Kallarali Hoovagi


Kallarali Hoovagi is a 2006 Indian Kannada historical drama romance film directed by T. S. Nagabharana, based on a novel of the same name written by B. L. Venu. Set in 1772, during the reign of Madakari Nayaka, the last ruler of Chitradurga, it features a fictitious love story between a Hindu Veerashaiva boy and a Muslim girl. The film stars Vijay Raghavendra, Umashankari, Anant Nag, Bharathi, Ambareesh, Avinash.
At the 54th National Film Awards, the film won Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. It also won multiple awards at the 2006–07 Karnataka State Film Awards. Upon theatrical release on 22 December 2006, the film received widespread critical acclaim and also emerged as a box-office success.
It was reported that the plot of the 2015 Hindi film Bajrangi Bhaijaan bore resemblance to this movie as the core concept of both the movies were thematically same - a young Brahmin/Lingayat boy staying in a Hindu dominated kingdom finds a dumb Muslim girl belonging to Muslim dominated neighbouring enemy kingdom, gives her shelter in his Hindu family without knowing her background, first realizes that she is a non- vegetarian, provides her with biryani secretly in spite of him being vegetarian, then realizes she is Muslim while she is offering prayers but hides it from his parents, ultimately when it comes to fore that she belongs to enemy kingdom faces opposition from a family member for his act, decides to personally send her back to her hometown safely, escapes the security at the borders, gets caught in the enemy kingdom as she reaches home, sentenced to death by hanging but finally is pardoned after the girl regains her lost voice in the climax.

Plot

The film is set in the time of Madakari Nayaka, a palegar of Chitradurga. The story revolves around a young Hindu Lingayat boy who falls in love with a Muslim girl of an enemy kingdom whom he meets at the war-ruined area.

Cast

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, also writing its lyrics. The soundtrack album consists of 12 tracks.

Critical reception

"Kallarali Hoovaagi" got very good critical reaction. Most newspapers and websites hailed it as an exceptional film.

Awards