''Election'' is a 2013 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 ...

-language action drama film directed by

Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language. Career Om Prakash Rao's successful films such as Lo ...

and produced by

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under the banner Ramu Enterprises. The film stars

Malashri Malashri (born 10 August 1973) is an Indian actress. She has predominantly worked in Kannada films and was the topmost heroine in the 1990s. She has also worked in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Malashri was popular for playing diverse roles in wome ...

in the lead role. The supporting cast features Pradeep Rawat,

Dev Gill Dev Singh Gill is an Indian actor and model known for his work in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies alongside Hindi and Punjabi movies. Career Gill made his debut with film ''Shaheed-E-Azam'' (2002). In 2008, he acted in Telugu language film ...

Sharath Lohitashwa Sharatchandra Lohithaswa (born 5 May 1972), known popularly as Sharath Lohithaswa, is an Indian actor mostly known for his work in Kannada and Tamil films. He has had a successful career in theatre, where he continues to work, and television. A ...

, Hanumanthegowda and Suchendra Prasad. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Sher E Jigar in 2018 on WAM.

Cast

as Indira * Pradeep Rawat as Narasimha *

as Deviprasad *

Srinivasa Murthy Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy (born 15 May 1949), known popularly as Srinivasa Murthy, is an Indian actor and television director. He is mostly known for his work as a director having made many television series in Kannada, be ...

* Lohitashwa as Vishwanath * Hanumanthegowda as Gangadhara * Suchendra Prasad as Ramaswamy *

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 ...

Bullet Prakash Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Roya ...

* Ganesh Rao Kesarkar * Shobhraj * Mallesh Gowda * Mahesh Dev * G. K. Govinda Rao * Param Gubbi *

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as an item number

Production

Filming

The filming of ''Election'' began on 8 December 2012 in

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Pre-release revenues

The satellite rights of the film were sold for .

Soundtrack

Reception

''Election'' received mixed to negative response from critics upon its theatrical release. G. S. Kumar of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of three out of five and wrote, "Director N Omprakash Rao has done a good job of a story that helps you understand the lifestyle of politicians, how they indulge in goondaism, sex and luring voters with gifts, including money." and praised the role of acting and cinematography in the film.

References

2013 films 2010s Kannada-language films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films directed by Om Prakash Rao {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub