Thandege Thakka Maga

<p>Foreign-educated Satya, son of a village chieftain returns home after a long stay abroad. He is accompanied by his girlfriend, Sathya, with whom he intends to settle in a city and start a business. However, things get problematic when Sathya is forced to marry a woman from a lower caste after his father’s sudden death. The music of the film was composed by . Three songs were reused from the original version which was composed by : “Jajiya Hoovu Anda” is based on “Inji Idupazhagi”, “Kaveri Seemyaga” is based on “Potri Paadadi” and “Nammoora Deepa” is based on “Vaanam Thottu”, respectively. The song “Kailasada Aa Shivanigu” is based on “Vellipani Mutrathil” portion of song “Golukathu Radhai” from . wrote, “Producer R. Pavan Kumar deserves a mention for his tasteful choice. However, director S. Mahendar has overlooked many sensitive aspects and the insightful social struggle poignantly delineated in the original. Comparing with becomes inevitable as the latter poses some basic questions such as what role creativity plays in the direction of a film based on an already acclaimed biopic with the director being loyal frame-to-frame to the original with no fresh perspective to offer”. wrote for , “Thandege Thakka Maga will please those who have not seen the original Tamil film”. wrote, “This remake of the 14 years old Tamil classic is passable. S.Mahender has been able to retain the Kannada nativity, with excellent performance from the lead cast plus excellent camerawork and music lifts the film”. S. N. Deepak of wrote, “Director Mahendar who successfully remade later failed in his attempts to do remakes or original Kannada films. lacks lustre. His efforts to adopt the story to Kannada could have been much more effective”.</p>