1973 Devaru Kotta Thangi
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Not in very comfortable position in the box office of first half of this year hat trick hero Shivarajakumar is having bizarre of films on hand that is keeping him busy on the floor. In this year only 'Satya in Love' was average while 'Bandhu Balaga' crashed miserably in the box office. Currently he is acting in 'Nanda' for director Ananthraj and 'Paramesha Panwala' for director Mahesh Babu. He has agreed films for RS Films in the direction of Raghav Loki, 'Devaru Kotta Thangi' by director Saiprakash in which national award winning actress Meera Jasmine plays Shivarajakumar's sister, 'Hodi Maga' (title picked from his popular film 'Jogi' song) in the direction of Sathyaa.P, 'September 11' for K.Ganeshan, 'A.K.97' film in Om Prakash Rao direction, 'Bagyadha Balegara' in the direction of Saiprakash and for producer N.M.Suresh love story film that will be directed by Raghuram D.P. 'Cheluveye Ninna Nodalu' that will be shot in seven wonders of the world. Now the news comes from ace lyricist cum director Dr.Nagendra Prasad that Shivarajakumar is 'Punyavantha'. A.T.Lokesh of 'Dhuniya' fame of whom 'Zindagi' is releasing this week is the producer of 'Punyavantha'.
Meera plays sister
The national award winning actress Meera Jasmine is playing sister to superstar Shivarajkumar in Kannada film 'Devaru Kotta Thangi'. She is replacing Radhika who was the permanent sister to Shivarajakumar on Kannada screen. Meera Jasmine has been a screen stealer in Kannada too from her earlier two films 'Mourya and Arasu' both starring Puneeth Rajakumar. She has liked the sister portion of the script narrated by director Om Saiprakash. Known for tearjerker films like 'Thavarige Baa Thangi, Anna Thangi, Thavarina Siri etc., director Saiprakash the veteran in the field is producing this film. Meanwhile the similar title 'Devaru Kotta Thangi' film starring Dr.Rajakumar, Jayanthi, B.V.Radha, Narasimharaju directed by KSL Swamee was made in the beginning of 1973. After 35 years the similar title is repeating on Kannada screen starring son of Dr.Rajakumar ' Shivarajakumar. The earlier similar example was 'Anna Thangi'. Dr.Rajakumar and B.Sarojadevi played lead roles in the yesteryears while Shivarajkumar, Radhika played lead roles and earned massive profit for producer K.Prabhakar.