''Loosegalu'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by Arun and starring Sriimurali, Shreeki,

Akul Balaji Akul Balaji (born Akula Balaji on 23 February 1979) is an Indian actor, television host and dancer who has worked in both Kannada and Telugu languages. He started his career by acting and hosting television shows and has participated in the Kan ...

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, Shravya Rao, and

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. The film began production as ''Nande'' and was delayed for two-and-a-half years before the title was changed.

Cast

* Sriimurali as Kabir *Shreeki as Buji *

as Shankar *

as Milky *Shravya Rao *

as Maggie

Soundtrack

This film marks the debut of

Vani Harikrishna Vani Harikrishna ( kan, ವಾಣಿ ಹರಿಕೃಷ್ಣ) is an Indian film playback singer and music director, who works in South Indian films, primarily in Kannada cinema. She has composed, written and sung several devotional songs befor ...

, wife of

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

, as a music director.

Release and reception

The film was inititally scheduled to release on 19 July before the date was pushed to 26 July. A critic from ''

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'' opined that "The director has made an honest attempt to showcase youths and their troubles, but the movie falls short of expectations and in the process fails to impress the audience". A. Sharadhaa of ''

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'' stated that "A moral lesson of sorts, Loosegalu tries to tell us about what happens when we try to take shortcuts to success but it loses track on the way". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "The movie has a good theme to deal with, but the narration is too slow and many times lengthy keeping you guessing what the director wants to say".

References

{{reflist 2013 films Indian romantic comedy films 2010s Kannada-language films