Mangaluru: The most awaited movie “Asathoma Sadgamaya” hit the silver screens across Karnataka today (July 6).
Mangaluru University Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) Kishore Kumar along with other dignitaries inaugurated the premiere show held at BigCinemas at Bharath Mall here on Friday, July 6.
Speaking on the occasion, Kishore Kumar said that “Asathoma Sadgamaya” had a good message to the society on educational and social values. “We are losing our moral values though we are highly educated and living in an advanced technological era,” he said.
The film is successful in communicating a good message to society, Kishore Kumar said and wished a great success for the film.
The movie is produced by Ashwin J Pereira, Moodabidri, co-produced by Melissa D’Souza and directed by Rajesh Venoor. Vikram and Nelson are executive producers of the movie. Wahab Salim has directed the music whereas cinematography is by Kishore.
The movie stars Radhika Chetan, Kiran Raj, Lasya Nagaraj, Deepak Shetty and Baby Chitrali in lead roles.
The first half of the movie narrates the tale of two love-birds from Mandya, Raghava (Kiran Raj) and Sandhya (Lasya Nagaraj), who dream of escaping the rural life by migrating to the USA for leading a luxurious life. By a chance encounter Sherlin or Shalini (Radhika Chetan) who was adopted by Finnish citizens from an orphanage.
The tale traverses into how Sherlin finds her biological mother and how the couple reconciles with their families. Along the way, some untoward incidents happen that keep the audience on tenterhooks.
The film also tries to explore how the education mafia is responsible for the shutdown of government schools across the state. It also delves into how poor are deprived of opportunities of education.
Rajesh Venoor has made justice to the story by his linear storytelling. He also manages to keep the viewers hooked till the end of the movie. The romantic and philosophical songs and the music score complement the story very well.
The acting is also on point. The movie is a complete mixture of a good direction, cinematography, music, lyrics and dialogues.
All in all, “Asathoma Sadgamaya” is a wholesome family entertainer with a social message.
