Jothe Jotheyali

Jothe Jotheyali is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Dinakar Thoogudeepa and produced by Meena Thoogudeepa. The film stars Prem and Ramya. The music for the movie was composed by a debutante music composer V. Harikrishna.[1]

Jothe Jotheyali
Directed byDinakar Thoogudeepa
Written byDinakar Thoogudeepa
Produced byMeena Thoogudeepa
Starring
CinematographyVenus Murthy
Edited byT. Shashikumar
Music byV. Harikrishna
Release date
  • 22 September 2006 (2006-09-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

Nakul (Prem) and Divya (Ramya) are married couples on the verge of divorce. As the movie starts both of the lead characters arrive at the Family court, to seek divorce. The actual movie unfolds in Flashback scenes as both remember - how they met and fell in love. They also face parental opposition for their marriage and they eventually marry against their wish and start a separate life altogether with their friends. Prem then starts an advertising firm. He is helped by Darshan Thoogudeep (in a mini guest appearance playing himself) for his first ad and eventually he becomes quite successful in his profession. He starts to neglect Divya and due to some mis-understanding is found with his colleague in a compromising position. Thus Divya abandons him and moves out of their home and goes to live with her parents. Prem tries unsuccessfully to woo Divya back with many tricks which fall flat and cause more tension on their relationship. Finally Divya understands her husband and returns to their home to see him in bed with another woman - which is the last blow for their relationship.

In the climax, Prem and Ramya are granted Divorce. While they are leaving the court, a criminal tries to flee from the policemen taking Divya as hostage, Prem fights to free her from the criminal and is stabbed to death. By now Divya realises Prem's true love for her and confesses the same at the hospital.

Cast

Soundtrack
Jothe Jotheyali
Soundtrack album by
V. Harikrishna
Released2006
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:09
LabelAshwini Recording Company
V. Harikrishna chronology
Jothe Jotheyali
(2006)		 Snehana Preethina
(2006)

V. Harikrishna composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with its lyrics written by V. Nagendra Prasad. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kuline Kugoodilla"V. Nagendra PrasadChaitra H. G.4:32
2."O Gunavantha"V. Nagendra PrasadSonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal4:21
3."Punyakane"V. Nagendra PrasadS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:48
4."Sikthare Sikthare"V. Nagendra PrasadKarthik4:37
5."Summane Summane"V. Nagendra PrasadBombay Jayashree4:46
6."Suryakannu"V. Nagendra PrasadRajesh Krishnan5:05
Total length:28:09

Reception

The movie ran to 100 days,[3] even though directed by a debutante. People flocked to theaters to see wonderful chemistry between the lead pair Ramya and Prem. The comedy by Sharan was also a plus point for the movie. Song of the movie were quite a rage and V Hari Krishna became a popular music Director after this movie. He also became permanent music Director for the Thoogudeepa Productions banner and henceforth for all movies acted by Darshan Thoogudeep

Critical reception

Jothe Jotheyali received average to negative reviews from critics upon release on 22 September 2006. R.G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff gave the film one out of five stars and noted that the film lacked a good story and neat narration.[4] Nowrunning gave the film a rating of 2/5 and commented that even though the music of the film was good, it lacked a good story and narration.[5]

  1. R. G. Vijayasarathy (15 December 2006). "'Jothe...' beats 'Hubballi' at Kannada box office". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. "Jothe Jotheyali (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". iTunes. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. Archived 26 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Jothe Jotheyali is just silly". rediff.com. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. "Review: Jothe Jotheyali". nowrunning.com. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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