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{{Infobox film
| name = Dasavala
| image = Dasavala.jpeg
| alt = 
| caption =
| director = M. S. Ramesh
| producer = Anaji Nagaraj
| writer = Ma. Chandru
| screenplay = Ma. Chandru
| story =
| starring = [[Prem (film director)|Prem]]<br>[[Aishwarya Menon]]<br>[[Hema Choudhary]]
| music = Gurukiran
| cinematography = Dasari Seenu
| editing =
| studio = Namana Films
| distributor =
| released = 11 October 2013
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget = {{INRConvert|40|m}}
| gross =
}}
'''''Dasavala''''' is a 2013 [[Kannada film|Kannada]] drama film starring [[Prem (film director)|Prem]] and [[Aishwarya Menon]] in the lead roles. The film is directed by M. S. Ramesh, and also stars [[Rangayana Raghu|Hema Choudhary, Rangayana Raghu]] and [[Avinash]]. Dasavala was released on 11 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-09/news-interviews/42861861_1_dasavala-akshara-menon-theeya-velai-seiyyanum-kumaru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060603/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-09/news-interviews/42861861_1_dasavala-akshara-menon-theeya-velai-seiyyanum-kumaru |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2013 |title=Dasavala to release this Friday |date=9 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> Anitha Bhat featured in an item song in Dasavala.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN 21 Aug 2013, 03.26PM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-21/news-interviews/41432727_1_prem-adda-director-mahesh-babu-akshara-menon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023062113/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-21/news-interviews/41432727_1_prem-adda-director-mahesh-babu-akshara-menon |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2013 |title=Acting topmost on Prem's mind? |date=21 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> The storyline of the movie was similar to two more Kannada movies - ''[[Director's Special (film)|Director's Special]]'' and ''Karodpathi''. It was also reported that the concept of all these films could be traced back to the 1996 Spanish language Brazilian film ''[[:es:Familia (película)|Familia]]'' (also known as ''Segredos em Familia'') in which a lonely rich man hires actors to act as his family members on his birthday.<ref>http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/reviews/Movie-review-Karodpathi/articleshow/32087973.cms</ref>
<ref>https://spanishcinephilia.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/a-family-that-is-not-a-family-familia-fernando-leon-de-aranoa-1996/</ref>

==Plot==
Dasavala is about two tourist guides - Prem and Rangayana Raghu. The jolly guides face a peculiar situation when a handicapped artist, a singer, a girl who escapes from the clutches of prostitution, a lady who leaves her home after a tiff with her son, and another girl, who also runs away from her house not being able to accept the groom selected by her parents, land in their house. Each one of them has some sentimental story which reflects the present day society. As the story progresses, the plot unfolds and each one of them are back in their own house. But the main character Aishwarya ([[Aishwarya Menon]]) decides to stay with Prem and he had to fight with her groom to save her.

==Cast==
* [[Prem (film director)|Prem]]
* [[Aishwarya Menon]] as Aishwarya
* [[Rangayana Raghu|Hema Chaudhary]]
* [[Avinash]]
* [[Hema Chaudhary|Rangayana Raghu]]
* Achyuth Kumar
* Shobhraj
* Pushpa Swamy
* [[Sanchari Vijay]]
* Anitha Bhat in an [[item number|item song]]

==Filming==
Dasavala was shot in and around tourist attractions of Karnataka like [[Badami]], [[Aihole]] and [[Pattadakal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/North-Karnataka-is-Sandalwoods-new-destination/articleshow/21573455.cms |title=North Karnataka is Sandalwood's new destination - Times Of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-15/news-interviews/39992418_1_akshara-menon-dasavala-prem-adda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061213/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-15/news-interviews/39992418_1_akshara-menon-dasavala-prem-adda |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2013 |title=Dasavala shoot progresses in Badami |date=15 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> The song-recording muhurat of Dasavala was organised in March 2013, but the actual shoot of the film started on 22 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-20/news-interviews/39392304_1_prem-may-22-anaji-nagaraj|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927211809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-20/news-interviews/39392304_1_prem-may-22-anaji-nagaraj|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Dasavala to go on floors on May 22|access-date=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news-interviews/39444094_1_sandalwood-debut-anaji-nagaraj-film|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131018033106/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news-interviews/39444094_1_sandalwood-debut-anaji-nagaraj-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Dasavala shoot starts|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> A special set of a Dhaba was erected at the [[Kanteerava Studios]] in September 2013, to shoot an item song featuring Ankitha Bhatt. Dance Master Tribhuvan choreographed the song, composed by music director [[Gurukiran]]. The audio release of the Dasavala was done by former Karnataka Chief Minister [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]] and [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] in an event held at the 37th Crescent Hotel on 14 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-16/news-interviews/42113000_1_audio-release-bsy-karnataka-film-chamber |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055934/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-16/news-interviews/42113000_1_audio-release-bsy-karnataka-film-chamber |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2013 |title=Dasavala audio released by BSY and Puneeth |date=16 September 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The Music Was Composed By [[Gurukiran]] and Released by [[Anand Audio]] Video.

{{Infobox album
| name = Dasavala
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Gurukiran]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = Oct 20, 2013
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 21:09
| label = Anand Audio Video
| producer = [[Gurukiran]]
| prev_title = [[Charminar (2013 film)|Charminar]]
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = [[Brahma (2014 film)|Brahma]]
| next_year = 2014
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 21:09
| title1 = Bandaglu Beththale
| lyrics1 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]]
| extra1 = [[V. Harikrishna]], Raj Guru, [[Shamitha Malnad]], [[Anuradha Bhat]]
| length1 = 3:59
| title2 = Ondu Eradu Mooru
| lyrics2 = Santosh Naik
| extra2 = [[Udit Narayan]], Anuradha Bhat
| length2 = 4:33
| title3 = Naayi Banduddappa
| lyrics3 = [[Purandara Dasa]]
| extra3 = [[Picchalli Srinivas]]
| length3 = 2:18
| title4 = Hegideeya
| lyrics4 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]]
| extra4 = [[Gurukiran]], Anupama
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Rokka Eradakku
| lyrics5 = [[Purandara Dasa]]
| extra5 = Shankar Shanbag
| length5 = 2:08
| title6 = Ooikko Ooikko
| lyrics6 = [[V. Nagendra Prasad]]
| extra6 = [[Hemanth (singer)|Hemanth]], [[Santhosh Venky|Santosh]], Akanksha Badami
| length6 = 4:40
}}

==Critical reception==
Dasavala received positive reviews from the Times of India, Bangalore Mirror and other trade magazines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/reviews/Movie-review-Dasavala/articleshow/23988733.cms |title=Movie review: Dasavala |work=Bangalore Mirror|date=11 October 2013 |access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/dasavala-review-kannada-15040845.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050548/http://www.sify.com/movies/dasavala-review-kannada-15040845.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2013 |title=Movie Review : Dasavala |publisher=Sify.com |access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= A Sharadhaa |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Its-about-the-family/2013/10/12/article1832518.ece |title=It's about the family |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=12 October 2013 |access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sandesh MS |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/reviews/2013/dasavala-movie-review-122197.html#slide369068 |title=Dasavala - Movie Review - Oneindia Entertainment |publisher=Entertainment.oneindia.in |date=11 October 2013 |access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref> The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5 stars and stated that the director presented Dasavala in a humorous way and many incidents that are in focus may be happening in many households.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/movie-reviews/Daswala/movie-review/24056656.cms |title=Daswala movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Kannada films of 2013]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dasavala}}
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:2010s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2013 romance films]]
[[Category:Films set in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of Spanish films]]

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