Tamil filmmaker Pavithran, best known for films like Vasanthakala Paravai, Kallori Vaasal and Selva, among others, made his Kannada cinema debut in 2024. Pavithran’s maiden venture, though, was not an original, but an adaptation of a highly-feted Tamil film by Pa.Ranjith, namely Pariyerum Perumal, which released in 2018. It was one of 7 releases that week and remained relatively unnoticed.

Karki headed to Sun NXT

Starring Jai Prakash Reddy (of Whatsapp Love fame), and Iratta’s Meenakshi Dinesh, who debuted in Kannada with this film, Karki, which has the tagline Nanu BA LLB, is now ready for its OTT outing, 9 months after its theatrical outing. The film has been picked up by Sun Network and will begin streaming on Sun NXT on June 20, 2025. It will be available on OTTplay Premium too. It is the latest Kannada film on the platform, after films like Maryade Prashne, Vidyapati, Rakshasa, Laughing Buddha, Shivamma, and more.

Karki, according to reports, does not stray much from the source material and revolves around the protagonists, Muttathi Muthuraj (Jai Prakash) and Jyoti Lakshmi (Meenakshi). Muthuraj hails from a ‘lower caste’, while Jyoti belongs to the upper echelons. Both are aspiring law graduates, with Muthuraj dreaming of becoming an advocate and fighting for the cause of the marginalised. A gripping drama, Karki is about caste-based violence.

Karki joins a list of movies from the past few years that have made it to OTT, which is uncommon for Kannada films these days. For example, Sun NXT only has three movies from 2025, and one of them was initially released on Prime before moving to the service. After Karki, the streamer will present another Kannada movie that received favorable word-of-mouth, Nimma Vasthugalige Neeve Javaabdaararu, to viewers. More than 100 films were released in the first five months of 2025, and less than 20% of them have currently available on streaming. So far, only Prime Video and Sun have accepted.
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