''Hope'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language legal-drama film written by Ambarish M and Varsha Sanjeev and directed by Ambarish M. The film was produced by Varsha Sanjeev under the Goldie Productions banner. It stars

Shwetha Srivatsav Shwetha Srivatsav is an Indian actress, known for her work in Kannada cinema and television. She began her career in theatre, before moving to television, where she received recognition for her role in T. N. Seetharam's ''Manvantara''. She su ...

in the lead alongside Sumalatha Ambareesh,

Pramod Shetty Pramod shetty an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. Pramod started his carrier as a theater artist. He also appread in several kannada serial. Pramod made his film debut in 2010 with film ''Jugaari''. He got recognition for his r ...

, and

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 ...

in the supporting cast. The music was composed by Rithvik Muralidhar. ''Hope'' was released on 8 July 2022 where it received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Shivani a Govt official at NHAI gets transferred prematurely in favour of another corrupt officer Varadaraj who eyes her post. Challenging this transfer order Shivani approaches KAT court. The plight of the Govt officials and how independent is Judiciary will make you think if she will get justice or not.

Cast

as Shivani * Sumalatha Ambareesh as Sulakshana Amarnath *

as Vijayasimha *

as Varadaraja *

Aruna Balraj Aruna Balraj is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Aruna Balraj as an actress include '' Naayi Neralu'' (2006), '' Ambari'' (2009), ''Raja Huli'' (2013) and ''Gubbi Mele Bramhastra'' (2019). Career Aruna Balraj ...

as Shruthi's Mother * Gopalakrishna Deshpande as Shivshankar * Radhakrishna Urala * Vishal Hegde as Dev * Ashwin Hasan as Bhupathi *

Nagabhushana Nagabhushana N S, also known as Nagabhushana, is an Indian film actor, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Nagabhushana made his debut with the Kannada film ''Sankashta Kara Ganapathi''. Career Nagabhushan joined GPIER, an ...

as Somu * Sindhu Srinivasamurthy as Shruthi * Siri Ravikumar as Priya * Aradhya N Chandra as Ananya * Uma Hebbar as Nanjappa's wife * Chethan Poojari

Release

''Hope'' was released on 8 July 2022.

Critical response

Sunayana Suresh of ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "The film tries to bring to light not just the main topic of premature transfers, but also the plight of poor farmers who lose their land to development projects, the corruption prevalent in the system and the many layers of the same. The film has many topics being covered, and it seems at times as the scriptwriters have bitten more than they can chew, but eventually, the film does end up being an earnest attempt. Good casting is one of the highlights. Shwetha Srivatsav leads the brigade with a solid performance. Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Pramod Shetty, Prakash Belawadi, Vishal Hegde, Ashwin Hassan and Sumalatha Ambareesh do justice to their casting".

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* {{IMDb title, 21041920 2022 films 2020s Kannada-language films 2020s Indian films