Sidlingu

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Field	Value
name	Sidlingu
image	Sidlingu.jpg
caption	Theatrical poster
director	Vijaya Prasad
producer	T. P. Siddaraju
writer	Vijaya Prasad
based_on
starring	Yogesh
Ramya
Suman Ranganathan
cinematography	Sugnan (Gnana Murthy)
music	Anoop Seelin
editing	Akshay P Rao
studio	Samy Associates
distributor	Jayanna Films
released
runtime	2 hours 15 minutes
country	India
language	Kannada
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Sidlingu is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language coming of age film directed and written by Vijaya Prasad and starring Yogesh and Ramya in the lead roles.

Prasad makes his big screen debut after directing many TV series. The film is produced by Yogesh's father, T. P. Siddaraju of Duniya fame. Anoop Seelin has composed the music. Sugnan aka Gnana Murthy was the cinematographer. The film was released on 13 January 2012.

Plot

Sidlingu has a passion for cars since his childhood and gets closer to a young girl and a middle-aged lecturer because of his desire to own a car. But the lecturer, who gives him lift, seduces him. Later Sidlingu moves to Srirangapatna where he finds one vintage car and wants to purchase it. There he meets schoolteacher Mangala who helps him to realise his dreams. Sidlingu even expresses his desire to marry Mangala, but she keeps mum as she feels Sidlingu is an innocent and infatuated youngster. Later tragedy strikes and robs Sidlingu off Mangala.

Cast

Yogesh as Sidlingu
Ramya as Mangala
Suman Ranganathan as Aandalamma
K. S. Sridhar as Asadullah Baig
Girija Lokesh as Rangamma
Achyuth Kumar as Appaji Gowda
Chaswa as Jamaal alias biryani
Mimicry Dayanand
Amarnath Aaradhya
Mimicry Gopi
Srikanth Heblikar
HMT Vijay
Nagaraj Gowda
Vatsala Mohan
Kaddipudi Chandru
Shankar Rao
Kempegowda
Shashikala
Harshith Gowda

Production

Actress Ramya is noted for an image makeover in this film playing the role of Mangala, a middle-class school teacher portraying the role of a woman who is behind the success of a man in the film.

Soundtrack

The much-hyped audio of ‘Sidlingu’ was released on 29 November 2011 at Srinivasa Theatre, Gowdana Palya which was attended by Kannada film personalities such as Raghavendra Rajkumar, Prajwal Devaraj, Diganth, Jaggesh and Duniya Vijay.

The song "Ellello Oduva Manase" sung by Avinash Chebbi became a big hit and considered to be an evergreen song.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from The New Indian Express wrote "Anup Silin has provided lilting music. It is certainly worth watching till intermission. One needs a little bit extra patience to sit through its second half". A critic from News18 India wrote "The rural situations look natural and real thanks to the work done by art director. 'Sidlingu' is a better presented with a good performance from young hero Yogish". Shruti I L from DNA wrote "Anoop Seelin’s music, especially in the song Ellelo oduva manase… is worth a mention. Sidlingu held all the possibilities of soaring high but it falls short, leaving you asking for more". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "What could have been another film in the genre of Mera Naam Joker and My Autograph ends up being pathetically ordinary. But for the twist in the last 10 seconds, the audience would have felt cheated by the trailers".

Awards

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Ceremony	Category	Nominee
60th Filmfare Awards South	Best Film	T. P. Siddaraju
Best Director	Vijaya Prasad
Best Actor	Yogesh
Best Actress	Ramya
Best Supporting Actress	Suman Ranganathan
Best Music Director	Anoop Seelin
Best Playback Singer - Male	Avinash Chebbi
("Ellello Oduva Manase")
Best Playback Singer – Female	Anuradha Bhat
("Ellello Oduva Manase")
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress	Ramya
Best Music Director	Anoop Seelin
Best Female Playback Singer	Anuradha Bhat
("Ellelo Oduva")
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Sequel

A sequel titled Sidlingu 2 was released on 14 February 2025.

References

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[http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6296/siddalingu.html Popcorn India - Movies » Kannada » S » Siddalingu] {{webarchive. link. (19 July 2012)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401081815/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/75379.html IndiaGlitz - I Want to be Mangala - Ramya]
(29 November 2011). "'Sidlingu' music released". [[The New Indian Express]].
(14 January 2012). "A movie that mysteriously turned into a mega ser". [[The New Indian Express]].
(15 January 2012). "Kannada Review: 'Sidlingu' is entertaining". [[News18 India]].
(14 January 2012). "Review: Kannada film 'Sidlingu'". [[DNA (newspaper).
(13 January 2012). "Sidlingu: Seedless". [[Bangalore Mirror]].
[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/filmfare-awards-south-dhanush-eega-win-big-awards/408186-71-177.html Filmfare awards list of winners] {{webarchive. link. (2015-05-10)
(15 September 2013). "Stars in Sharjah for 2nd SIIMA". The Hindu.
(1 February 2025). "Yogi's maturity evolves as Sidlingu in Vijaya Prasad's satirical sequel". The New Indian Express.

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