Dhumm | |
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Directed by | M. S. Ramesh |
Screenplay by | M. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar |
Story by | A. R. Murugadoss |
Based on | Dheena (Tamil) |
Produced by | Kanakapura Srinivas K. P. Srikanth |
Starring | |
Cinematography | H. C. Venu |
Edited by | S. Manohar |
Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | SRT Entertainments |
Distributed by | Ramu enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Dhumm is a 2002 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by M. S. Ramesh, starring Sudeep and Rakshita. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Gurukiran and lyrics by Kaviraj and V. Nagendra Prasad. The film released on 27 September 2002. It was a critical and commercial success. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Hero No.1 and in Hindi as Dumdaar. [1] The film was box office Hit. Completed 50 days in All released Centres. This movie is an official remake of Tamil movie Dheena (2001) starring Ajith Kumar, and also had made changes for the taste of Kannada audience.
The protagonist Varada (Sudeep) is like a fire when the injustice comes in front of him. His heart is equivalent to ice cream otherwise. He picks up the ‘long’ on a solid reason and continues his vengeance when required. His mother is against to Varada's firing principles but Varada thinks he is only the bad element in the house and never gives up his ideals. But the inner heart of Varada is also struggling to get good name and this is established in the climax.
The fiery handsome guy in love with his opponent's daughter (Rakshita) reaches a tight spot when his sister is murdered. He hatches a nice plot and fulfills his task of retaining the glory of his father. He only begs with his mother to accept him as a good son after setting the goons on the ground.
The soundtrack was composed by Gurukiran colloborating with Sudeep for the second time after Chandu (2002). All the lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad. The soundtrack was released by Ashwini Recording Company.
Dhumm | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 2002 | |||
Recorded | Ashwini Recording Company | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 23:01 | |||
Language | Kannada | |||
Label | Ashwini Audio | |||
Producer | Gurukiran | |||
Gurukiran chronology | ||||
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1 | "Savaligu Kavaligu" | Shankar Mahadevan | V. Nagendra Prasad |
2 | "Ee Touchali Eno Ide" | Lakshmi | V. Nagendra Prasad |
3 | "Ameeshage Tensionu" | Gurukiran Sowmya Raoh | Kaviraj |
4 | "Mataadu Mathaadu" | Hariharan | V. Nagendra Prasad |
5 | "Baa Ba Baara" | Suresh Wadkar K. S. Chithra | V. Nagendra Prasad |
Chitraloka.com wrote that "This is an action extravaganza. M.S.Ramesh has really showed his ‘guts’ in making a nice action film that stands out from other action films. The dialogues and wonderful performance by key artistes has boosted up the quality of the film. [...] Congrats for the convincing job done by Ramesh and Team". [2]
Regarding the Telugu dubbed version Hero No. 1, Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "Sudeep does not look like a debut-making hero. He plays his role with ease". [1]
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Awards won | 1 | ||||||||||
Nominations | N/A |
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