''Sankashta Kara Ganapathi'' is a 2018 Indian

Kannada-language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by Arjun Kumar S. Faizan Khan and Rajesh Babu produced it under Dynamite Films Private Limited's banner. The film features Likith Shetty and Shruti Goradia in the lead roles, with

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was ...

, Manjunath Hegde, Mandeep Rai,

Nagabhushana Nagabhushana N S, also known as Nagabhushana, is an Indian film actor, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Nagabhushana made his debut with the Kannada film ''Sankashta Kara Ganapathi''. Career Nagabhushan joined GPIER, an ...

, and Chandu B. Gowda in supporting roles. The film's score and the album were composed by Ritvik Muralidhar, Uday Leela did the cinematography, and Vijeth Chandra and Madhu Kumar did film editing. The

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for the project began on 22 June 2017. The film was released all across

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on 27 July 2018. The

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remake rights of the film were sold just a few days after the film was released. As of August 2021, the Hindi remake titled ''Baayein Haath Ka Khel'' is in pre-production.

Plot

Ganapati is a young man who lives with his retired father. Despite his father's opposition, he quits his job and becomes a cartoonist at a newspaper publishing house. At this new place of work, he meets Shruti, who was a former classmate on whom he had a crush. Shruti works as a sales and marketing manager at the publishing house. Ganapati's friend advises him to propose to Shruti. When he approaches her for the same, he has a panic attack and faints as a result. Shruti takes him to the hospital, where he reveals to her that he liked her in college. Shruti reveals that her marriage has already been fixed with Raghu. An operational mistake during treatment causes Ganapati to develop Alien Hand Syndrome. His left hand moves involuntarily, leading to a series of comedic errors. He draws a controversial cartoon of a politician, resulting in a fierce backlash from the politician's goons and the termination of his job. Shruti supports him and is sympathetic to his illness. Ganapathi attends Shruti's wedding but inadvertently disrupts the ceremony when his left hand grabs hers. This causes a scandal and the wedding is called off. Ganapathi and Shruti secretly meet but her father finds out and chases after them. Ganapathi's hand turns the steering wheel resulting in an accident that leaves Shruti badly injured. Shruti's father requests that Ganapathi stay out of her life. Ganapathi moves on and becomes a successful cartoonist at a comic publishing company. Shruti's father cannot find a suitable groom for his daughter and eventually agrees to her marriage with Ganapathi.

Cast

Likith Shetty Likith Shetty (born 27 February 1989) is an Indian actor, who works in the Kannada film industry. He started his career as a television anchor in 2007. Career Likith Shetty started his career by anchoring television shows in 2007, but he always ...

as Ganapathi * Shruti as Shruti *

as Sudhakar * Mandeep Rai as Doctor Ashok * Vijay Kaundinya as Newspaper Editor * Manjunath Hegde as Shruti's Father * Rekha Sagar as Shruti's Mother * Chandu Gowda as Shruti's fiance *

as Ganapathi's Friend

Soundtrack

Rithvik Muralidhar composed the score and songs for the film.

Reception

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and stated: "Go ahead, watch Sankashta Kara Ganapathi, it is definitely that one-time watch and the laughs and novelty factor are the added bonus".

The new Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and commented: "Debutant director, Arjun Kumar’s Sankashta Kara Ganapathi, a romantic comedy, steers itself with ease into the minuscule league of watchable movies. This, while keeping the entertainment quotient high throughout.".

Kannada Prabha ''Kannada Prabha'' is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of parliament and ''The New Indian Express'' Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karna ...

rated the film 3 out of 5.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8610794 Indian romantic comedy films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian coming-of-age comedy films 2018 films 2018 romantic comedy films 2010s coming-of-age comedy films Kannada films remade in other languages