''Zamana'' is a 2010 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 ...

action

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film directed by Shankar Adithya. The plot revolves around a software professional (Nithish J. P.) leading a normal life, who gets entangled in the

underworld The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. ...

led by circumstances. It also features Aakarsha and

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model. He has been in the Bollywood industry for over four decades, and , has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages namely Hi ...

in pivotal roles while

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 ...

, Vineeth Kumar and Sundar Raj appear in supporting roles. This movie was completed in 2008 but delayed for 2 years and finally released in 2010.

Cast

The cast of the film: * Nithish J. P. as Anil * Aakarsha as Swati *

as Ramakanth Tyagi *

* Vineeth Kumar * Leena Sidhu * Sundar Raj * Bharath Bhagavathar * Patre Nagaraj * Layendra * Vaijanath Biradar * Malathi Sardeshpande * Sanjay Suri * Muzahid Pasha

Production

''Zamana'' is the second

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 ...

film to feature

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

actor

, who dubbed his own lines.

Music

Karthik Raja Karthik Raja is an India composer based in Chennai, India. He made his debut as film composer in the Tamil film ''Pandiyan'' (1992) and went on to score music for many critically and commercially acclaimed feature films. Personal life Karthik ...

scored the film's background music and for its soundtrack. Lyrics for the soundtrack were written by Sudarshan, Jayanth Kaikini,

Tushar Ranganath Tushar Ranganath (31 March 1974 – 20 December 2011), also known as Ranganth or Ranganna, was a Sandalwood movie director. Born and raised in Bangalore, India, Ranganath made his directorial debut with ''Gulama''. He died due to cardiac arres ...

and

K. Kalyan K Kalyan (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian songwriter and music composer known for his works in Kannada film industry. He is also called as "Premakavi. Career K.Kalyan entered the film industry at the age of 17 as a Music director cum lyrici ...

Reception

IANS Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency. It was founded in 1986 by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the "India Abroad News Service" and later renamed. Their main offices are located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The ser ...

stated that Shroff was the "only saving grace" in the film that was "marred by a loose script and a predictable story".

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian action drama films 2010 action drama films Films scored by Karthik Raja {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub