Sipaayi (2016 film)

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Sipaayi
Sipaayi poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajath Mayee
Written byRajath Mayee
Siddharth Mahesh
Produced bySiddharth Mahesh
Starring
CinematographyParamesh C M
Edited byAkshay P Rao
Music by B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Production
company
Orange Pixels
Release date
  • September 2016 (2016-09)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Sipaayi is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language masala film written and directed by Rajath Mayee in his directorial debut. [1] The film stars debutant Siddharth Mahesh (who also produced the film), [2] Sruthi Hariharan, Sanchari Vijay, [3] Achyuth Kumar, Gaurish Akki, Krishna Hebbale and Bharath Singh.

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Premise

Siddharth is a news reporter, whose aim is to fight against illegal trading activities in Bangalore, but his plans are thwarted by a crime boss Virat, where he along with his friends Divya and Manju sets out to expose and bring Virat to justice.

Cast

Production

Rajath Mayee and Siddharth Mahesh met on the sets of Lucia as they both were coproducers of the film. [4] Sruthi Hariharan, who starred in Lucia, was cast in this film. [5] [6] Production started on 19 May 2014. Completed shoot with the song shoot on 4 July 2015.

Soundtrack

Sipaayi (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Released20 May 2016
Genre Film soundtrack
Length22:20
Language Kannada
Label D Beats

B. Ajaneesh Loknath composed the soundtrack of Sipaayi. The lyrics were written by Jayant Kaikini, Hrudaya Shiva, Chethan Kumar and Bharath Venkataswamy. B. Ajaneesh Loknath, Nanditha, Chinmayi, Shashank Sheshagiri, Bobby CR and Udith Haritas lent their voices for the songs. Audio released on 20 May 2016.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Muddu Pori"Bharath VenkataswamyB. Ajaneesh Loknath04:36
2."Nee Nadiyagi"Bharath VenkataswamyB. Ajaneesh Loknath, Nanditha 04:45
3."Nanna Kanasina" Jayant Kaikini Chinmayi, B. Ajaneesh Loknath04:32
4."Kannalle Meetingu (Superru Jodi)" Chethan Kumar Shashank Sheshagiri, Bobby CR04:17
5."Yaara Haneyali"Hrudaya ShivaUdith Haritas04:10
Total length:22:20

Reception

Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The filmmaker has tried his hand at narrating the subject in a non-linear manner. This is interesting, no doubt but the fact that he relies on the usual tropes of commercial cinema is what makes it tedius. While the maker has tried to be different with the screenplay, the commercial must haves like fights and songs slow down the narrative that should have kept one on the edge of the seat." [7] The Hindu wrote "The film is narrated so poorly that it is only in the second half that we even learn about what the lead character does in the film." [8]

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