Aa Karaala Ratri

Aa Karaala Ratri
Directed byDayal Padmanabhan
Written byMohan Habbu
Screenplay byDayal Padmanabhan
Dialogues by
Produced byD Pictures
Starring
CinematographyP. K. H. Das
Edited bySri CrazyMindzz
Music byR. S. Ganesh Narayanan
Production
company
D Pictures
Distributed byD Distributors
Release date
  • 13 July 2018 (2018-07-13)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Aa Karaala Ratri (transl. 'That Intense Dark Night') is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language thriller film directed and produced by Dayal Padmanabhan. The film is based on a Kannada play by Mohan Habbu which was translated from the tragic English play Lithuania by Rupert Brooke.[2][3]

In September 2020, director Dayal announced that he will be directing the Telugu remake of the movie which would be produced by Allu Aravind. The Telugu remake titled Anaganaga O Athidhi was directly released on the Aha.[4][5] He had also revealed that he would be directing the Tamil remake.[6] The Tamil version was titled Kondraal Paavam released in 2023.[7] The film was remade in Malayalam in 2023 as Pakalum Paathiravum,[8] thereby making it the fifth Kannada film to be remade in three other South Indian languages after School Master, Sampathige Savaal, Devara Kannu and U Turn. Both the Tamil and Malayalam versions were released in March 2023 within one week.[9]

Plot

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In an interior village, deep in Karnataka, a fortune teller visits a poverty-stricken family and foretells that their fortune will change overnight. A mysterious traveller (played by Jayaram Karthik) visits their home on the same day and requests to be allowed to stay overnight. What happens during that one intense night forms rest of the story.

Cast

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Production

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The film is based on a Kannada play by Mohan Habbu which was based on the play Lithuania by Rupert Brooke. Director S. K. Bhagavan had revealed that during the making of 1978 Kannada film Shankar Guru, he had narrated this story to actor Rajkumar.The film was planned to be shot in Ladakh and some preparation was undertaken, but in the end Rajkumar backed out as he felt the story was too dark.[10]

Impressed by Mohan Habbu's story, Dayal decided to acquire the rights and make it into a full-length feature film.[11] When Dayal entered the Bigg Boss house as a contestant his idea was strengthened when his fellow contestants JK and Anupama Gowda agreed to be a part of the film if it was made. Dayal then completed the entire script, along with co-dialogue writer Naveen Krishna, and narrated the full script to JK and Anupama.[12]

Once the lead pair was fixed, Dayal zeroed in on Rangayana Raghu and Veena Sundar for other pivotal roles. Many of Dayal's contestant friends from Bigg Boss Kannada like Jaya Srinivasan, Ashitha and Diwakar appeared in the film.[13]

Reception

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The News Minute mentions that "seasoned" actors and "clever" director came together hand-in-hand to make an interesting suspense thriller flick.[14] Shyam Prasad S of Bangalore Mirror said the film is one of the best movies of the year and credited the convincing performances and brilliant technical execution for the success.[15]

Awards and nominations

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Award[a] Date of ceremony[b] Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Karnataka State Film Awards 10 January 2020 First Best Film Dayal Padmanabhan Won [16]
Best Director Dayal Padmanabhan Won
Best Supporting Actress Veena Sundar Won
South Indian International Movie Awards 15 August 2019 Best Supporting Actor Karthik Jayaram Nominated [17]

Notes

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  1. ^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
  2. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

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  1. ^ "Aa Karaala Ratri movie review: Celebs, critics give a thumbs-up for Dayal Padmanabhan's creation". IBTimes. 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Aa Karala Ratri: What happened when Bhagavan proposed the film to legendary filmmaker Rajkumar 40 years ago". Bangalore Mirror. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ @sssmoviereviews (22 June 2020). "From play to film to book! The film#AaKaralaRatri was based on a play translated from English to Kannada by Mohan…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Review of Anaganaga O Athidhi on Aha: There's No Fire in This Remake of Kannada Thriller Aa Karaala Ratri". 21 November 2020.
  5. ^ "SEVEN FILMS TO STREAM ON OTT PLATFORMS IN NOVEMBER!". India Glitz. 30 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Director Dayal Padmanabhan is remaking his film Aa Karaala Ratri, in Telugu and Tamil". Times Of India. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Dayal Padmanabhan set to make his Kollywood debut". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  8. ^ Praveen, S. R. (3 March 2023). "'Pakalum Pathiravum' movie review: Kunchacko Boban, Rajisha Vijayan's thriller is felled by mediocre filmmaking". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Pakalum Pathiravum Movie Review: A thriller that needed toning down". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Aa Karala Ratri: What happened when Bhagavan proposed the film to legendary filmmaker Rajkumar 40 years ago". Bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Dayal Padmanabhan's next to have "Bigg Boss 5" contestants". 8 December 2017.
  12. ^ "JK and Anupama in Dayal Padmanabhan's next film". 5 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Former Bigg Boss contestant Anupama Gowda to make her Kollywood debut?". 8 February 2018.
  14. ^ "'Aa Karaala Ratri' review: Dayal Padmanabhan delivers an interesting suspense flick". The News Minute. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Aa Karala Ratri movie review: One of the best films this year – Bangalore Mirror". Bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  16. ^ "KARNATAKA STATE FILM AWARDS 2018: RAGHAVENDRA RAJKUMAR AND MEGHANA RAJ BAG TOP HONOURS; CHECK OUT ALL WINNERS". bangalore mirror. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  17. ^ "SIIMA Awards 2019: Here's a complete list of nominees". The Times of India. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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