Saarathi

Saarathi Kannada , English Charioteer is a 2011 Indian Kannada romance action film written and directed by Dinakar Thoogudeep. It stars Darshan and debutante Deepa Sannidhi in the lead roles. V. Harikrishna scored for the films background and its soundtrack, lyrics for which was penned by V. Nagendra Prasad.

The story revolves around Raja Darshan, an autorickshaw driver, who falls in love with Rukmini Deepa Sannidhi. But she has an enemy in Pratap played by Ajay, a relative who wants to marry her, and takes her to his hometown Durgakote. Raja follows her to the place and finds that she hails from the family of palegars who rule the place. The story takes a turn when Raja finds that Rukmini is the daughter of his fathers sister. The movie ends with action sequences.Saarathi was initially under the production of Kannada cinema veteran KCN Chandrashekhar, but was later taken up by K. V. Satya Prakash as his first film venture. As a result of which, the film has been in the making for overyears including 90 days for the shooting and later the film release got delayed owing to actor Darshans arrest by the police following a complaint of domestic violence by his wife Vijayalakshmi. It was filmed at major South Indian tourist places like Chitradurga, Pondicherry, Chalakudy in Kerala and Hyderabad, the film ran 100days in aroundtheaters. ........

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