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Directed by | Shahuraj Shindhe |
Screenplay by | Janardhana Maharshi |
Story by | Shahuraj Sindhe |
Produced by | N Mohankumar Shashikala Narendranath N Jayanna Bhogendra |
Starring | |
Cinematography | P. K. H. Das |
Edited by | Deepu S. Kumar |
Music by | V. Harikrishna |
Production company | Jayanna Films |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Arjun is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Shahuraj Shindhe. Darshan plays a Cop in titular role, alongside Meera Chopra (in her first and only Kannada film to date). The film features an ensemble cast, including Anant Nag, Urvashi, Suman, Kovai Sarala, and Sanjjana. [1]
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Police officer Arjun has strong moral values and lets criminals off with a warning. But he is in a fix when he learns that his father is paying petty criminals to help him catch big criminals.
Meera Chopra made her Kannada debut through this film. [2] Darshan was signed in to play the cop role and worked on this film simultaneously with Navagraha (2008). [3]
The soundtrack of the film was composed by V. Harikrishna. [4]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Balle Balle" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 5:16 |
2. | "Taubare Taubare" | Kaviraj | Tippu, Jassie Gift | 4:12 |
3. | "Leftalli Jayamala" | Kaviraj | Jassie Gift | 4:21 |
4. | "Gunturu Gunturu" | Kaviraj | Chaitra H. G., Jassie Gift, Tippu | 4:32 |
5. | "Ye Kanaka" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:34 |
Total length: | 22:55 |
Arjun theatrically released on 12 August 2008 on the same day as Ramya starrer Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu . [5] Darshan plays a cop again after Ayya and Swamy .
A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "average" and opined that "Darshan fans is sure to lap up this mass action masala". [6] Vijayasarathy of Rediff gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Darshan does his usual act, but he is handicapped by the lack of a proper story". [7]
Despite being a panned by critics, the film initially had high collections and Performed well at the Box office similar to Darshan's previous film Gaja . [8]