Prithvi

<p>Prithvi Kumar is an aspiring trainee, who passes his and receives posting as in . He is married to his love interest Priya and leaves for and they receive a warm welcome there. Prithvi joins the office and learns about the illegal mining and water pollution arising in the district. At the office, Prithvi is visited by an old man named Shankarappa from Sandur-Taluk, who reveals that his son Kantharaju is missing for many days, Prithvi promises to look into the matter. Meanwhile, Prithvi looks into the files and is visited by , who bribe him with an expensive watch in the form of a felicitation, Prithvi denies the offer. Later, Prithvi learns from Sandur-Taluk Suryaprakash that Kantharaju is actually a government surveyor and goes to the Sandur-Taluk hospital, only to find that the patients have diseases caused by the illegal mining. Naagendra Nayak, who is the main owner of the tells Prithvi to blindly sign the file with the support of his minister brother Narasimha Nayak and the Home Minister. Prithvi refuses and rejects the file and sends it to , which provokes Naagendra, who destroys Prithvi’s bike with a bomb, When Prithvi and Priya were at an school function. Prithvi seizes the illegal mines owned by Naagendra, due to which Naagendra forms a strike with the help of people and a riot ensues where the media projects Prithvi as a leader. Narasimha forces the to order Prithvi to reopen the factory, but to no avail. With the help of a reporter Basavaraj, He finds about the border dispute between and and the survey file is with Kantharaju. One night, Prithvi receives a call from Basavaraj, who reveals that he found Kantharaju in Ananth Nagar, and is ready to meet him. Prithvi, along with Surya Prakash and Basavaraj meets Kantharaju, who gives the border-survey file to Prithvi and leaves. Naagendra’s henchman finds out and informs it to Naagendra, who kidnaps Kantharaju. Basavaraj leaves for Bangalore, but gets kidnapped by Naagendra, who kills him and throws his severed head at Prithvi’s house. Naagendra provokes Prithvi and they engage in at the office where the grants a leave to Prithvi, based on trauma. Priya, who is horrified by the events ask Prithvi that they leave the district, but Prithvi objects and tells Priya that she can leave. A dejected Priya leaves to her parents’ house. Prithvi confronts Naagendra’s henchman, and a battle ensues where Prithvi is knocked in the process but survives. Prithvi calls Surya Prakash and formulates a plan to destroy Naagendra. Under Prithvi’s orders, Surya Prakash tells Naagendra to arrive with Kantharaju alone and will hand over the survey file. Naagendra arrives with Kantharaju and meets Prithvi where they engage in . Prithvi defeats Naagendra where he frees Kantharaju and buries Naagendra, along with his car in his own mining. Kantharaju, along with his wife and children reunite with Shankarappa. Priya reunites with Prithvi. Narasimha gets arrested due to the illegal mining and the mines are seized by the and Naagendra’s name is added in the Bellary case. The film ends with Prithvi continuing his duties as the DC in Bellary. scored the film’s background music and composed its soundtrack, lyrics for which was penned by , and . The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. Actress and singer made her debut as a playback singer for a Kannada track with “Nenapidu Nenapidu”. Saxophonist , also the father of the composer Manikanth Kadri, lent bits to the track “Kukkoo Kogileyinda”. The album was released in on 11 April 2010. Anand Audio distributed the album into the market. ran for 70 days in the Sagar and Menaka. The film became a commercial success in the A centers and multiplexes, but it flopped in B and C Centres. However, the film received . The movie did a pre-release business of ₹8 crores. The film was also dubbed in Malayalam and Telugu as . gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “A good show by director Jacob Varghese, who has chosen the intriguing Bellary politics with `gani-dhanis’ (mining lords) in focus”. Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “Jacob Verghese adds commercial touch to this serious subject by including some heavy duty action sequences. Prithvi is definitely a treat for Puneet fans”. B S Srivani of praised the script, cast performances, action scenes and technical aspects. wrote “Prithvi is still worth a watch. Fans can look forward to multiple viewing”. Renu Joseph of termed the film as “A fast-paced action thriller” despite its predictability.</p>