''Fortuner'' ( Luck or Privilege) 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 ...

-language romantic-family drama directed by Manjunath J Anivaarya who is making his directorial debut. The film is first venture by Golecha Films International helmed by Rajesh Golecha, Anand Golecha, Surendar Golecha and Vimal Golecha.

Diganth Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), mononymously known as Diganth, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Kannada films. Diganth made his acting debut in ''Miss California'' in 2006. He is a recipient of one SIIMA Awa ...

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 ...

and Swathi Sharma are playing lead roles supported by Rajesh Nataranaga, Kalyani Raju,

Vinayak Joshi Vinayak Joshi is an Indian film, television, web-series and theatre actor, Winner of best director in Thespo8. Former Radio jockey, Former Head of Digital communication at Flipkart, host of Saregamapa season 6, lead host of IPL 2019 in Starsport ...

Naveen Krishna Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in Kannada Film Industry. After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film '' Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu'' (2000) and has since then acted in vari ...

among many others.

Junior dramas

Fortune translates to Luck or Privilege. Life is said to be meaningful only when we analyze, punish and omit our imperfections before it is pointed out by others. This transition in life forms the crux of the story. The romantic drama unfolds life's situations and the protagonist's adaptation to the scenario. Watch the complete film to know whose fortunes are going to change.

Cast

as Partha *

as Anusha (Anu) *Ratan Ram as Guruswamy (Swamy) *Swathi Sharma as Sruthi *Rajesh Nataranga *

*Kalyani Raju *

Bala Rajwadi R Lingaraju (born 27 October 1973), known by his screen name Bala Rajwadi, is an Indian film and stage actor, director known for his work in Kannada cinema predominantly. Portraying mostly negative-shaded characters, he has appeared in over 90 ...

, Sitting MLA and Partha's father *M. S. NarasimhaMurthy *Pallavi Raju

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack was composed 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 ...

Reception

Critical response

Vinay Lokesh of

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scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "Fortuner highlights the complexities in today's relationships and how the young generation reacts when their expectations fall short. Director J Anivaarya deserves credit for adopting a refreshing approach that strikes the right chord. Fortuner takes you on an emotional journey that doesn't have the regular tropes of commercial films"A Shardhha of Cinema Express scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Fortuner leaves us with a strong sense of déja-vu, and had there been better sync between the cast and crew, the result could have been a better picture."Arvind Shweta of

The News Minute ''The News Minute'' is an Indian digital news platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Dhanya Rajendran, Chitra Subramaniam and Vignesh Vellore in 2014. Apart from Karnataka, it also has bureaus in the states of Telangana, An ...

wrote "The film may have worked well if it was made a decade ago. But right now, it is difficult to convince the audience with such a weak script."

References

External links

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