''Rudra Tandava'' () is a 2015 Indian

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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by Guru Deshpande, and is a remake of the 2013

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'' Pandiya Naadu''. It stars

Chiranjeevi Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja (died 7 June 2020) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years. Early life and family Sarja was born as the first child ...

and

Radhika Kumaraswamy Radhika Kumaraswamy (born 1 November 1986), credited as Radhika and as Kutty Radhika in Tamil films, is an Indian actress. She has primarily appeared in Kannada films. Career Radhika started her acting career with the Kannada film ''Neela Megh ...

in the lead roles.

P. Ravi Shankar Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. ...

, Girish Karnad and

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feature in supporting roles. The film tells the story about how Shivaraj (Sarja), a regular man avenges the killing of his brother by the local mafia. The film upon theatrical release on 27 February 2015 received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

Shivaraj, a carefree young man, is devastated when a gangster, Narasimha, kills his elder brother. When Narasimha is not arrested by the police, Shivaraj and his father vow to take revenge.

Cast

as Shivaraj *

as Jhanavi *

as Narasimha Reddy * Girish Karnad as Girishanna *

(credited as Darling Krishna) as Kumar *

Kumar Govind Kumar Govind is an Indian actor and director in the Kannada film industry, known for starring in hit films like ''Shhh! (Kannada film), Shhh!'' (debut as Hero) and ''Anuraga Sangama'' with Ramesh Aravind and Sudha Rani. Career Kumar Govind ma ...

as Nagaraj *

Chikkanna Chikkanna (born 22 June 1984), is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema and appears primarily in comic roles. He made his debut in films with ''Kirataka'' (2011), following which he was recognized for his performances in ''Raja Huli'' (20 ...

Shruthi Raj Shruthi Raj is an Indian film and television actress. She has acted in a few Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films before moving on to act in Tamil TV serials. She is known for her leading roles in the popular Tamil TV serials ''Thendral' ...

Vasishta N. Simha Vasishta Niranjan Simha is an Indian actor and playback singer who primarily appears in Kannada films. He is known for playing villain roles, including the role of Kamal in K.G.F. Career In 2011, Vasishta quit his job as a software engineer ...

as Jagga *

Chithra Shenoy Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film ind ...

* Malathi Sardeshpande * Suresh Mangalore *

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* Rockline Sudhakar

Soundtrack

V. Harikrishna scored the film's background music and composed for its soundtrack, with its lyrics written by Dhananjay Adiga, Puneeth Arya and

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. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks, and all the songs from ''Pandiya Naadu'' (composed by

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) have been retained. The track "Try Try Try" was sung solo by actress

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, who made her debut in

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as a playback singer with the song. The track "Ondooralli Obba" was sung by actor Puneeth Rajkumar, with the other three tracks sung by

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(two) and

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(one). The album was released in January 2015 in

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Reception

Critical response

A Shardhha of

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wrote "Though the storyline is not new, Guru has added elements to keep the audiences hooked and his effort shows". Shyam Prasad S of

Bangalore Mirror ''Bangalore Mirror'' is a daily English-language newspaper published in Bangalore, India. It is a deputed newspaper and is the second-largest circulating English newspaper in the city ''Vijay Times'' ''Vijay Times'' was an English newspaper st ...

wrote "storyline showing a realistic streak, it would have been better to showcase the fights in similar light. Chiru is bettering himself with each film and this film is his best showcase so far". Muralikrishna P from

Vijaya Karnataka ''Vijaya Karnataka'' is a Kannada newspaper published from a number of cities in Karnataka. The newspaper is published from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Kalaburagi, Gangavathi, Belagavi, Davanagere, Hassan, Chitradurga. It wa ...

wrote "Jagdish Wali cinematography is noted in some scenes. But, the koala's sunshine rolls the eye of the spectator. Scenes are bleak. V. Harikrishna does not play music. There is no such Josh in prose songs such as the one he once had when he was a middle school teacher. The film fails to capture the audience". S Viswanath from

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printe ...

wrote "Till virtually first half, the film runs on this promising premise. Shivaraj, a timid mobile sales and services guy, wary of confronting baddies, stammers when it comes to convey his mind to school teacher Jhanavi, who, incidentally, happens to be his tenant. With a sidekick in tow, Deshpande believes this would suffice to take care of comic part".

References

External links

* 2015 films Kannada remakes of Tamil films Indian films about revenge 2010s Kannada-language films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2015 action drama films Indian action drama films Films directed by Guru Deshpande {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub