''Slum'' is a 2013 Indian

Kannada 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 s ...

-language

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by M. Mahesh Kumar. It stars

Mayur Patel Mayur Patel is an Indian actor who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for his role in the film ''Mani'' (2003). Career Mayur Patel made his lead debut in the film ''Mani'' (2003). The film released to positive reviews although the film f ...

, Neha Patil, P. Murthy and

Disha Poovaiah Disha Poovaiah is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Kannada films. Career Disha Poovaiah appeared in a cameo role in 2011 Kannada language film ''Hudugaru''. Of her role in the film, she said, "In ‘Hudugaru’ I made a small pre ...

in pivotal roles. The film is based on a real-life crime that occurred in

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Plot

Cast

as Lucky * Neha Patel as Usha * P. Murthy as Surya *

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 t ...

as Swamy *

* Gururaj Hosakote * Cheluvaraj P. * Patre Nagaraj * Harish Rai * Achuth Rao * Shobh Raj * Shiva Manju

Soundtrack

The music for the soundtrack was composed by B. R. Hemanth Kumar and the background music for the film was scored by the duo Ashley-Abhilash. The album has five soundtracks.

Critical reception

''Slum'' received generally mixed response from critics upon its theatrical release. G. S. Kumar of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of two out of four and wrote, "The movie is full of bloodshed and murders. While Mayur Patel has shown some maturity, P Murthy has a long way to go. This is not the right movie for Neha Patil or Disha Poovaiah to prove their acting talent. Music by BR Hemanthkumar has a couple of catchy tunes."

References

{{reflist 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films 2013 crime drama films 2013 films Indian crime drama films