''Plus'' (), also known as ''+'', is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language

suspense Suspense is a state of anxiety or excitement caused by mysteriousness, uncertainty, doubt, or undecidedness. In a narrative work, suspense is the audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict (which may be heightened by a viol ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

science-fiction film directed by Gadda Viji and co-produced by

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

. It stars

Anant Nag Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 250 Kannada films and few films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malaya ...

as the lead protagonist with an image makeover. After a lot of hype surrounding the makers' innovative marketing strategy around Ananth Nag's new look; Upon theatrical release on 16 October 2015, the film was panned by critics for being complicated and ambiguous.

Synopsis

Based on the theme of 'good over evil', the plot of the film revolves around the life of a businessman trying to save himself being attacked by goons on bringing three persons all suffering from different psychological disorders together.

Cast

Soundtrack

Bharath B. J. Bharath B. J. is an Indian music producer, composer and singer, who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as a composer for the short film ''Simply Kailawesome'' in 2010, Bharath got his breakthrough in 2013 with the film '' ...

and

Ravi Basrur Ravi Basrur is an Indian music composer, lyricist and director who mostly works in the Kannada film industry. He is known for his collaborations with director Prashanth Neel, with whom he debuted in ''Ugramm''. He is also a film director, hav ...

scored the film's background music, and Bharath composed for its soundtrack. The lyrics for the soundtrack was written by

, Goravi Aalduru and Nagesh Prasanna. The soundtrack album consists of ten tracks. It was released in Bangalore on 4 July 2015 in the form of pen-drives.

Track listing

Reception

''The Times of India'' wrote that "The makers tried to call this a medical and science fiction thriller. Though, it ends up being just an experimental good-versus-evil commercial drama". ''The Hindu'' wrote that "Plus makes you wonder if storytelling is really that difficult". ''Deccan Chronicle'' wrote that "After a recent 'senseless' movie, here is a 'mindless' one, and all credit goes to the director who has positively managed to showcase his talent of making the worst movie ever".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plus 2015 films 2015 drama films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian drama films