her, emotionally hurting her. To do this, Daasa takes up an alias, Prajwal. However, he falls in love with Kiran and Kiran reciprocates.

Events come to a head when it is revealed that Kiran is Ranadheera's daughther, and Ranadheera discovers that Kiran loves Daasa. Ranadheera reveals to her that Prajwal and Daasa are the same. Subsequently Kiran breaks up with Daasa, leaving him emotionally ruined. Kaveri, Ranadheera's assistant, tries to mend the relationship by revealing to Kiran her father's misdeeds and Daasa's reformed nature. As Kiran confronts her father about this, a drunk and enraged Daasa arrives and stabs Kiran, but not before Kiran reveals that she loves Daasa after discovering his true nature.

Daasa carries Kiran to the hospital, but is temporarily set back by a rival gangster, Naga. During the battle, Kiran dies. After Daasa kills Naga, Ranadheera and the rest of the police force arrive, shooting and killing Daasa. Daasa takes his last breath looking at Kiran's body in his arms.

Cast

Production

Darshan, son of veteran actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas, made his acting debut with this film. The film is co-produced by Ba.Ma. Harish and M.G. Ramamurthy under the banner, Ullas Enterprises [7] [8]

Music

The music of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila, and the lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Majestic
Soundtrack album by
Released2002 (2002)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Ashwini Audio
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Muddu Manase" Unni Krishnan  
2."Thangali Mele" Rajesh Krishnan, Anuradha Sriram  
3."Naane Naane"Rajesh Krishnan 
4."Majestic Majestic" Hemanth Kumar  
5."Dove Hodiyoke" L. N. Shastry  

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that "The gripping narration and equally wonderful performances makes this film a watchable". [9] A critic from Sify wrote that "After seeing Majestic you feel as you had been padlocked in an airless cage while one of those honest–to-goodness unemployed guys struggles to earn a decent wage, even though he is a rowdy". [10]

Controversies

In March 2017, actor Sudeep claimed that he was instrumental in getting Darshan a chance as an actor for the film. [11] [12] But there are controversial split statements given by the two co-producers. Ba.Ma. Harish has agreed with Sudeep's statement, whereas co-producer M.G. Ramamurthy has cleared the air by saying Anji suggested Thoogudeepa Srinivas's son, and they finalized him as the hero at first look. [13]

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