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Chanda

2007 · 154 min

A raw, emotional ride through rural vengeance and unexpected tenderness, with bursts of violence and a bittersweet romantic core.

Directed by
S. Narayan
Genres
Action, Romance
Starring
Duniya Vijay, Shuba Poonja, Komal Kumar
Overview
The movie is about Kariya (Vijay) who grows up the hard way, is a black, has a good appetite for food, drinks arrack and sleeps well. However, one thing he would not stand is insult to his mother and if that happens it brings out the beast in him. Trouble begins when Kariya hits one of the local men in the village for abusing his mother and he happens to be the family of a don in the village and in another scuffle two more from the don household get beaten up. The don’s daughter Swapna (Shuba Punj) is impressed by the valour of Kariya and expresses her love to him and Kariya with his naïve nature does not understand what love is. Swapna then changes this rock hard man into a man of feelings and sensitivity and when things are heading towards a marriage Swapna shocks Kariya by saying she did this to avenge the insult done to her family. Kariya reacts in an equally harsh manner and though he walks out he is unable to suppress his feelings.

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Directed by
S. Narayan
Genres
Action, Romance
Starring
Duniya Vijay, Shuba Poonja, Komal Kumar
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour4
Realism6
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, romance
Directed by
S. Narayan
Written by
S. Narayan
Starring
Duniya Vijay, Shuba Poonja, Komal Kumar, Sundar Raj, Shobha Raghavendra, Somanna Jadar
Runtime
154 min
Country
India
Languages
Kannada

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