''Poojari'' () is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Sharan and starring

Adi Lokesh Adi or ADI may refer to: Names and titles * Adi (mythology), an Asura in Hindu faith who appears in the Matsya Purāṇa * Adi (name), a given name in Hebrew and a nickname in other languages * Adi (title), a Fijian title used by females of chie ...

(in his lead debut) and Neethashree. The film was released alongside '' Arasu'' (2007) on Republic Day and was a box office failure despite having a large opening. After the film's failure, Adi Lokesh did not star in any film for a year.

Cast

as Poojari * Neethashree as Priya * Rangayana Raghu *

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* Tulasi *

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Production

Adi Lokesh previously starred in '' Jogi'' (2005) and made his lead debut with this film. According to dialogue writer Keshav Adhithya, ''Poojari'' is broken down into ''Poo'', which means worship, ''ja'', which means learning

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and ''ri'', which means repair. The

muhurat Muhūrta ( sa, मुहूर्त, translit=muhūrtaṃ) is a Hindu unit of measurement for time along with nimiṣa, kāṣṭhā, and kalā in the Hindu calendar. In the Brāhmaṇas, ''muhūrta'' denotes a division of time: 1/30 of a day, ...

of the film was held at Sree Kailasa Vaikunta Mahakshetra Temple in Rajajinagar. Sharan, the producer of this film, also produced ''Kullara Lok'' (2002) and ''

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'' (2005). Similar to the films '' Om'' (1995) and ''

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'' (2005) where brahmins become villains, in this film the lead character uses a machete despite being a priest.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, and the lyrics were written by Sharan Kumar Kabbur, Kantharaj S, Prashanth and Srinivas. The song "Kannale Nanna Chitra Baredanu" was shot in

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. The song "Muddu Muddada Hudugige" was shot in

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Reception

A critic from ''

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'' rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "The film is mass oriented and it attracted the mass audience. ''Poojary'' has been able to get some good reviews from the opening day watchers. People seem to have liked the fights in the film. Neeta looks glamorous in the song sequences".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 14332680 Indian action drama films