''Jaguar'' is a 2016 Indian

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, produced by

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

under his banner Channambika Films and directed by Mahadev. Shot simultaneously in Kannada and Telugu, it features

Nikhil Gowda Nikhil Kumaraswamy is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film ''Jaguar'' (2016). Personal life Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief M ...

, who is the son of the producer

, and

Deepti Sati Deepti Sati is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in Marathi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut in 2015 with ''Nee-Na''. Deepti went onto star in film in ...

in the lead roles, while

Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...

made a cameo appearance with this film, thus marking her debut in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

. The music was composed by

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, and the fight scenes were choreographed by Ram-Lakshman. The film was released worldwide on 6 October 2016.

Plot

The plot begins with Krishna, a youngster who disguises himself in a

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, where he kills a Judge and telecast it on Live AIR from SS Channels, a leading

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and escapes from the watchmen, who tried to catch him. Krishna joins SS medical college where he behaves carefreely and also earns the irk of senior student leader Arya, Krishna soon falls for Priya, who is Arya's sister where she is irritated by his antics, but warms up to him after he saved a patient. Meanwhile, Ajay is a womanizer, who is the son of SS College Chairman Somnath Prasad where Somanath warns him to stay away from the students. Meanwhile, Ajay (wearing a helmet) tries to molest Priya, (who is later revealed to be Krishna disguised) where she escapes and reveals the incident to Arya where he and the students form a strike in front of the college. Meanwhile, A CBI officer is appointed to investigate the Judge's death where he dubs the killer as ''JAGUAR'' and interrogates SS Channel CEO Shouri Prasad, whom he pays no heed to. Somnath Prasad hires ACP ''Encounter'' Shankar to call off the students' strike. However, he is killed by Krishna in an amusement park. Meanwhile, Krishna steals Arya's phone and sends the pictures of himself and the SS Brothers and Ajay to the CBI officer, stating that he will kill them, thus making the SS Brothers believe that Arya is the JAGUAR suspect. Meanwhile, The SS Brothers invite Krishna to stay in their house to know about ''JAGUAR''. Meanwhile, Ajay plans to kidnap Arya as ''FAKE JAGUAR'' where he plans to kill him in Live-Air but was saved by Krishna (''REAL JAGUAR'') where he kills Ajay. The SS Brothers plan to kill Arya, but Krishna tells them to bribe him. When they meet, Arya denies it and throws Krishna out. The SS brothers plan to tarnish Arya's reputation when they reveal to Krishna about Shivaprasad, who is an

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and also reveal that they tarnished his reputation by framing him for the murder of school girl in the villager where he committed suicide. However, Krishna brings his mother to their house, where he reveals to them that he is actually the son of Dr.Shivaprasad and also exposes their crimes to the people by inserting live-

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in their house. Krishna then kills the henchman and Somnath Prasad. A chase ensues in which, Krishna brings Shouri Prasad who kills him with the help of Arya and the college students. Krishna reunites with his mother and Priya where he apologizes to Arya for his behavior, to which he accepts.

Cast

Nikhil Kumar Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July 1941) is a former IPS officer-turned politician hailing from Bihar who was Governor of Nagaland from 2009 to 2013 and Governor of Kerala from 2013 to 2014. One of country's well knownIPS officers of 1963 batch from ...

as Krishna/Jaguar *

as Priya, Krishna's love interest and Arya's sister *

Jagapathi Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

as CBI Officer *

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as Arya, Priya's brother *

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as Dr. Shivaprasad, Krishna's father *

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as Krishna's mother *

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as Shouri Prasad *

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as Somnath Prasad *

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as Priya's friend *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as College Principal *

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as CBI Officer Raghu *

Saurav Lokesh Saurav Lokesh (born 28 May 1984), also known as Bhajarangi Loki, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He rose to the fame with the 2013 blockbuster ''Bhajarangi''. Early life Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Ramak ...

as Ajay * Supreeth as "Encounter" Shankar *

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as Judge *

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 ...

(Kannada version) as Fake Jaguar *

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic perfor ...

(Telugu version) as Fake Jaguar *

Prashanth Siddi Prashanth Siddi is an Indian actor who works in Kannada-language films. As of August 2020, he has appeared in seventy films. Career Coming from a lower income background, Prashanth Siddi was selected by Chidambar Rao Jambe to work in the theatre ...

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(Guest Appearance) *

- cameo appearance in the song "Sampige"

Production

In December 2015, it was revealed that Nikhil Kumar, son of H. D. Kumaraswamy and grandson of Devegowda, would be making his acting debut with the film titled ''Jaguar'' for which the story was written by Vijayendra Prasad. H.D Kumarswamy invited Tollywood actor

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to attend the audio function.

Release

The film was released worldwide on 6 October 2016 in over 1000 screens and approximately across 16 countries.

Music

The film's

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and background score are composed by S. S. Thaman. The soundtrack comprises six tracks.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6024364 2016 films 2010s Telugu-language films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian romantic action films Films scored by Thaman S Indian multilingual films 2016 masala films Techno-thriller films Indian heist films Films shot in Bangalore Films shot in Switzerland Films shot at Ramoji Film City 2016 multilingual films 2010s heist films