Mythri (2015 film)

Mythri
Poster
Directed byGiriraj
Written byGiriraj
Produced byN. S. Rajkumar
StarringMohanlal
Puneeth Rajkumar
Adithya Bharadwaj
Kalabhavan Mani
Ravi Kale
Archana
Atul Kulkarni
Jagadish H. M.
CinematographyA. V. Krishna Kumar
Kiran
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Sagar Dass
Music byIlaiyaraja
Production
company
Omkar Movies
Distributed byKishore Films
Release date
  • February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Mythri (transl. Alliance) is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language social drama film written and directed by Giriraj and produced by N. S. Rajkumar under the banner of Omkar Movies.[1] It stars Mohanlal and Puneeth Rajkumar in extended cameo roles, and features Adithya Bharadwaj, Archana and Atul Kulkarni in substantial roles.[2][3] Ilaiyaraaja scored the music for the film and Krishna Kumar handled the cinematography. The film is a social drama, and also focuses on relationships in the time of liberalisation.[4]

Mythri was released worldwide on 20 February 2015 and garnered widespread critical acclaim.[5][6] The film was praised for its strong and realistic plot, cast performance, cinematography and social message. Some critics called it one of the best films made in Kannada.[7] The partially reshot Malayalam version titled My Hero Mythri was released on 12 June 2015 in Kerala. It had Kalabhavan Mani reprising the role played by Ravi Kale in the original, and also had Anu Joseph and Sajitha Betti in the additional scenes.[8] The film won the Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film.

  1. ^ "Mohanlal wraps up Mythri". The Times of India. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Mohanlal in Kannada movie with Puneet Rajkumar". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ Prathibha Joy (19 February 2015). "Puneeth, Mohanlalm Atul share the screen". The Times of India.
  4. ^ Muralidhara Khajane (30 May 2013). "Namaskaram to namaskara". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ^ Shekhar H. Hooli (20 February 2015). "'Mythri' Movie Viewers and Critics Review: Live Update". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  6. ^ "'Mythri' Movie Review and Critics Review, Box Office Collection". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Puneeth Rajkumar's 'Mythri' Audience Review". Filmibeat.com. 20 February 2015.
  8. ^ "My Hero Mythri Review | My Hero Mythri Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen".