''Tiger'' is a 2017 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 action film directed by

Nanda Kishore Nanda Kishore is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Kannada film industry. He is known for directing films like ''Victory'' (2013), ''Adyaksha'' (2014), and ''Ranna'' (2015). Family Nanda Kishore is the son of Kannada film a ...

, produced by Smt. Chikkaboramma under the banner Inchara Film Factory. The film stars

Pradeep Pradeep is a Diya lamp, used in Puja (religious ceremonies) in Hinduism, Jainism, & Buddhism. It is related to the name Pradip. Notable people with the name include: Pradeep Dahal* Pradeep (actor) * Kavi Pradeep * Vidya Pradeep * Pradeep Kumar * ...

Nyra Banerjee Madhuurima Banerjee (born 14 May 1987), also known by her stage name Nyra Banerjee, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada language films. Following appearances in various television serials, she ...

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...

, K. Shivram,

P. Ravishankar 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 and Tamil films. He dubbed for over 3500 films ...

, Chikkanna and

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 ...

in prominent roles. Music was composed by

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 ...

, art direction by Mohan B Kere for the film. Stunt sequence choreographed by

Thriller Manju Mailasandra Hanumappa Manjunatha Reddy, known popularly as Thriller Manju, is an Indian stunt coordinator, filmmaker, actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. He has occasionally also served as screenwriter and choreographer. Apart from Kann ...

, Different Danny, Vijay, Ganesh, and

Ravi Varma Ravivarma is a Hindu male name used in India. It may refer to: People * Ravi Varma Kulasekhara, 14th century warrior king of Quilon, Kerala * Ravi Varma of Padinjare Kovilakam (1745–1793), rebel prince regent of Calicut, Malabar * Raja Ravi Varma ...

. It was dubbed in Hindi as Policewale ki Jung.

Plot

The movie Tiger is a Kannada action packed thriller film led by the young star Pradeep (protagonist) who dreams to become a police officer which is against the wish of his father played by the well known actor and also a very famous Ex IAS officer K Shivram. Why is the father against the wish and the dream of his son is the crux of the story.

Cast

as Ashok Nayak * Nyra as Gowri * K. Shivram as Shivram Nayak *

as Oriya *

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. ...

as Shankar Narayan * Chikkanna as Bahubali *

as Kharjura *

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 Lion Linga *

Sonia Agarwal Sonia Agarwal is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in the films such as ''Kaadhal Kondein'' (2003), ''7G Rainbow Colony'' (2 ...

as Lakshmi *

Raj Deepak Shetty Raj Deepak Shetty (born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actor, predominantly working in Kannada and Telugu film industry. Early life Deepak Shetty was born to Prem Shetty and Sarala Shetty in Mangalore, Karnataka. Deepak finished his schooling ...

as MLA

Production

In August 2014

Tharun Kishore Sudhir Tharun Kishore Sudhir is an Indian Kannada film actor, director. He is known for his directorial debut film ''Chowka''. Tharun's next project as a director was ''Roberrt'' and this film was released on 11 March 2021. The movie has Darshan in ...

and

Decided to a project together. Tharun kishore Sudhir wrote the script just for Pradeep and his elder brother Nanda Kishora decided to Direct. The film was started under the banner of Inchara Film Factory which produced its first film under the producer Smt. Chikkaboramma. This is Pradeep's come back movie and is expected to do very well at the box office as it has the best technicians of the Kannada film industry and is made with a rich production value. This is the last appearance of the Indian actor

on a Kannada film before his death.Tiger: Om Puri made acting look so easy – Times of India
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 1 April 2017.

Soundtrack

also known as the magical composer of sandalwood has composed the soundtrack and background music for the film. The soundtrack album consists of six songs. Lyrics for the tracks were written by

V. Nagendra Prasad V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada Cinema. He has penned more than 3000 songs, particularly for Kannada cinema. Early life He was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son to Cou ...

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

, Yoganand Muddan and Lokesh Krishna. Track released on the internet prior to the film release went viral which was sung by the Kannada super star

Sudeepa Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He ...

and still remains a chart topper. ''Beladingla ratrili'' a romantic song sung by

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Govern ...

is still a favorite amongst the younger crowd. Deciding to tie up with a music label the producers released the album in November 2016 under

Lahari Music Lahari Recording Company is an Indian music company based in Bangalore. It owns a music label called "Lahari Music" also a film production company called "Lahari Films LLP". They later ventured into construction under the name of HomEquity Indi ...

company. The audio was released by the Ex chief minister of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

Shri

B. S. Yeddyurappa Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician currently serving as the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary board committee since 17 August 2022, t ...

References

External links

* {{Nanda Kishore 2017 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian action films Indian coming-of-age films Films scored by Arjun Janya Films directed by Nanda Kishore 2017 action films 2010s coming-of-age films