| 1 | '''Karulina Koogu''' |
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| 4 | 1993 149’ col/scope Kannada |
| 5 | d/s D. Rajendra Babu pc Aditya Movie Makers |
| 6 | p D.R. Umashankari, Raju lyr/m Hamsalekha |
| 7 | c Ashok Kashyap |
| 8 | lp Prabhakar, Umashree, Vinaya Prasad, Srinath |
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| 11 | A Church-like Hindu order provides the |
| 12 | spiritual context for this unusual story about |
| 13 | the extinction of a lower-class alcoholic’s |
| 14 | family. The drunkard Mohan (Prabhakar, better |
| 15 | known for villainous roles) is married to |
| 16 | Sharada (Prasad), a cultured music teacher |
| 17 | employed in a Hindu ashram, who tries to |
| 18 | reform her husband. The villain in this allegory |
| 19 | of a Hindu community is a Christian, Antony, |
| 20 | who tries to rape Sharada and later kills Mohan |
| 21 | shortly after Sharada is diagnosed as terminally |
| 22 | ill with cancer. Sharada dies before she can find |
| 23 | adoptive parents for her children, but the |
| 24 | saintly head of the ashram (Srinath) does this |
| 25 | for her. The film also has a few comic scenes, |
| 26 | e.g. in a bar, where a series of jokes culminate |
| 27 | in a song talking about the plight of Kannadaspeaking |
| 28 | people in Bangalore city. |
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| 30 | [[Film]] |