''Gultoo'' is a 2018 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 ...

cyber-thriller film written and directed by Janardhan Chikkanna. under the banner Vivid Films, the movie's music is scored by Amit Anand. Naveen Shankar 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 ...

star along with

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

, Avinash playing the supporting characters. Shanti Sagar is the cinematographer of the film. This was the 4000th movie made in Kannada film industry.

Plot

Alok (Naveen Shankar) an orphan becomes famous in his college by hacking an online movie booking website and make his seniors watch a movie which was a task during the Ragging session. After college he and his friend Aasthi (Ram Dhanush) stay together where Alok works as a Computer Science trainer in a Computer Institute where he falls in love with Pooja (

). Pooja is later revealed as an undercover officer of Indian Intelligence Bureau. Later with the help of Phaneesh ( Pawan Kumar) a techie, she tries to pin Alok, who turns out to be the prime suspect in the theft of the

Sudhar Gurusar Sudhar is a township in the district of Ludhiana in Punjab, India. It falls in the Raikot sub-division. Demographics According to census 2001 it has a population of 5728, of which 3003 are males and 2725 are females. The number of hou ...

data from the storage centre.

Cast

* Naveen Shankar as Alok *

as Pooja Ramesh/Anagha * Avinash as Circle Inspector Avinash *

as Chief Minister Anantharamaiah * Pawan Kumar as Techie Phaneesh * Pradeep Doddaiah as lecturer * Ram Dhanush as Arasiah Thimmappa alias Aasthi

Production

Casting and filming

Naveen Shankar's entry into Gultoo was through association with college batchmate and director Janardhan Chikkanna.

Marketing

“The director has come out with different posters too, which go well with the title and subject of Gultoo. There was a producer-pitch trailer, in which every actor wore glasses with round frames, and this became a highlight".

Soundtrack

Amit Anand has composed the score and songs for the film. The lyrics for the songs are written 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 ...

, Kiran Kaverappa and Anoop Ramaswamy Kashyap.

Critical response

The film opened to positive reviews from critics upon theatrical release. Writing for The News Minute, Rakesh says “It comes as a bit of a surprise to see Sandalwood pick up on the topic of Aadhaar and data theft so quickly.” Rating the movie 3.5 out of 5, Sunayana Suresh from The Times of India says “The freshness in the narrative and the extensive research show that director Janardhan Chikkanna is someone to watch out for.” “Gultoo has the elements of a musical-romance and a thriller. But it is spread out in the form of a tragicomedy – a tragicomedy because the viewers are left scratching their heads at the blatant truth staring at them and applauding the makers’ vision at the same time" quoted The First Post. Deccan Chronicle carried the review saying “amidst all sorts of smart ‘leaks’ which has rocked the nation, raising big questions over the safety of all our personal data, here comes a perfect infotainment revolving around one such 'leak’ from another engineer turned director who makes an impressive mark, hacking into a sensible tale in his debut venture.” Prakash from IB Times states that “It is a new-age movie that deals with data theft and exposes the way our data is being mined for money. It tries to showcase how our every single moment is recorded and has a price on the internet. In short, the movie shows how technology can bring misery to our lives but doesn't take a stand whether tech is good or bad.”

References

External links

* * {{Official website, http://www.gultoothefilm.com/ 2018 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian satirical films Malware in fiction Techno-thriller films