Putnanja

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Putnanja
1995 Kannada film Putnanja album cover.jpg
Soundtrack cover
Directed by Ravichandran
Screenplay byRavichandran
Produced by
  • Ravichandran
  • A. Narasimhan
Starring
CinematographyG. S. V. Seetharam
Edited byK. Balu
Music by Hamsalekha
Release date
  • 12 January 1995 (1995-01-12)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Putnanja is a 1995 Kannada language film directed by Ravichandran and produced by A. Narsimhan. This film stars Ravichandran, Meena, Umashri, Lokesh in lead roles. Music was composed by Hamsalekha. The film's plot was inspired by the 1972 Tamil movie Pattikada Pattanama . [1]

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Plot

This film depicts the story of a farmer named "Putnanja", living with his grandmother, Putmalli, near Nanjangud town in Mysore district. Putnanja is a man respected by everyone in the village and was well-known for his kindness towards poor and backward. When Putnanja hears a news regarding arrival of Roja to India (who went to America for studies during childhood and whom Putnanja likes and wants to marry), he rushes towards her place to propose her to marry him. When Putnanja goes and proposes her, she does not even recognize him, and suggests not to talk about their marriage in future days. Putnanja's aunt wants her daughter Roja to marry a rich, educated person and hence opposes Putnanja's proposal, but his maternal uncle wants her daughter to marry him since he is kind and good. But he can't do anything he wants since he is a hen- pecked husband.

Once Putnanja proposes Roja's family to come to their village festival and spend some days with them. Although Taara refuses to go, due to Roja's insistence, she accepts to go to their village. Roja likes the tour very much. She even starts liking Putnanja due to his kindness towards people. After returning to the city Dharmayya manages to convince Roja to marry Putnanja, despite her mother's opposition. As day passes Roja tries to enjoy life in village in the city manner neglecting all the rules that has to be followed in the village and one day she reaches above limit range by burning the plouge which is treated as god by the villagers. Then Putnanja slaps her for celebrating her birthday by spilling beer all over the place and enjoying in a way which doesn't at all fit in a village life. This makes Roja to leave the village.

One day Roja realises that she's pregnant with Putnanja's child and decides to take care of the child without any help from him. As soon as she gives birth to the child, Putmalli takes the child and goes to her village. When Roja realizes that she can't live without Putnanja and her child she rushes towards his village and they then lead a happy life together.

Cast

Production

Ravichandran originally started a film called Chandamama however he changed his mind and made a different film which became Putnanja. [2] Jolly Bastian who previously worked as stuntman got his break as stunt choreographer with this film. [3] The dialogues were written by B. Suresha. [4] Umashree was cast as Putmali, completely different from comedic roles she was known for and performed at that time. [5] Ravichandran originally considered Sowcar Janaki, Kanchana and Leelavathi for this role however he felt none of them fitted the role hence Umashri was chosen. [2]

Soundtrack

Putnanja
Soundtrack album by
Hamsalekha
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length39:05
Label Jhankar Music

Hamsalekha wrote the lyrics and composed all the songs in the film. The album has eight soundtracks. [6] Ravichandran adopted a different strategy to release the songs when anyone calls his office through phone, the songs from the film would be played on the phone as he wanted people to listen to the songs before buying the soundtrack. [7]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Naanu Putnanja" Hamsalekha Mano 4:45
2."Nammamma"HamsalekhaMano, K.S. Chithra 5:00
3."Puttamalli"HamsalekhaMano, K.S. Chithra4:41
4."Haadiro"HamsalekhaK.S. Chithra, Mano4:58
5."Puttamalli - Patho"HamsalekhaMano5:06
6."Dasara Gombe"HamsalekhaMano4:42
7."Rangero Holi"HamsalekhaMano, Minmini 4:49
8."Naanu Putnanja - Pathos"HamsalekhaMano, Shyamala Bhave, Minmini5:04
Total length:39:05

Awards

Umashri won the filmfare award for best supporting actress for her role as "Putmalli".

Box office

The film ran for more than 25 weeks and declared a blockbuster.

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  2. 1 2 "ಸಾಹುಕಾರ್ ಜಾನಕಿ, ಕಾಂಚನಾ, ಶಾಂತಮ್ಮ, ಲೀಲಾವತಿರಂತಹ ದೊಡ್ಡ ನಟಿಯರೇ 'ಪುಟ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ' ಪಾತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ರಿಜೆಕ್ಟ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದರು!". Vijaya Karnataka. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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