Madesha
Directed byRavi Srivatsa
Written byRavi Srivatsa
Produced byB. M. Govardhana Murthy
StarringShiva Rajkumar
Sonu Bhatia
CinematographyG S V Seetharam
Edited byLakshman reddy
Music byMano Murthy
Release date
  • 28 August 2008 (2008-08-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Madesha is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action-thriller film directed by Ravi Srivatsa and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Sonu Bhatia. The movie was released in August. Audio was launched on 24 Jun 2008.[1][2][3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Madesha
Soundtrack album by
Mano Murthy
Released24 June 2008
Recorded2008
GenreSoundtrack
Length38:08
LabelT-Series
ProducerMano Murthy
Mano Murthy chronology
Moggina Manasu
(2008)		 Madesha
(2008)		 Bombaat
(2008)

The music was composed by Mano Murthy and released by T-Series.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Tirugo E. Bhoomige"KavirajVijay Prakash5:14
2."Aa - A - A Thatharamaiah"V. ManoharSunidhi Chauhan, Hemanth5:03
3."Munjane Manjagu"KavirajKunal Ganjawala, Supriya Lohith5:04
4."Madesha"V. Nagendra PrasadGurukiran4:34
5."Lahari - Male"Jayanth KaikiniSonu Nigam5:01
6."Gantu Gantu"Hrudaya ShivaHemanth, Keshav, Shri Vidhya5:15
7."Lahari - Female"Jayanth KaikiniShreya Ghoshal5:01
8."Gayatri Mantra"TraditionalTraditional2:56
Total length:38:08

Reception

Critical response

R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Mano Murthy has composed music for an action film for the first time. His songs have variety, but they are not exceptional. The background score by Sadhu Kokila is good. Maadesha is an enjoyable film for Shivraj Kumar fans".[4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "But the rest of the film is a glorified killing field. In one particular scene the state home minister writes a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to an underworld don to take on a rival. This shows the director’s lack of knowledge beyond guns and machetes".[5] A critic from Sify.com wrote "G.S.V.Seetharam the silent and sensible cameraman of Kannada cinema gives a splendid work. The top angles shots in Australia for the song is brilliant. Action lovers and die hard Shivrajkumar will love it".[6]

Box Office

15 years after the release, the director had claimed that the movie earned a theatrical share of ₹3.5 crores and the satellite rights fetched them ₹99 lakhs - then the highest for a Kannada film- plus they earned additional ₹27 lakhs vide audio rights - making the total net income of ₹4.76 crores as against a total budget of ₹4.50 crores. But he accused that the ₹3.5 crores from theatrical run were never paid to his producer by the distributors since his producer was imprisoned due to personal issue while the movie was still running in theatres on its 48th day and when the movie was removed after its 63 day run, the distributors - Pal Chandani and his son Ajay Chandani - both met with untimely death resulting in nobody to claim the amount from either side.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Madesha Audio release". 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Madesha launch". 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Shivraj Kumar is Madesha". Sify. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
  4. ↑ "Maadesha: Enjoyable for Shivraj Kumar fans". Rediff.com. 29 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Madesha: Mess of a Mayhem". Bangalore Mirror. 31 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Maadesha". Sify.com. 1 September 2008.
  7. ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=6vYISfxAPCIJ1rJK&v=YT2HI25h3Cs&feature=youtu.be


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