''Chingari'', alternatively spelled as ''Chingaari'', is a 2012 Indian

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starring Darshan,

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in the lead roles. The film is directed by A. Harsha and the music is composed by

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. It is also dubbed into Hindi as ''Chingaara''. B. Mahadevu produced the film with a budget of .The film was reported to be inspired by the 2008 French-

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Premise

Dhanush is a CCB officer, who sets out to rescue his fiancèe Geetha in

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who is kidnapped and about to be sold into

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Cast

* Darshan as Dhanush *

as Geetha *

as Translator *

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as Srujan * Yashas Surya * Vera Prunn * Richard Cobill as Jamshem *

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as Vineesh Malhotra *

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Release

The movie got released in over 180+ theaters on 3 February 2012. Chingaari collected about gross in its first day, Chingari also released in some of the Bangalore theaters which were screening only non-Kannada films with a great success. The movie broadcasts in the suvarna Kannada on the occasion of May day 2013.

Soundtrack

The audio release function of Chingaari is directed by dance director turned director Harsha.A. Sudeep made the audio release on 2 January 2012.

has composed 5 songs set to the lyrics of Kaviraj,

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 ...

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Jayanth Kaikini Jayanth Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collecti ...

Reception

Critical response

Srikanth Srinivasa from ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "However, its portrayal of a serious issue such as human trafficking and flesh trade is superficial. Technically, it is a sound film with good special and sound effects. Deepu Kumar has edited it quite well. On the whole, the film is a good way of passing time". A critic from

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wrote "HC Venu’s cinematography is the best thing about Chingari. Some shot compositions are incredibly brilliant. Composer Harikrishna, a Darshan regular, could not come up with his usual brilliance". A critic from

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wrote "Srujan Lokesh, Sumitra, Ramesh Bhat, Praveen and Yashas Surya have performed well in their respective roles. Hari's scored in background music. Chingari is a well-made film with rich production values and top rated technical work". B S Srivani from

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wrote "Bhavana, with yet another ‘bold’ act brings to mind the fetish for commodifying women - which the film touches, but barely. This Chingari sputters out (for Darshan’s mass fans) after a brief brilliance". A critic from

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wrote "Srujan Lokesh, Sumitra, Ramesh Bhat, Praveen and Yashas Surya have performed well in their respective roles. Hari's scored in background music. 'Chingari' is a well-made film with rich production values and top rated technical work".

Box office

Its first week gross collections crossed 60.7 million, according to the distributor Prasad. The distributor’s share would be about 50 million in the first week of its release. It completed 50 days in 10 theatres.

References

External links

* {{Harsha (director) 2012 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2012 action thriller films Films scored by V. Harikrishna Indian action thriller films Films directed by Harsha