Asthitva

Asthitva is a 2016 Kannada thriller film directed by Nuthan Umesh, who had earlier directed Krishnan Marriage Story. The movie is a remake of the 2012 Tamil thriller Naan which itself was inspired by the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley. The film is produced by B.S.Vishwa cariappa under production company VSan Vision ^[1] stars Yuvraj,^[2] Prajwal Pooviah, and Duniya Rashmi in the lead roles.

Asthitva
Directed by	Nuthan Umesh
Screenplay by	Nuthan Umesh
Story by	Jeeva Shankar
Based on	Naan
Produced by	B.S. Vishwa Cariappa
Starring	Yuvraj
Cinematography	Rakesh B
Music by	Vijay Antony
Production company	VSan Vision
Release date	19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

The plot revolves around Ram an orphan (Hindu) takes on the identity of Raheem (Muslim), a dead MBBS aspirant and starts to live a lie. Would he be able to keep on staying free from the trap of untruths that he turns?

Cast

• Yuvraj as Ram (alias Rahim)
• Prajwal Pooviah as Khushi
• Duniya Rashmi
• Shine Shetty as Vicky
• Sonu Gowda
• Madhusudhan as Krish
• Shankar Ashwath
• K. S. Shridar
• Shashidhar Kote
• Rajesh Nataranga as Vijay Kumar
• Madhusudan Vijaykumar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijay Antony who composed the original film retaining all the tunes. All lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Asthitva
Soundtrack album by Vijay Antony
Released	27 June 2016
Recorded	2016
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	23:49
Label	VSan Music
Producer	Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony chronology
Nambiar (2016) Asthitva (2016) Saithan (2016)

Track list

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Barediro Vidhi Baraha"	Badri Prasad	4:47
2.	"Barko Nin Hane Bara"	Vijay Prakash	4:26
3.	"Nenapugale Moodive"	Rajesh Krishnan	4:37
4.	"Ragadaithi Ragadaithi"	Apoorva Sridhar, Deepak Doddera	4:52
5.	"Barko Nin Hane Bara" (Theme)	Instrumental	2:12
6.	"Asthitva" (Theme)	Instrumental	2:55
Total length:			23:49

Reception

A critic from The Times of India rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "For those who have watched the original, this doesn't measure up. For those who haven't, you could watch the film once if you overlook some parts".^[3] A critic from Vijaya Karnataka wrote that "A tight narrative that not only holds the audience in suspense but also evokes realism. But the question is whether the movie is giving a wrong message to the audience".^[4]