Kendasampige is a 2015 Indian

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directed by

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and written by Surendranath. It stars newcomers Santhosh Reva (Vikky Varun) and

Manvitha Harish Manvita Kamath is an Indian actress who works in Kannada cinema. She started her career as a Radio Jockey in Radio Mirchi and made a switch to acting through the Kannada film ''Kendasampige'' (2015) directed by Duniya Soori. Early life Manvit ...

in the lead roles, making their debuts with the film. Rajesh Nataranga,

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and Chandrika feature in supporting roles. The film is a sequel to forthcoming film ''Kaage Bangara''. The plot which is centered on a couple who are framed in a case of crime and are on a run from police, exposes the nexus between the latter and the influential. The road drama was praised for bringing forth a dirty web of drug trade, the mafia, corrupt police officials and a questionable judicial system. The movie is based on a 1996 story by writer Surendranath. Produced under the banner Parimala Film Factory, the cinematography for the film was done by

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and was edited by Deepu S. Kumar.

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant musician, Harikrishna made h ...

composed the film score and the soundtrack. On 18 December 2015 Kendasampige completed 100 Days run in 5 theaters. Director Soori had initially announced that the film will have a prequel titled ''Kaage Bangara'' and a sequel titled ''Black Magic''. But ''Kaage Bangara'' was stalled owing to demonetization since the director felt that the storyline he prepared was no more relevant after issue of new currency notes. However, he revived '' Kaage Bangara'' after the 2020 movie ''

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'' which served as a link between ''Kendasampige'' and ''Kaage Bangara''.

Plot

The plot revolves around Ravindra, who works in the company of Shakuntala Shetty, as an attendant. Circumstance arises where Gowri Shetty, who is Shakuntala's daughter gets attracted to Ravindra, who reciprocates her feelings. However, Ravindra is booked in a drug related case where he unknowingly kills a cop and escapes. While on the run, Ravi informs Gowri about the incident, where she not only helps Ravindra with money but also accompanies him through the journey. ACP S. Purandar investigates the incident and realizes that the cop had faked his death under the orders of DCP Suryakanth, along with Shakuntala Shetty. Ravi and Gowri move to many cities day by day, after they are traced by dirty cops. Purandar tracks down the couple, where he drags Ravi and shoots him, Gowri is devastated and returns home. After the incident, Purandar reveals that he faked Ravi's death and sent him to

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as a bar supplier after he revealed everything about Shakuntala's involvement with dirty cops to kill him. At Mumbai, Ravi calls up Gowri and reveals about his existence to Gowri, who feels happy for him.

Cast

* Vikky Varun as Ravindra "Ravi" *

as Gowri Shetty * Rajesh Nataranga as ACP S. Purandar *

as DCP Suryakanth * Chandrika as Shakuntala Shetty * Sheethal Shetty * Shwetha Pandit as Mangalore drug lord Nisha *

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 ...

as Haav Rani * Chandrashekar S. * Narayana Swamy * Kishore Nittur * Nandagopal * Sathyamurthy * Vijaykumar * Muralidhar Karanth * Bhanuprakash * Sudheer Urs * Master Prithvi * Sudhi * Vidya Kulakarni * Kiran * Shamanth * Sridhar Iyengar * Manju Prabhas * Prashanth Mysore * Vinoda Sri * Ramya Vijaykumar * Sujay * Kemparaj Dasappa * Manju * Kumar * Abhilasha

Soundtrack

composed the film score and the soundtrack for the film, lyrics for which was penned by

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and

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

. The soundtrack album consists of four tracks. The album was launched on 26 July 2015 in

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in the presence of Soori's forthcoming film ''

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'' team, including actors

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and

Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Sumangali'', Pandit made her featur ...

. Actors

V. Ravichandran Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor in the Kannada Film Industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravi ...

and

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were other invitees.

Track listing

References

External links

* kendasampige website
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