Nirel
Nirel is a Tulu film directed by Ranjith Bajpe and produced jointly by Shodhan Prasad and San Poojary, starring Anoop Sagar, Varuna Shetty, Deepthi, Sachin Padil, Deepak Paladka in the lead roles. This will be the first film produced overseas and planned to shoot completely in Gulf Region. The film is based on the Kannada Script "Nadu Naduve" by Karthik Gowda and later converted to Tulu by Ranjith Bajpe. Karthik Gowda also wrote the screenplay for the movie, and dialogues written by Ranjith Bajpe. Cast for the movie was totally selected by an audition at Fortune Grand Hotel Dubai. The people behind "Nirel" is a group of four friends, San Poojary, Ranjith Bajpe, Rajneesh Amin and Sachin Padil.
Plot
The film revolves around 3 main characters played by Anoop Sagar as Sachin, Varuna as Rashmi & Deepthi as Shweta. Anoop is an engineer by profession but wants to be a film hero by passion. Varuna is an to-day independent girl and works as a banker for one of the banking organizations of Dubai. Deepthi plays a family friend to Anoop Sagar. The film deals about how the trio are linked, what happens when ambition, passions, likes, dislikes, over reactive nature comes ahead of relationships and other things. Told with a comical touch, the film then divulges to an emotional yet romantic tale.Cast
- Ramesh Aravind - Cameo
- Andria D'Souza as herself - Special Appearance
- Anoop Sagar
- Varuna Shetty
- Deepthi Salian
- Sachin Padil
- Deepak Paladka
- Rajendra Pai
- Vidya
- Nindiya Prasad
- Ashok Palan
- Subhash
- Vishwapathi Bhat
- Anand Salian
- Sandhya Prasad
Production
Muhurtha of the movie was done on 24-10-2012 at producers residence by Mr. Sarvotham Shetty. In May, Sandalwood Actor Ramesh Aravind acted in a guest role for Nirel.
Soundtrack
Music released by Muzik247 TuluSong List
| Sr. No | Song Name | Music Director | Singers | Lyrics |
| 01 | Genduna Saadi Terina | Abhishek S. N | Loku Kudla | |
| 02 | Daane Enna Manass | Abhishek S. N | Abhishek S. N | Rajneesh Amin |
| 03 | Serrnaga Ee Manass | Abhishek S. N | Akshatha Rao | Loku Kudla |
| 04 | Daye Enan Bududu | Abhishek S. N | Rajneesh Amin | |
| 05 | Balcony Item | Abhishek S. N | Akshatha Rao | Loku Kudla |
| 06 | Mokeda Singari - Revisited | Abhishek S. N | Harish Sherigar | Seetharam Kulal |
Critical reception
Movie was premiered at Golden Cinema, Dubai on 14 February 2014 on Valentine's Day. Upon release movie got positive response. Independent reviewers gave 4 stars out of 5, stating "Overall a good movie which rises bar of Tulu movie standards. Must watch movie for each and every Tulu speaking audience".Movie also received 5 awards.
Tulu Cinemotsava Awards 2015
- Best Film
- Best Supporting Actress - Deepthi Salian
- Best Cameraman - Mani Kookal
- Best Story - Karthik Gowda
- Special Award for First International Movie
Media Articles
- Daijiworld Exclusive Interview of Ranjith Bajpe-Director of the movie.
- NewsKarnataka.com article - Shooting for Tulu Movie Nirel in full swing
List of Tulu Movies
- List of tulu films of 2015
- List of Tulu films of 2014
- List of Released Tulu films
- Tulu cinema