Timmana Mottegalu – Banner: Sri Krishna Productions; Production: Adarsh Iyengar; Direction: Rakshit Thirthahalli; Cinematography: Praveen S; Music: Hemanth Jois; Cast: Keshav Guttaleke, Ashika Somashekhar, Suchendra Prasad, Sringeri Ramanna, Pragathi Prabhu, Raghu Ramanakppa, Master Harsha, Vinay Kanive, Prithviraj Koppa, Pranesh Kolagedde and others.
Here is a serene atmosphere film with the backdrop of thick forest and the innocence of the people living there. Rakshit Thirthahalli starts winning hearts from the very first scene and goes on churning out several issues via characters that are unusual. The script and screenplay work for this film, with very fine dialogues, make it sound interesting. The 101-minute screenplay is very promising and sure to knock on the doors of awards. That is the high quality of ‘Timmana Mottegalu’.
In a limited, remote village area – right from usage of language, background songs, and bringing in very natural actors – this film comes close to ‘Man and Manasu’. Nature is always Nature and Men are always Men. Based on ‘Kadina Nentaru’, the redeeming feature of this film is about a good man and a good mind.
The poverty-stricken Timma struggles hard to set right his dilapidated roof, but none of his honesty eases his worries. Look at the landlord Venkataiah. He is always at a safe point. As the market for his crops is poor, he is not ready to help Timma with further loans. Since the backlog of loans is still unpaid, Timma also understands the situation, but his inner mind is not ready to accept this poverty forever.
At this point, director Rakshit Thirthahalli introduces a research team that comes to the forest to study the King Cobra – highly respected in the village as God. As the study becomes more important for the good of the King Cobra, the infusion that comes is money. Timma knows where the King Cobra (Kari in his dialect) is and where it protects its eggs. A huge amount of Rs. 50,000 is offered to Timma to trace the whereabouts of the King Cobra, as it is the mating season.
Timma, looking at his family status, agrees to this offer without the knowledge of landlord Venkataiah. Timma is now on the move rigorously with the research team into the deep forest. He travels to Hanigella and also to the dangerous Hulinetti. Timma traces the King Cobra, but when he returns home, he finds his only son Papanna missing – and it is a thick forest with rain pouring. Now the frantic search for Timma’s son gains momentum. The change of mindset in Timma, because he ventured against God, is the most astonishing point.
How did Timma find his son? What did Timma do when the head of the research team approached him? How does Timma find solace to his worries? What is the King Cobra research team’s final outcome? For all these answers, you have to watch the last 20 minutes of this film.
The character of Timma has truly lived the role and reminds us of MV Vasudeva Rao of ‘Chomana Dudi’, the national award-winning actor. Choma does not budge in that film, but Timma budges because of his complications, yet finally wins hearts with his good nature.
Timma’s wife’s character is well portrayed and remains very natural to the role given to her. Timma’s son and his friend’s conversations are good. After a long time, the stalwart actor Sringeri Ramanna has given a touching performance. Sringeri Ramanna’s observation via the director is admirable. Suchendra Prasad, as head of the research team, is absorbing. The female character in the team gets attention at the climax. Raghu Ramanakoppa has nothing much to boast about.
The background score, singing, and composing are delectable. Kudos to Hemanth Jois, the music director. They are meaningful as well. The cinematography of Praveen is sure to be in competition for awards.
This is worth a dekko for the many prominent and interesting topics in ‘Timmana Mottegalu’.
