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Duniya
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Directed by	Suri
Written by	Suri
Produced by	T. P. Siddaraju
Starring	Vijay Rashmi Rangayana Raghu Yogesh
Cinematography	Satya Hegde
Edited by	Deepu S. Kumar
Music by	Songs: V. Manohar Score Sadhu Kokila
Production company	Samy Associates
Release date	23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Duniya (transl. World) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Duniya Soori (in his directorial debut) and produced by T. P. Siddaraju under Samy Associates. The film stars debutants Duniya Vijay and Rashmi, alongside Rangayana Raghu, Kishore and Yogesh.

Duniya was released on 23 February 2007 and became a successful venture at box office. Due to the film, Vijay and Suri came to be known as Duniya Vijay and Duniya Suri among the masses.

Plot

Shivalinga a.k.a. Shivu, an innocent villager who works as a manual laborer in stone quarry realizes that his mother is seriously ill. He gets his mother to Bangalore for treatment, but his mother dies and he is unable to arrange finances for her funeral. He manages to pay with the only ornament he had in order to carry out the funeral of his mother. With his inability to procure a tomb-stone for his mother's grave, Shivu leaves the city walking without any money, devastated.

While on his way he comes across a girl (Poornima) who is kidnapped and the abductors try to rape her. Shivu saves her and gets her to the orphanage where she is staying. The warden of the institute misunderstands the situation and believes that Poornima is in love with Shivu and had eloped with him. The warden asks the girl to leave the institution immediately.

Shivu wants to fulfill her wish to continue study and decides to support her education. But apart from a strong body he does not have any qualities to survive in this world. The circumstances make him work for the underworld. In the process his peers in the underworld have an eye on Purima, the love for Poornima makes Shivu to fight with mob leaders. In the process the kingpin is killed. Police wrongly believe that Shivu is responsible for the murders. Unable to see the suffering of Shivu at the hands of society, police, and the underworld, Poornima calls him to meet her outside the city. Without his knowledge, she gives him sweets laced with poison and she too consumes the same to end the chapter.

Cast

• Vijay as Shivalinga a.k.a. Shivu
• Rashmi as Poornima
• Rangayana Raghu as Satyanna
• Kishore as ACP Umesh Kumar
• Mico Nagaraj as Raghupathi
• Yogesh as 'Loose' Maadha
• Lokesh as Praveen
• Sai Sunil as Sappe
• Prasanna as Petrol
• Kaddipudi Chandru as Dopu
• Mohan Juneja as Gravedigger (uncredited)
• Sardar Sathya (special appearance in a song)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by V. Manohar, while the musical score was composed by Sadhu Kokila. The lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad, V. Manohar and Yograj Bhat.

Reception

Chitraloka wrote that "Soori directed “Duniya is a must watch for all section of film fans who wants to see something different and authentic." R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Soori has used all the commercial elements to make the film appealing to all the sections of the audience. Besides the stark reality in presentation, it is his writing talent that wins the battle for Duniya." In his another review for IANS, R. G. Vijayasarathy gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Duniya is a film that should not be missed as it is a top class presentation. It is strongly recommended for film buffs who want to see different type of films."

Box office

Duniya completed 150 days of screening. The film ran for more than 25 weeks in some centres, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film.

Accolades

References

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3. ^ Kumar, S. Shiva (23 March 2007). "It's a big, bad world". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
4. "Top Kannada actors, 2007". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
5. "Mohan Juneja Death; 'ದುನಿಯಾ' ಪಾತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಯಿಂದ ಕಪಾಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಡೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು ಮೋಹನ್". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
6. Sebastian, Shilpa (9 December 2017). "Unconventional super actor" – via www.thehindu.com.
7. "Duniya Movie Review". Chitraloka. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
8. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (26 February 2007). "Duniya is refreshingly original". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
9. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (24 February 2007). "Duniya Kannada Movie Review". IANS. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Nowrunning.
10. "Newcomers rule box office". Indiaglitz.com. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
11. "2007 – year of 'Mungary Male', 'Duniya' in Kannada cinema". IANS. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via India Forums.
12. "Duniya". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
13. "55th annual Tiger Balm South Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

• Duniya at IMDb
• Duniya, web site Archived 25 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• 'Mungaru Male' & 'Duniya' sweep State Awards IndiaGlitz, 23 July 2007.

• 2007 films
• Films scored by V. Manohar
• Indian crime drama films
• Indian gangster films
• 2007 crime drama films
• Films about organised crime in India
• Films set in Bengaluru
• Films shot in Bengaluru
• Films directed by Duniya Soori
• 2007 directorial debut films
• 2000s Kannada-language films
• 2000s Indian films