''Angaaraka'' is a 2014 Indian action drama film directed by Srinivas Kaushik and produced by Jayasudha Raghavendra. The film stars

Prajwal Devaraj Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by t ...

Pranitha Subhash Pranitha Subhash is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. She debuted as an actress in the 2010 Kannada film, '' Porki''. In 2012, she starred in the critically acclaimed film ''Bheema Theerada ...

and Hardhika Shetty in the lead roles. The film released on 10 January 2014 to the mixed and negative reviews.

Plot

A village politician's (Avinash) son Vijay (Prajwal) comes back to his village after his graduation. He intends to settle down in his village and meets Priya (Pranitha), a girl from an ordinary villager. But his father wants him to marry Kavya (Hardhika), who is from an affluent family, which in turn would benefit his political ambitions. Vijay makes his stand firm and proceeds to marry off Priya. Meanwhile, his father hatches a plot by playing an astrological gimmick and makes Vijay believe that the things would go awry after the marriage. How the couple reunite and goes against the wishes of elders forms the rest of the plot.

Cast

as Viji a.k.a. Vijay *

as Priya * Hardhika Shetty as Kavya *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as Viji's father *

Jai Jagadish Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as an actor in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. In 1998, he turned produce ...

as Rajashekar * Muni * Dharma * Chidanand * Shivaram * Veena Sundar * Veena Venkatesh * Kishore * Vikram

Release

Critical reception

The film opened to mostly average and negative reviews from the critics.

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

rated 3/5 stars while stating that "the movie is a waste of effort as it is done without any imagination" while panning the director's job. The Indian cine gallery gave a verdict as a "very ordinary presentation" again criticizing the work of the director.

Soundtrack

The music is composed by

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films such as '' Biruga ...

for Ashwini Media company and lyrics are written by Ghouse Peer, Gee Gee and Shyam Shimoga. The audio release of the film was held on 1 November 2013 coinciding the

Kannada Rajyotsava ''Kannada Rajyotsava'', also known as Karnataka Formation Day or Karnataka Day, is a state public holiday and celebrated on 1 November of every year. This was the day in 1956 when all the Kannada language-speaking regions of south western Indi ...

day. A total of 5 tracks have been composed by Arjun Janya.Angaraka songs
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References

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