Samhaara
Theatrical Poster
Directed byGuru Deshpande
Screenplay byGuru Deshpande
Story byRohin Venkatesan
Based onAdhe Kangal
by Rohin Venkatesan
Produced byA. Venkatesh
R. Sundar Kamaraj
StarringChiranjeevi Sarja
Hariprriya
Kavya Shetty
Bala Rajwadi
CinematographyJagadish Wali
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music byRavi Basrur
Production
company
Manu Enterprises
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Samhaara (transl. Vanquishing) is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language romantic action thriller film directed by Guru Deshpande.[2] It stars Chiranjeevi Sarja, Hariprriya, Kavya Shetty, Bala Rajwadi and Chikkanna.[3] The score and soundtrack for the film is by Ravi Basrur and the cinematography is by Jagadish Wali. The film is a remake of Tamil film Adhe Kangal (2017) directed by Rohin Venkatesan.

Launched on 29 April 2017, the principal photography of the film began in May 2017. The film's summary was announced to be a revenge drama where Sarja plays two different roles, one of which is a born-blind chef who owns a restaurant.[4] The film was shot majorly in Mangaluru and nearby coastal regions.

Plot

Srishaila is a well-known blind chef and the owner of a popular restaurant in Bangalore. One night, Nandini visits his restaurant asking for leftover food for the homeless. Srishaila helps her and eventually falls in love with her daily visits. Meanwhile, Srishalia's close friend, Janaki approaches his parents and reveals her intentions of marrying Srishaila, which they accept. Srishaila decides to propose to Nandini in his restaurant, but he observes that she is in tears. She tells him that henchmen were pressing for their money, and her father had promised to return the money in three days. Srishaila promises to help out from his own savings. On the same night, Srishaila is met with an accident and is hospitalized, during which his vision is restored. He is treated for three weeks, and the hospital fee is paid out of his savings. Srishaila feels guilty and is disappointed for not helping out Nandini. When he is discharged, he is unable to locate her. When his family presses him to marry Janaki, he agrees as he also likes her from his childhood days.

Several days later, an old man walks into the restaurant telling how his daughter Nandini has been kidnapped as they were unable to return the money. Srishaila calms him down and hatches a plan to hand over his wedding jewelry, but is conned of the jewels by the kidnapper. Later, Srishaila gets to know that Nandini's father is found dead at Kanyakumari in a road accident. Srishaila decides to visit Kaniyakumari himself to get clarity about Nandini's family. He works with a constable Raja Huli, faking his identity, as a journalist investigating the road accidents where the victim remains unidentified. They decide to find the whereabouts of the old man, and they gather several clues on his hotel residence and phone number. These clues lead them to investigate the car that was involved in the accident and track down its owner as a blind man. After listening to his story, they get hold of photos of his girlfriend Anjali, and with Janaki's help, they identify her as Nandini.

They find out that the girl's real name is actually Chithrangada, a con artist who selects only blind men. She makes the blind men fall for her and then presents a story with a need for money, which the blind men give. Srishaila and Raja Huli find the commonality and pinpoint a list of potential targets. Janaki, with the help of her journalist associates, finds out the plan to con another blind man in Udupi. They immediately travel to Udupi and catch Chithrangada after several twists in the plot. The film ends with Raja Huli receiving commemorations from people for his efforts in nabbing Chithrangada, whereas Srishaila and Janaki happily get married.

Cast

Soundtrack

Samhaara
Soundtrack album by
Ravi Basrur
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageKannada
LabelJhankar Music
ProducerRavi Basrur

The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed by Ravi Basrur. The music rights were acquired by Jhankar Music.[5]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yenachariyu"Jayanth KaikiniPuneeth Rajkumar4:04
2."Be My Love"Chethan KumarSupriya Lohith3:57
3."Jeeva Hodara"Chethan KumarVijay Prakash3:58
4."Raakshasi"Chethan KumarRaghu Dixit3:38
5."Rajahuli - Theme"Dhananjay DidagRavi Basrur1:22
6."Samhaara"Chethan KumarVijay Prakash1:39

Release

The film released on 9 February 2018.

Critical reception

Sunayana Suresh from The Times of India give 3 stars out of 5 and says This film isn't the out and out commercial film, but it has an interesting screenplay to ensure one gets a hatke watch this weekend. Go for it, you will be entertained.[6] A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and wrote Kavya Shetty too does a neat job and goes along with the story. But Chikkanna, who shares a good chemistry with Chiranjeevi, is the highlight. His presence and dialogue delivery makes the film lighter as it progresses.[7] Shyamprasad S of Bangalore Mirror gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and wrote "It has the substance but lacks a bit on the style front. However Samhaara makes for a good entertaining watch" [8]

References

  1. ↑ Samhaara To Release On 9 February Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Chitraloka.com (12 January 2018)
  2. ↑ Chiranjeevi Sarja And Guru Deshpande Join Hands For Samhaara Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Filmibeat.com (2 May 2017)
  3. ↑ Chikkanna gets into cop mode Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Times of India (10 May 2017)
  4. ↑ Chiranjeevi Sarja plays a blind action hero in Samhaara Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express (20 November 2017)
  5. ↑ Samhaara 2017 Kannada Movie Mp3 Songs Audio Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine KannadaMasti.com (12 January 2018)
  6. ↑ Sunayana, Suresh (9 February 2018). "SAMHAARA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Sharadhaa, A (9 February 2018). "'Samhaara' movie review: Makes for a watchable thriller". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Shyamprasad, S (9 February 2018). "Samhaara movie review: Twists and turns". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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