Nagarahavu (2002 film)

Nagarahavu Kannada is a 2002 Indian Kannada psychological Thriller film starring Upendra and Jyothika. The film was directed by S. Murali Mohan and is a remake of the 1993 Bollywood film Baazigar. Upendra and Jyothika won several awards for this movie including South Filmfare Awards. The film shocked its Karnataka audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Kannada film industry formula, with an ambiguous hero. An Above Average Success at the box office, this was Upendras second film where he played a negative role after his earlier blockbuster film Preethse. For his work in the film, Upendra won the Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor for the second time.

Ajay begins dating Seema Chopra Jyothika, the daughter of the owner of Chopra business empire. They meet secretly as her father would not approve of a poor soninlaw. Meanwhile, the younger daughter Priya Chopra Jyothika, dual role travels with her father Madan Chopra to Madras now Chennai, for Madans final kart race before he retires permanently. Madan has never lost before, but comes across Vicky Malhotra Ajay Sharma in a disguise of brown contact lenses. Vicky allows Madan to win by slowing at the last corner and tells him that he couldnt beat his guru. Vicky then charms Priya by saying that he lost the race as he couldnt break the heart of a beautiful girl. Thus his ploy of winning in spite of losing meaning Baazigar succeeds as he wins Priyas heart. This way, he manages to date both Seema and Priya simultaneously using different identities.Ajay is incidentally photographed lurking outside the birthday party of Seema by one of her friends. Later Madan Chopra arranges for Seema to be married off to another business family. Seema is heartbroken, and Ajay decides that they will write identical suicide notes and commit suicide. After they each write their suicide notes, he tells her that the suicide note was just a test. He says that only cowards commit suicide and destroys his note, while keeping Seemas. They decide to marry secretly the next day. When they arrive, the registrar is closed, so they go up to the roof of the building for sightseeing. He makes her sit on the parapet and tells her the truth about himself, after which he throws her to her death from the rooftop of the building. He then posts the suicide note and leaves, but arrives later as Vicky with Priya. He helps the Chopra family with the funeral. The letter written by Seema implies that she has committed suicide, and the murder investigation is closed. Priya cannot believe that, and asks her father to reopen the case. However, he disagrees, saying he doesnt want to lose his reputation due to Seemas

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