''College Kumar'' is a 2017 Indian

Kannada language 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 ...

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film written and directed by Hari Santhosh. It stars Vikky Varun and

Samyuktha Hegde Samyuktha Hegde is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Kannada and Tamil films. She made her film debut with the Kannada film '' Kirik Party'' opposite Rakshit Shetty, directed by Rishab Shetty. She played the role named Arya, for whi ...

, with

P. Ravishankar Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu and Tamil films. He dubbed for over 3500 films ...

, Shruti and

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 ...

in supporting roles. The score and soundtrack for the film are 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 ...

and the cinematography is by A. Azhagan. The film was released on 10 November 2017. The film got positive response all over. Performances of Ravishankar and Shruti were praised by critics and audience alike. The film was remade by the director in

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and Telugu in 2020 with the same title.

Cast

* Vikky Varun as Kumar *

as Keerti *

as Shivakumar * Shruti as Girija *

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 ...

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 ...

* Suchitra * Ramesh Pandith * Sundar Raj * Ashwin Rao Pallakki *

Prashanth Siddi Prashanth Siddi is an Indian actor who works in Kannada-language films. As of August 2020, he has appeared in seventy films. Career Coming from a lower income background, Prashanth Siddi was selected by Chidambar Rao Jambe to work in the theatre ...

*Sunethra Pandith *Rockline Sudhakar *Vijay Koundinya *Mandya Jayaram *M. N. Suresh *Sunethra Pandith *Ganesh Rao Kesarkar *Honnavalli krishna *Dingri Nagaraj

Soundtrack

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

. The music rights were acquired by Jhankar Music.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "This is a film that parents and children could watch together — it sort of paints a picture of what is the norm in many families". A critic from '' Bangalore Mirror'' wrote that "The director has reinvented himself with College Kumar, which is a safe bet for the audience". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "without an iota of doubt it is certainly a bearable movie which has some true emotional moments to watch out for.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6840738
College Kumar movie info
2017 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2017 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by Arjun Janya Kannada films remade in other languages Films directed by Hari Santhosh