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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Deveeri<br />
| director = [[Kavitha Lankesh]]<br />
| writer = Kavitha Lankesh<br />
| screenplay = Kavitha Lankesh<br />
| story = [[P. Lankesh]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|Akka|P. Lankesh}}<br />
| producer = Bharathi Gowda, Hanumantha Reddy, Kavitha Lankesh<br />
| starring = [[Nandita Das]]<br>Manjunath<br />
| narrator =<br />
| cinematography = [[S. Ramachandra]]<br />
| editing = M. N. Swamy<br />
| music = <br />
| studio = Navajeevana Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1999|||Bangalore}}<br />
| runtime = 105 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Kannada]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Deveeri''''' is a 1999 [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]] language film based<ref>{{cite news|title=Deveeri (1999)|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/439246/Deveeri/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325204922/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/439246/Deveeri/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2010|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2010|accessdate=20 December 2010}}</ref> on the novel ''Akka'' by noted Kannada writer [[P. Lankesh]]. The novel was adapted for the film by his daughter [[Kavitha Lankesh]].<br />
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The film won the 1999–2000 [[Karnataka State Award]] for best film.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mass media in India |page=172 |year=2002 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]] |oclc=5861535 }}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Nandita Das]] as Deveeri<br />
* Manjunath as Krishna "Kyaatha"<br />
* [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]] as Paddi<br />
* [[Sanketh Kashi]] as Rangappa<br />
* [[B. Jayashree]] as Rangappa's wife<br />
* Deesh Mariwala as Nagara<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
S. Viswanath of ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' felt that the film lacked a "taut script" and added, "Besides this, there are tacky numbers, with scenes that rarely justify a genre film." He further wrote, "Popular elements have been accommodated into the scheme of things to pander suit to the puerile tastes of to rake in the moolah, with the result the film is stretched a wee long, while, a more aesthetic screenplay would have taken the film to newer realms of novella vogue cinema." However, he commended the film's background score and wrote, "Music director V Manohar lends ample support to Kavitha with excellent, ear-catching background score, enhancing the melancholic mood to the touching tale." While he praised Manjunath's performance in the film in that he had the "maturity of seasoned player, amply justifying Kavitha's faith in the promising lad's abilities", the performance of Nandita Das seemed "unconvincing" to him. He felt that she failed to "add lustre to the film, and her effort comes as a damp-squib."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Viswanath |first1=S. |title=Search for the soul |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb27/endev.htm |publisher=Deccan Herald |accessdate=27 September 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000522152135/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb27/endev.htm |archivedate=22 May 2000 |date=27 February 2000}}</ref> Also writing for ''Deccan Herald'', Aravind Gowda called the film "an exceptionally well-made movie". He felt, "The screenplay, the characters and the story-line, all go well together into making Deveeri a good film to watch." He concluded writing praises of all leading performances in the film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gowda |first1=Aravind |title=Deveeri (Kannada) |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb27/rev.htm |publisher=Deccan Herald |accessdate=27 September 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000617045430/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb27/rev.htm |archivedate=17 June 2000 |date=27 February 2000}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0280600}}<br />
* {{cite web |last1=Riti |first1=M. D. |title=A woman's film |url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/feb/17deviri.htm |website=[[Rediff.com]] |accessdate=27 September 2020 |date=17 February 2000}}<br />
* {{cite web |last1=Riti |first1=M. D. |title=End of innocence |url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/oct/12devi.htm |website=Rediff.com |accessdate=27 September 2020 |date=12 October 1999}}<br />
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