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

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

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 ...

. It stars

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as the lead protagonist with an image makeover. The supporting cast features

Sudharani Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films.she also acted in a few Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam films. At the age of three, Rani was chosen as ...

Shalini Vadnikatti Shalini Vadnikatti is an Indian actress who works primarily in Kannada and Telugu-language films. Career She made her Kannada debut with ''Plus'' (2015). While working in a Tamil television series, Vadnikatti was able to get a role in ''Vell ...

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and

Chetan Chandra Chetan Chandra (born 10 April 1988) is an Indian actor working in the Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry. Early life and family Chetan Chandra was born to K. B. Ramachandra and B. N. Anusuya. K. B. Ramachandra is a mining engineer in Malay ...

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appears in a song sequence. 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. The soundtrack was composed by

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, who collaborated with

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to score the background music. 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.

Cast

as Jaii *

as Vivek *

as Nidhi *

as Jai's wife *

Aishani Shetty Aishani Shetty is an Indian actress and director, who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry. She made her break through the film ''Vaastu Prakaara'' in (2015) for she was nominated for IIFA Utsavam Award for Best actress. She also a ...

as Rankasura *

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B. Suresha B. Suresha is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for directing the films ''Artha'' (2003) and ''Puttakkana Highway'' (2011). Career B. Suresha made his debut as a child ac ...

* Kari Subbu *

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* Shweta Pandit * Gourish Akki * Danny * Devu * Niranjan * Pawan Kumar *

and Ritesh in a special appearance in song "Sunday Banthu"

Soundtrack

and

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

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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