Anatharu
Film poster
Directed by	Sadhu Kokila
Written by	Tushar Ranganath (Lyrics - Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Sadhu Kokila
Story by	Bala
Based on	Pithamagan
Produced by	Munirathna
Starring	Upendra Darshan Radhika Kumaraswamy Sanghavi
Cinematography	K. Krishna Kumar
Edited by	Shashikumar Deepu S. Kumar
Music by	Sadhu Kokila
Production company	Vrushabhadri Productions
Distributed by	Sri Durga Parameshwari Productions
Release date	14 September 2007 (2007-09-14)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Anatharu (transl. Orphans) is a 2007 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by Sadhu Kokila.^[1] The film stars Upendra, Darshan, Radhika, and Sanghavi. It is a remake of the Tamil film Pithamagan.^[2]

An anonymous woman dies while giving birth in a graveyard. Her child, Rudra is found and raised by the caretaker of the graveyard. Rudra grows up among corpses with minimal human contact and is seemingly autistic. He growls, runs like a beast, but seems to understand loyalty and is a social animal. He ventures into a town in search of food and gets into trouble as he does not understand the concept of money. He is rescued by Parathi, a petty marijuana dealer. She sees his ability to be loyal and enrolls him into the service of her employer Sekar Vasudevan, a large scale marijuana grower. Rudra is caught during a drug raid and arrested.

Sathya prakash is a con artist. He gets into trouble when he cons a woman named Manju into losing all her personal effects in a game of dice. Sathya gets sent to jail thanks to Manju's detective work. He meets Rudra in prison and starts protecting him out of sympathy and pity. Rudra starts to reciprocate to Sathya's kindness with blind loyalty.

Sathya serves his term and then clashes with Sekar to get Rudra released from jail. Rudra gets out but commits a crime when he obeys his master's instruction to burn the body of a murder victim. Sathya, realising that Rudra is being used as accessory in crimes that he cannot comprehend, prevents Rudra from going back to working in the marijuana fields. At the same time, a budding romance starts between Sathya and Manju, and Rudra too starts to see a shared spirit in Parvathi.

The police catches wind of the murder and arrests Rudra. Sathya gets Rudra to side with the police as an informant. Sekar later attacks and kills Sathya and dumps his body in the middle of the road. Rudra does not understand that Sathya is dead and zones out when everyone surrounds him. While Parvathi, Manju, and the others are crying, Parvathi sees Rudra's confusion as indifference and angrily drives him away from Sathya's body.

Rudra slowly starts to understand that Sathya is dead as he sees him on the funeral pyre. His realisation is complete when he wakes up in the morning next to the burnt remains of Sathya's corpse. He experiences emotions that he has never experienced before: fury, agony, betrayal, and pain that he has never felt, and decides to take revenge on Sekar.

Rudra sets fire to the marijuana fields, lets Sekar experience the pain of his loss, and then sets upon destroying him physically. He drives him through the street, taking his time by breaking a few bones at a time until he is done toying with him. He then kills Sekar by biting his neck, and leaves the village.

Soundtrack was composed by Sadhu Kokila. The song "Adada Ahankara" from the original film was retained here as "Jagave Rakshasara".

• "Ello Hutti Ello Haridu" – Hariharan
• "Janana Janana Idu" – Madhu Balakrishnan
• "Jagave Rakshasara" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• "Yaaro Nee Nanna" – Mohammed Aslam
• "Old songs Remix" – Various

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Though the first half of the film fails to impress, the latter half is more comprehensible. But the overdose of blood-curdling violence sends out a wrong message".^[3] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "If you have not seen Pithaamagan, then Anaatharu is definitely worth watching especially for Upendra and the efforts of Sadhu's technical team".^[4]

• Anatharu at IMDb