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Minchina Oata

  • 1980
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
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Minchina Oata (1980)
AdventureCrime

Two small-time thieves hatch a plan to get rich. They hire an automobile mechanic, with financial troubles, to help them in stealing cars.Two small-time thieves hatch a plan to get rich. They hire an automobile mechanic, with financial troubles, to help them in stealing cars.Two small-time thieves hatch a plan to get rich. They hire an automobile mechanic, with financial troubles, to help them in stealing cars.

  • Director
    • Shankar Nag
  • Writers
    • Mariam Jetpurwalla
    • Shankar Nag
    • T.N. Narasimhan
  • Stars
    • Ramesh Bhat
    • Loknath
    • Anant Nag
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    248
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Shankar Nag
    • Writers
      • Mariam Jetpurwalla
      • Shankar Nag
      • T.N. Narasimhan
    • Stars
      • Ramesh Bhat
      • Loknath
      • Anant Nag
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ramesh Bhat
    Ramesh Bhat
    • Inspector
    Loknath
    • Tatha
    Anant Nag
    Anant Nag
    • Tony
    Shankar Nag
    Shankar Nag
    • Katte
    Prakash
    Mandeep Roy
    Mandeep Roy
    B.R. Shivaram
    Priya Tendulkar
    Priya Tendulkar
    • Tony's Wife
    • Director
      • Shankar Nag
    • Writers
      • Mariam Jetpurwalla
      • Shankar Nag
      • T.N. Narasimhan
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    10sumanth-05484

    Ahead of its time

    All Shankar Nag Directed Movies are ahead of its time , At that Time people may not appreciate that much but If we watch those movies now It is so relevant to Now . So Much Thrill In This movie.
    5vogonify

    A bit disappointing

    Shankar Nag, during the time he made Minchina Ota, had been in remarkable form. But this is a slightly disappointing effort.

    Not the idea, but the execution. A subject which had potential to be a really fun, edge-of-the-seat road movie achieves only half of what it sets out to do.

    The Nag brothers are in good form and there is the pre-Rajani Priya Tendulkar as well.

    A tighter script would have made this a classic. Well, for Kannada cinema, it still is one.

    I would recommend Accident as Shankar Nag's best effort. But I have yet to see some of his other films.

    Malgudi Days is a brilliant effort by Nag because he honestly kept, among other things, the most important element of R. K. Narayan's writing, simplicity.

    But Minchina Ota... could have been better.

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      Remade as Lalach (1983)

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      • 1980 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Kannada
    • Filming locations
      • Hubli-Dharwar, Karnataka, India
    • Production company
      • Sanket
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      2 hours 15 minutes
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