''Nam Duniya Nam Style'' ( ''Our world our style'') is a 2013 Indian Kannada

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, written, directed and produced by

Preetham Gubbi Preetham Gubbi is an Indian film screenwriter turned director who works in Kannada film industry. He made his debut as a script writer for the blockbuster Kannada film ''Mungaru Male'' in 2006. He debuted as a director for the film '' Haage Sum ...

. It stars Likith Shetty,

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, Sonia Gowda, Milana Nagaraj,

Kavya Shetty Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film '' Nam Duniya Nam Style'' directed by Preetham Gubbi. Early life Shetty was born Mangalore, Karnataka ...

Synopsis

The film is "about three people who hail from different backgrounds and who have been friends for 15 years. The trio are a jovial and fun-loving lot, and are excited about their first travel abroad together", said Preetham, who admitted he was inspired by the Hindi film ''

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''.

Cast

Likith Shetty Likith Shetty (born 27 February 1989) is an Indian actor, who works in the Kannada film industry. He started his career as a television anchor in 2007. Career Likith Shetty started his career by anchoring television shows in 2007, but he always ...

as Preetham *

as Yogi *

as Umesh Shetty * Sonia Gowda as Maya *

Milana Nagaraj Milana Nagaraj (born 25 April 1989) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada films. Milana made her acting debut with '' Nam Duniya Nam Style'' (2013). The same year, she received Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannad ...

as Milana *

as Radha *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

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 ...

* Padmaja Rao

Production

The film was extensively shot in

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and

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Music

The music of the film was composed by

Shaan Rahman Shaan Rahman (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian composer and singer, best known for his compositions in the Malayalam cinema. Shaan made his debut as a music director in the 2009 film ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' directed by Johny Antony. He g ...

which marked his debut in Kannada cinema.

Release

Critical reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Director Preetham Gubbi, one of the talented directors in Sandalwood, could have done a better job of the romantic story with some lively sequences". A. Sharadhaa of ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

'' wrote that "Nam Duniya, Nam Style is missing Preetham Gubbi’s magic".

References

External links

* {{Preetham Gubbi 2013 films 2010s Kannada-language films Films scored by Shaan Rahman Indian road movies Indian coming-of-age films Films directed by Preetham Gubbi