''Guru Shishyaru'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language

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written and directed by Jadesh K Hampi. The film stars Sharan and

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in the lead roles and H. G. Dattatreya,

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and Apurva Kasaravalli in supporting roles.

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acted as creative head and producer for the movie. The team also cast the children of popular actors like Prem, Sharan, Ravi Shankar Gowda,

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, Late

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among others. The movie opened to positive reviews from Audience and critics alike.

Plot

In 1994–95, Manohar. K is a lethargic man and a former

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national champion, who lives with his teacher Guru. After much persuasion by Guru, he joins a school at a village named Bettadapura as a PT teacher and also falls in love with a village girl Sujatha alias Sooji. However, Rudrappa, a swindler pressurises the villagers to give up the land that belonged to his grandparents before the

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implemented the land to be given to the villagers. The court decides to ask the two parties to come to an agreement. However, Rudrappa, who is also a gambler, tells that he will withdraw the case if the school students can defeat his players in the yearly Kho-Kho event. Manohar gets into trouble as he and the students actually didn't win any game, but only bought trophies from the sports shop. Before Manohar and the students decide to leave the town, he learns about Guru's death and his desire to see him as a former champion again. Manohar begins to train them in the sport and also makes them learn about teamwork. After facing many hurdles orchestrated by Rudrappa, Manohar and the students finally defeats Rudrappa's team. With Rudrappa defeated, Manohar and the students happily celebrate with the villagers.

Cast

* Sharan as Manohar aka MK *

as Sujatha aka Sooji * H. G. Dattatreya as Dattanna *

as Nijaguna Shantappa * Apurva Kasaravalli as Rudrappa * Mahanthesh Hiremath as Pampapathi, peon * Hruday Sharan as Karthik * MS Jahangir as M.Pranesh,

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* Ekanth Prem as Seena * Rakshak Bullet as Basha * Manikanta Nayak as Veeranna * Amit as Kirana * Surya Ravishankar as Joseph * Harshit Naveen Krishna * Ashif Mulla * Mahathi Vaishnavi Bhat

Soundtrack

The Film's songs and background score is composed by

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Release

The film was released on 23 September 2022. The Film ran for over 50 days in few screens across Karnataka. The streaming rights of the movie was sold to Zee5 and premiered on 11 November 2022.

Reception

The Movie opened to positive reviews from Audience and the critics as well who praised the story backdrop, artist performance and writing. Sridevi S of

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rated the movie 3.5/5 and wrote "The film is a must-watch and gives a much-needed break from mindless action films with its honest and neat making". Y Maheswara Reddy of Bangalore mirror described the movie as "Sporty and Fun" and rated 3.5/5. Shivani Kava reviewing for

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wrote "A wholesome sports drama with a hint of humour" Prathibha Joy of OTTPlay rated the movie 4/5 and in her review wrote "''When you have a theatre full of young college boys discussing wanting to play kho kho as they walk out, rest assured, the film team’s objectives have been met – to present an entertaining tale that is meant to create awareness about a fast-fading sport. Sharan, Tharun and director Jadeshaa have presented a clean wholesome entertainer that should be a sure-shot winner."'' A Sharadhaa of

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described the movie as an "highly effective film that has a strong message for the students and it is sure to take the adults on a nostalgic trip to their school and college days. On the whole, ''Guru Shishyaru'' is a soulful tribute to the once-famous kho-kho." Reviewing for

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Rajesh Duggumane said the movie is "A light-hearted comedy with an exciting Kho-kho match" Avinash G Ram of Vijaya Karnataka wrote Exciting tournament of Guru Shishyaru; An entertaining Diwali for the audience. R Kesavamurthy of Asianet Kannada rated the movie 4/5 and wrote "'Guru Shishyaru' is an example of how a simple story can be filled with entertainment, realism, rustic charm, nativity beauty and inspiration and dreams."

Awards and Nominations

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* {{IMDb title, 15373618 2022 drama films 2022 films Indian sports films