''Rambo'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language

comedy thriller film Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy and thrillers. Criteria They often include a darker tone, relative to other genres, of humor. List of comedy thriller films * '' The Big Fix'' (1978) * ''Charad ...

written and directed by M S Sreenath. It was produced by

Atlanta Nagendra Atlanta Nagendra is a screenwriter and director. His first film as a producer was ''Jokefalls''. Nagendra is a software engineer turned film maker based in Atlanta, United States. Besides an engineering degree in computer-science, Nagendra has ...

and Sharan. Sharan and

Madhuri Itagi Madhuri Itagi (born 7 October 1988) is an Indian actress and reality television personality. She has acted in Kannada films like ''Rambo'' (2012) and ''Ouija'' (2015). She is also well known for her part in the reality TV show " Bigg Boss Kannada ...

played the leading roles. This is the 100th film of actor Sharan; it was released in September 2012.

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian Film composer, film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films suc ...

is the music director for the film.

Plot

‘Rambo’ is a film that revolves around a trickster, Kitty ( Sharan). He has a mother in the house. He has a maternal uncle to his company Premkumar (Tabla Naani). In a way it is ''Varahavatara'' from Kitty to his car broker business. He catches the sentiment in the society that any vehicle should not dash against a pig or vice versa. The superstitious belief is that it would smash the further life. No one is ready to take this danger in life. Using the pig, Kitty was very cool in his set up to take the cars to custody for his business. In one of the cases a black colored car owned by Umesh is demanded by a Swamiji. The deal comes to Kitty and Premkumar. With this further danger also follows the two. When they open the bonnet they find a dead body. This body is chased by a terrorist gang and the same car is also chased by former minister Annappa (Rangayana Raghu) as it has ₹25 crores in it. Knowing about the death, Kitty wants to hand it over to the party who demanded it and he finds a murdered person. In the later course of time they find it belongs to a minister and the money inside make them greedy. In such a situation Kitty wants to know why terrorists are behind that body in his truck of the car . He scans the body and finds a pen drive tucked inside. That explains a terrorist gang is up to a major demolition of peace. Kitty comes straight to DC Vijayalakshmi (Shruthi) and becomes a good citizen with handing over everything to the government.

Production

''Rambo'' is the joint venture production of Atlanta Nagendra and Sharan. The movie was shot in 47 locations with super 35 mm camera for 55 days.

Cast

* Sharan as ''Krishna Murthy'' alias ''Kitti'' *

as ''Revathi'' *

Tabla Nani Tabla Nani is an Indian theatre and film actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in the 2006 Kannada film '' Mata''. His role in the 2009 film ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' won him critical praise. Career ...

as Belt ''Kumar'' *

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 ...

as Dumil ''Krishna'' *

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 ...

as ''Mangalore Annappa'' *

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

* Sanket Kashi * Shruti *

M. S. Umesh Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, is an Indian actor whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. After having featured in several stage shows as an actor in his childhood, he was hired for the lea ...

* Dharma *Rishi *Venkatesh Prasad *Chandan Aachar *Dharma *Shiva manju *

Naveen Krishna Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in Kannada Film Industry. After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film '' Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu'' (2000) and has since then acted in vari ...

(guest appearance) as Vatapi * Kurigalu Pratap *

Naveen Shankar Naveen Shankar (born 25 May 1988) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Kannada cinema. Naveen made his feature film debut with ''Gultoo'' in 2018. He is known for his performance in ''Hondisi Bareyiri'', ''Gurudev Hoysala'' and ...

Soundtrack

All the songs of the movie were screened in front of the media. Rambo audio response has been very well appreciated for its catchy tunes and stylish presentation. Manethanka baare song made into the best songs of 2012 in Kannada. RAMBO makes it to the TOP KANNADA ALBUMS of 2012 in CD sales and Digital downloads.

Response

''Rambo'' took a very good opening all over Karnataka. Rambo completes 25days in 40 centres all over karnataka. Rambo completes 50 days in major centers all over. Rambo makes it to the top 5 hits of 2012.

Reviews

Times of India gave 3 and 1/2 stars. Bangalore mirror rated as 3 star. Indiaglitz reviewed ''Rambo'' as Brilliant. CNN IBN live rated Rambo as complete entertainer. NDTV rated the movie as a good entertainer enjoyable from start to finish. DNA India gave a rating of 70%. Chitratara mentioned it as worth watching cinema. Chitraloka mentioned forget the logic enjoy the magic. Super good movies rated it as good entertainer and gave 3 1/2 stars. One India entertainment rated Rambo as entertaining. Cine loka mentioned Rambo - An Unmissable Laugh Riot. Indian express rated Rambo as hilarious comedy. Bharatstudent mentioned it as different concept, entertaining narrative, watch it.

Overseas Release

''Rambo'' was released in all major centres all over USA Rambo was premiered in Australia.

Awards

Rambo was nominated for Udaya film awards 2013 in 4 categories. Rambo has been nominated for the Bangalore Times film awards 2012. Rambo has been nominated for the 60th Idea filmfare awards 2013. Rambo has been nominated for the Santosham Film Awards 2013. Rambo has been nominated for ETV Kannada Sangeet Samman 2013 Awards in 4 categories.Rambo nominated for ETV kannada sangeet samman 2013 awards

Sequel

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rambo (2012 film) 2012 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian comedy films 2012 comedy films Films scored by Arjun Janya 2012 directorial debut films