''Chambal'' () is a 2019 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 Jacob Verghese and produced by N. Dinesh Rajkumar and Mathew Verghese jointly under the banners Jacob Films and Jadyan Motion Pictures. It features Satish Ninasam and

Sonu Gowda Sonu Gowda is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Kannada-language films. She made her debut in ''Inthi Ninna Preethiya'' and appeared in films including ''Paramesha Panwala'' and ''Gulama''. She has also starred in Tamil and a few Mala ...

along with

Roger Narayan Raj Narayan is an Indian actor who works in predominantly Kannada and English-language films. He is known for playing one of the leads in ''U Turn'' (2016). Career Roger Narayan studied engineering at BITS Pilani before deciding to pursue his p ...

. The supporting cast includes Pawan Kumar,

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 ...

, Kishore Kumar and Elvis Joseph. The score and soundtrack for the film is by

Poornachandra Tejaswi Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and environmentalist. He made a great impress ...

and

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 ...

and the cinematography is by D. Sasi Kumar and editing is done by Bavan Sreekumar The film is loosely based on the life of D. K. Ravi.

Plot

The film opens with a mother narrating the legend of Bali Chakravarti, where the King Bali better known for his donations and religious sacrifices, once took over the kingdom of Gods, which had enraged Indra. Indra goes to Lord Vishnu and pleads for help. Then, Vishnu takes over the Vamana Avatar. The god Vishnu came to earth as Vamana, his fifth avatar, to defeat him. Vamana appeared as a dwarflike Brahmin. When the pious Bali tells the lord to keep the third foot on his head, Lord Vishnu does so, and pushes him beneath to the

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. The son questions his mother, if Bali is dead. The scene cuts ahead. Subhash is a strict police officer, whose strictness sends shivers across the system. It is shown that the mother shown earlier in the film, is Subhash's mother. He once arrests a corrupt politician, but the

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who comes to seize the place where the lorries were being taken from, is beaten up by the MLA, and it is revealed that Subhash is the DC.

Cast

Sathish Ninasam Shiva, known by his screen name Sathish Ninasam, is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. Having made his film debut with '' Madesha'' (2008), Sathish appeared in small but significant roles in films like ''Manasaare'' (2009), '' Panch ...

as Subhash *

as Lakshmi *

* Pawan Kumar *

* Kishore * Elvis Joseph *

Girija Lokesh Girija Lokesh is an Indian theatre and film actress and occasional film producer who works in Kannada cinema. She is wife of actor Lokesh, and is the mother of former actress Pooja Lokesh, and actor and television presenter Srujan Lokesh. In ...

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 ...

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Raj ...

as Narrator

Soundtrack

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

and

. The music rights were acquired by

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Critical reception

Vivek M V from the ''

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'' gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, saying it "isn't entirely moving but it's a satisfying thriller that keeps you engaged throughout." A Sharadhaa from ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

'' also gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5: "This sincere film is a good watch, and director Jacob Verghese's brilliance lies in the way he slowly builds the character of the protagonist, based on late IAS officer DK Ravi."

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* {{IMDb title, 10122038 2010s Kannada-language films Indian biographical drama films 2019 drama films Films shot in Mysore Films shot in Bangalore 2019 films Films directed by Jacob Verghese Films about corruption in India Chambal River Illegal mining in India Indian political thriller films Films set in Karnataka