Modada Mareyalli


Modada Mareyalli is a 1991 Indian Kannada drama film starring Shiva Rajkumar and K. S. Ashwath, and directed by M. S. Rajashekar. The film is produced by Rajkumar's production house.It is a remake of Sibi Malayil's Mohanlal starrer 1989 Malayalam film Kireedam. The movie was reported to be a success at the box-office.

Plot

The story revolves around Ravi, the son of Ramanna, a Police Constable who wishes to make his son an Inspector one day. Ravi, a recent college graduate, has many opportunities to enter different fields but he goes with his father's dream of becoming an Inspector. Ramanna gets transferred into a town whose residents are troubled by the rowdy Kari Kaala. The police force in the town turns a blind eye to the acts of Kari Kaala. One day Ramanna gets information that Kari Kaala is creating trouble in the market place. Being an honest police man he goes on site to investigate where he takes him on. Hearing of trouble, Ravi too rushes to the market place. Ramanna is no match for the goon and Ravi tries to intervene before his father is killed. A fight ensues between Kari Kaala and Ravi and both are arrested by the police. Since he managed to defeat the reigning rowdy, Ravi is typecast a rowdy by the people of the town.
After recovering, Kari Kaala targets Ravi and his family. With the police failing to protect him, Ravi is forced to fight for his life and ends up killing Kari Kaala. Ravi is sentenced to prison for murdering Kari Kaala and hence is disqualified in being a Police Inspector. Head Constable Ramanna reads the Police Verification Report which states Ravi as a "notorious criminal".

Cast

The duo of Rajan–Nagendra scored for the film's background and its film soundtrack, lyrics for which was penned by Chi. Udayashankar. The soundtrack album consists of four tracks.