Mythri (2015 film)

Mythri
Kannada first look poster
Kannada	ಮೈತ್ರಿ
Directed by	B. M. Giriraj
Produced by	N. S. Rajkumar
Written by	B. M. Giriraj Dialogue: Sudamsu
Starring	Mohanlal Puneeth Rajkumar Archana Atul Kulkarni Kalabhavan Mani Bhavana
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	A. V. Krishna Kumar Kiran
Edited by	K. M. Prakash Sagar
Production company	Omkar Movies
Distributed by	Kishor Films Pallavi Films (Kerala)
Release date	20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) (Kannada) 12 June 2015 (2015-06-12) (Malayalam)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada Malayalam

Mythri (English: Friendship) is a 2015 Indian Kannada social drama film written and directed by B. M. Giriraj and produced by N. S. Rajkumar under the banner of Omkar Movies. It features Mohanlal, Puneeth Rajkumar, Veda Sastry, Atul Kulkarni, and Bhavana.Ilaiyaraaja is scoring the music for the lyrics of H. S. Venkatesha Murthy and Baraguru Ramachandrappa. Krishna Kumar handled the cinematography. The film is a social drama, and also focuses on relationships in the time of liberalisation.

The film was released on 20 February 2015 worldwide and garnered largely positive reviews from critics and audience. The film was praised for its strong script, realistic plot, acting and social message. Some critics called it one of the best films made in Kannada. The Malayalam version, My Hero Mythri, was released on 12 June 2015 in Kerala. Kalabhavan Mani replaced Ravi Kale in Malayalam version.

Siddarama (Aditya) is a slum dweller yet an very intelligent guy. He lives with his mother who works in an agarbatti (incense sticks) factory to make ends meet. One of the pranks lead him into police lock up and his mother requests help from Gooli Prathapa, a philandering person who runs human trafficking business and also has political ambitions. Once, siddarama is released Gooli sets his eyes on Siddarama's mother.

Sidda is also a huge fan of Puneeth Rajkumar and bunks class to see his favorite star's shooting. During shooting he also gets chance to interact with Puneeth and share his scrapbook. Later we see sidda in juvenile prison, whose warden is a very strict. Sidda develops good relation with his fellow inmate Johnson; its Johnson who sees sidda's potential to achieve big in life. As story progresses, we see sidda getting selected to Karunada Kotyadipathi hosted by Puneeth and being a step away from winning Rs. 1 Crore. This is when DRDO scientist Mahadev Ghodke meets Puneeth and requests him not to take the show further as Sidda is the one who murdered his son. Puneeth in shocked state says it's not in his hands to do so, Mahadev expresses his unhappiness and walks away back home. Mahadev devices a plan to kill Gooli Prathap by building a bomb and also reaches Gooli's office with a bomb. At the same time Puneeth asks Sidda the final question which he will be unable to answer and uses 'Phone-a-friend' option and Puneeth calls Mahadev to help sidda with the answer. Mahadev without any prejudice gives the right answer, and sidda goes ahead to explain how he was framed in the murder by Gooli's gang. Listening to this Mahadev leaves Gooli's office and bomb detonates while Gooli's henchman check the contents of suitcase killing Gooli. Mahadev then adopts Sidda.