Mata (2006 film)

The movie starts with a taxi driver Venkatesha (Jaggesh) welcoming Sister Martha (played by Pari) to Bangalore.

He needs to drive her to a matha(monastery) in Thirthahalli and he starts narrating a story to make the journey interesting, interspersed with sub-stories.

At this point, breaking the fourth wall, R. N. Sudarshan enacting the role of Appayya declines to read out the dialogues about placing a newspaper ad about vacant Chief of Matha position.

The introduction scene of the film involves all the characters are invited with Vedic hymns, "Asathoma Sadgamaya", which translates to "Lead me to the Truth".

The characters are neglected by society, their quest for a societal status and food drives them to do all kinds of things to just remain in the training period as they want to avoid destitution.

Sister Martha is revealed to be a guardian angel for the financially ailing mutt when she donates a substantial amount of money for its betterment.

The movie ends with Jaggesh thanking sister Martha, and Guruprasad and Sudarshan sharing a small but lively conversation about the outcome of the story.

They were sung by C. Ashwath, Gurukiran, B. Jayashree, Hemanth, Chetan and Chaitra H. G.[4] It got favorable reviews from both fans and critics alike.