Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu (Kannada: ಕೋತಿಗಳು ಸಾರ್ ಕೋತಿಗಳು) (transl. Monkeys, sir, monkeys) is a 2001 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, S. Narayan, Mohan, Prema, Tara and Urvashi in the lead roles. This is the second film in the Saar series directed by Babu[1] and was released on 28 December 2001 and received generally positive reviews from the critics and turned out to be a box office hit. It completed a 100-day run in theatres.[2] The film was remade in Telugu as Sandade Sandadi (2002), in Hindi as Shaadi No. 1 (2005) and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Tomakei Khujchi (2008).
| Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu | |
|---|---|
| Kannada | ಕೋತಿಗಳು ಸಾರ್ ಕೋತಿಗಳು |
| Directed by | Rajendra Singh Babu |
| Written by | Rajendra Singh Babu |
| Produced by | Jai Jagadish Vijayalakshmi Singh Dushyanth Singh Srinidhi |
| Starring | Ramesh Aravind S. Narayan Mohan Prema Tara Urvashi |
| Cinematography | B. C. Gowrishankar |
| Edited by | B. S. Kemparaju |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
Production company | Lakshmi Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 157 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Plot edit
Three friends; Rammi, Nani and Moni, vexed with their wives Urvashi, Prema and Tara decide to take a mass suicide. But they end up saving a businessman who was also attempting suicide. These men help Chandru in straightening out his business and earn a good salary to support their families. But they suffer from an after marriage problem. Their wives do not allow them to have sex. Urvasi is highly devotional and spends her days with fasting. Prema is a busy lawyer and she is more dedicated to her work than her family life. Tara is a TV actress and is more interesting in making love to the camera than to her husband.
At this juncture, Chandru is confronted with another problem. His foreign returned daughters are too fast for him to make them agree for an arranged marriage with the sons of his close pal. These guys throw an idea to Chandru that he should employ three good-looking guys and make his daughters fall in love with them. After that, the guys could ditch the girls so that they get back to their dad to ask forgiveness and accept his proposal. Lucky asks these three friends to do the roles of lovers in spite of knowing the fact that they are married. These friends attract the girls and when its time to ditch them, they found it too discouraging as they were offered five-star luxuries by Lucky during that time. So they decide to double cross him by marrying his daughters.
However, when their wives learns of these affairs, they confront Chandru for forcing their husbands. Chandru explains the reasoning of his act as he wanted his daughters to lead a happy life to which they accept. The trio again tries to kill themselves, but are saved by their wives. The trio conducts the marriage of the three girls, it is hinted at the end of the movie, however, that the three friends have not completely turned over a new leaf with the entrance of three girls whom they meet at the marriage.
Cast edit
- Ramesh Aravind as Vardharaja/Vardha/Rammi
- S. Narayan as Narayan/Nani
- Mohan as Mohan/Moni
- Prema as Lawyer Lalitha/Lalu, Nani's wife
- Urvashi as Almelu/Bondus, Rammi's wife
- Tara as Shalini/Shalu, Moni's wife
- Umashree as "Fitting" Muniyamma
- Mukhyamantri Chandru
- Rangayana Raghu as Police
- Mandya Ramesh as Kalappa, Lalu's coworker
- Vainidhi Jagadish as Vainidhi
Soundtrack edit
| Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu | |
|---|---|
 Soundtrack cover | |
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2001 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Akash Audio |
Hamsalekha composed the music for the film and soundtracks, also writing the lyrics for all the soundtracks.
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kothigalu Saar" | Hemanth Kumar | Hamsalekha |
| 2 | "Maduveya Nantharaa" | Chetan Sosca | Hamsalekha |
| 3 | "Baare Rajakumari" | Hemanth Kumar, Badri Prasad, Shankar Shanbag, Lata Hamsalekha, Sangeetha, Nagachandrika | Hamsalekha |
| 4 | "Hai Hai Teenage" | Anuradha Sriram, Divya, Nanditha | Hamsalekha |
| 5 | "Oye Oye Namde Zamana" | Chetan Sosca, Manjula Gururaj | Hamsalekha |
| 6 | "Bondana Dummina" | B. Jayashree, Malgudi Subha, Radhika | Hamsalekha |
| 7 | "Jeena Yahan" | Ramesh Chandra | Hamsalekha |
| 8 | "Naanu Yaava" | Ramesh Chandra | Hamsalekha |
Reception edit
A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "It is a two and half an hour laugh riot from frame one in KSK2".[3] Sify wrote "Forget the title Kothigalu Sar Kothigalu which means ‘Monkeys Sir Monkeys’, the film has plenty of good humour and clean dialogues which makes it a great entertainer".[4]
Awards and nominations edit
| Year | Category | Winner | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada | Jai Jagadish (producer) |
Won | [5] |
| Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada | Ramesh Aravind | Nominated | [6] | |
| 2001-02 | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay | S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu, Ramani | Won | [7] |
References edit
- ^ "Meet the calculator accountant". The Times of India. 13 August 2001.
- ^ "Another star turn for Tara?". Deccan Herald. 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 30 August 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Movie Review - chitraloka.com - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". www.chitraloka.com.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050111204117/http://sify.com/movies/kannada/review.php?id=9252101&ctid=5&cid=2427
- ^ "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times of India. 6 April 2002. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
- ^ "The 49th Annual Filmfare Awards — South Nominees". downloads.movies.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Film-makers told to focus on issues affecting society" (PDF). Deccan Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
