''Arjun Gowda'' is a 2021 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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written and directed by Lucky Shankar, making his debut. It features

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 ...

and

Priyanka Thimmesh Priyanka Thimmesh is an Indian actress who mainly works in Kannada films. She has also debuted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her debut in the 2015 Kannada film ''Ganapa''. Early life Priyanka was born in Bhadravati, Karnataka to Thi ...

in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes

Sparsha Rekha Rekha, popularly known as Sparsha Rekha, is an Indian film and television actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. She turned producer with the film ''Demo Piece ''Demo Piece'' is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama directed by V ...

Rahul Dev Rahul Dev (born 27 September 1968) is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films and few Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and Odia flims. Early life Ra ...

, and

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

. The score and soundtrack for the film is by

Dharma Vish Dharma Vish is an Indian music composer, music producer, and songwriter. He has produced music for Indian films in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, and has also composed the score for the film Raagdesh ''Raag Desh'' () is a 2017 Indian hist ...

and the cinematography is by Jai Anand. The film marked producer Ramu's last film as a producer before his death in April 2021.

Premise

Arjun Gowda is a hot headed youngster, who will do anything for his love. When he faces a crisis that hits home, quite literally, he gets a rude awakening. How, he solves the mess, forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Arjun Gowda *

as Jaanu *

as Janaki Gowda *

* Dinesh Mangalore * Arvindh Rau * Deepak Shetty * Prakashnatana * Shobith * Jeevan * Giri * Kadipudi Chandru * Hassine Shetty * Suraj

Production and Release

The shoot of the film started in August 2019, in and around Bengaluru. The film had Prajwal Devaraj teaming up with producer Ramu for the second time after Sagar. The film featured him in the role of a kickboxer. The film later had Priyanka Thimmesh as the female lead for the film. The film later had Sparsha Rekha on board to play a pivotal role in the film. The film team completed the shoot in Early 2020. The team released its first teaser on 2 August 2019. The film was earlier slated to release in April 2021 but owing to COVID-19 pandemic postponed its release to December 31, 2021. the first trailer of the film was released on 10 April 2021 and the second trailer of the film was released on 28 December 2021.

Soundtrack

The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed by

. The music rights were acquired by Anand Audio.

Reception

Critifal Reception

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gave 2.5/5 stating "Arjun Gowda tries to be a film with social commentary and also a love story at the same time, without forgetting the commercial requisites. This is where the film falters. The makers could have focused on just one of them and probably the story could have had its desired impact"

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gave 3/5 stating "Prajwal Devaraj gives an all-around performance. Priyanka Thimmesh has tried to justify her space and Sparsha Rekha makes her presence felt. Sadhu Kokila’s comic episodes have no connection with the film’s story."

Response

The film received a mixed response from the audience and the film became another flop for Prajwal at the box office.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt15136954 2020s Kannada-language films 2020s Indian films 2021 crime action films Indian crime action films 2021 directorial debut films 2021 films Films shot in Mysore Films shot in Bangalore