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Minchina Ota (1980 film)

Minchina Ota is a 1980 Indian Kannada language heist film directed by and starring Shankar Nag with his brother Anant Nag and Lokanath in pivotal roles. The supporting cast features Priya Tendulkar and Ramesh Bhat, who made his debut in the film.

Plot
Katte and Prabhakar Rao "Tatha" are petty thieves who cannot seem to get a break in life. Their criminal past does not leave them wherever they go. To make it big, they resort to their past and start jumping unsuspecting passers by on National Highways and relieving them of their automobiles. Disassembling the auto parts, they sell them for money and often dupe people. Soon their jig is up when one of their stolen vehicles breaks down and a mechanic, Tony D'Souza is brought for help. Seeing that money is a free flowing concept in this criminal life, Tony joins hands with this crime duo. Soon, the trio hits various spots and makes away with vehicles. During this process, they even manage to rope in another petty thief Manju, who is thieving to afford her sick mother's medical bills, into their criminal enterprise. Shortly afterwards, Tony and Manju get married. The cops are hot on their trail for a good part of the film before finally clamping the trio down much to the delight of the pipe-smoking Inspector Nayak. As jailbirds, Katte and Thatha seem to have found their peace but not Tony. His desperate self is trying to get away from the chains that bind him. A prison break is planned and executed to almost perfection by the three. In the process, Thatha dies after accidentally falling off the high prison walls. Katte and Tony are killed in an encounter while trying to flee from the cops. The film ends with Manju, who at this stage is pregnant by Tony, vowing to raise the child in a good and healthy environment. == Cast ==
Cast
Anant Nag as Tony D'Souza • Shankar Nag as Katte • Lokanath as Prabhakar Rao "Thatha" • Priya Tendulkar as Manju • Ramesh Bhat as Inspector Nayak • Mandeep Roy as Constable Thimmaiah • Prakash • B. R. Shivaramaiah • Mysore Nagaraj • Ranga • Basavaraj Vali ==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack
Prabhakar Badri composed the soundtrack for the film with lyrics written by Rudramurthy Shastry. The album consists of four tracks. ==Awards==
Awards
;1979–80 Karnataka State Film AwardsSecond Best FilmAnant Nag, Shankar NagBest Actor – Anant Nag • Best Supporting ActorLokanathBest Screenplay – Mariyam Jetpurawala, Shankar Nag • Best CinematographerB. C. GowrishankarBest Editor – P. Bhaktavatsalam • Best Sound Recording – S. P. Ramanathan ;28th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Director — Shankar Nag ==References==
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