‘Ondu Motteya Kathe’ wins hearts of movie lovers, collection crosses Rs 1 crore
Udupi: “Ondu Motteya Kathe’ film has earned over Rupees 1 crore and the audience of all dialects are coming together to support the film”, said the director and actor Raj B Shetty. He was speaking during an interaction session organised at the Press Club here on July 17.
Addressing the mediapersons Raj Shetty said, “The film will be released worldwide next week. The film in Mangaluru Kannada dialect is widely appreciated in Mandya, Mysore and Bengal. Mangaluru style Kannada extensively used in the dialogues throughout the movie is an added advantage. Language is never a barrier in reaching the audience. Apart from the coast, the movie is doing good in Mandya and Ramanagaram belts, followed by Belagavi and other parts of northern Karnataka,” he added.
30-40% people who speak other languages are also viewing the film. The film is released in 50 single screen theatres and multiplexes. The film is also running successfully in Chennai. Next week the film will be released in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Singapore, Australia and Dubai.
Ondu Motteya Kathe is a love story between two different minds, it is not just a love story but reflects the life of a bald professor, the social perception towards a bald man and vice versa.
The shooting of the film was completed in 16 days but the hard work of 2 years has been put in making the film. Only 5 persons were selected out of the 245 who were present for the audition.
Producer Pawan said that from the past two years the entire team has worked hard which is yielding the fruit now. Honest efforts of director Raj Shetty have been the main reason for the success of the movie.
DOP Praveen Shriyan, Actress Shailashree and Amrutha Kayak were present.
The film is showing the pain of Bald headed persons and total film is very nice. This type of film any body can see with family members no where sex exposure. Though film is silent without any fighting scene or unnecessary romance scene. Raj shetty is suitable for the role and his action is very natural. His film direction is good All female actress acted very nice. I think this is very low budget film but it is successful movie. I have enjoyed the language of mangalore since I had been Mangalore for more than 20 years Actually I could… Read more »