''Badmaash'' is a 2016 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 ...

romantic thriller A romantic thriller is a narrative that involves elements of the romance and thriller genres. A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thril ...

film directed by Akash Srivatsa and produced by Ravi Kashyap. The film features

Dhananjay Arjuna ( Sanskrit: अर्जुन, ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is a character in several ancient Hindu texts, and specifically one of the major characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata. In the epic, he is the third among P ...

and

Sanchita Shetty Sanchita Shetty is an Indian actress, who has appeared predominately in Tamil and Kannada films. She appeared in supporting roles at the beginning of her career. She got her first breakthrough after starring in female lead role in ''Soodhu Kavv ...

in lead roles besides

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was ...

Prakash Belawadi Prakash Belawadi is an Indian theatre artist, film director, television and media personality, who's also a teacher, activist and a journalist. He hails from Bangalore. He has participated in many seminars, conferences and festivals in India an ...

and

B. Suresha B. Suresha is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for directing the films ''Artha'' (2003) and ''Puttakkana Highway'' (2011). Career B. Suresha made his debut as a child ac ...

playing key supporting roles. The film's score and the soundtrack are composed by

Judah Sandhy Judah Sandhy is an Indian film music director who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame with 2017 Blockbuster film ''Operation Alamelamma''. Early life Sandhy was born on 21 January 1989 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He went ...

whilst the cinematography is by Shreesha and editing by Srikanth.

Plot

Vijay, an intelligent man, and Priya, who teaches Indian culture to people in unique ways, fall in love and everything is perfect, until a person comes between them. Then Vjay tries to win back his love.

Cast

as Dhanu *

as Priya *

Ramesh Bhat Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials. Early life Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leader ...

* Suchendra Prasad *

M. S. Umesh Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, is an Indian actor whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. After having featured in several stage shows as an actor in his childhood, he was hired for the lea ...

* Vijanath Biradar * Jahangir * Ithi Acharya *

Pannaga Bharana Pannaga Bharana is an Indian film director and actor who works in Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada languag ...

as Media baron * Ramesh Pandit * Lakshmi Anand * Ram Manjjonaath * Bangalore Nagesh * Nagabhushan * Valerian Menezes

Release

The film is due for release on 18 November 2016 across Karnataka. Prior to its release, as a part of the promotion, the film team took the traditional way by hiring Autorickshaws and with the horn speakers installed on them. A team of college students volunteered themselves to promote the film across 29 districts of Karnataka.

Soundtrack

has composed the score and soundtrack for the film. The audio was released on 20 June 2016 in Bangalore with 6 young film directors Pawan Kumar, Pawan Wadeyar,

Santhosh Ananddram Santhosh Ananddram is an Indian film lyric writer, screenwriter, director who works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame with his debut directional venture 2014 film '' Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari''. He later went on and directed Kannada Star Puneeth ...

S. Krishna S. Krishna is an Indian cinematographer and film director, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He gave a new dimension for cinematography through his breathtaking visuals in ''Mungaru Male''. He's an alumnus of Government Film and Television ...

, Anup Bhandari and Chetan Kumar releasing the songs. The soundtrack consists of 8 songs and one instrumental track and the lyrics are penned by

Jayanth Kaikini Jayanth Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collecti ...

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

, Chetan Kumar and the director Akash Srivatsa. The song "Hare Rama" sung by

Raghu Dixit Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit's music is an amalgamation of Indian et ...

was released online and comprises 108 different names of Lord Rama.

References

External links

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@Badmaash_movie twitter
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