Hide and Seek (2024 film)

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Hide and Seek
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byPunith Nagaraj
Produced by
  • Vasanth M. Rao Kulkarni
  • Punith Nagaraj
Starring
CinematographyRijo P. Jhon
Edited byMadhu Tumbakere
Music bySandy Addanki
Production
company
Suneri Art Creations
Release date
  • 15 March 2024 (2024-03-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Hide and Seek is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by Punith Nagaraj. [1] The film was bankrolled by Vasanth M. Rao Kulkarni and Punith Nagaraj under the banner of Suneri Art Creations. The film features Anup Revanna and Dhanya Ramkumar in lead roles, alongside Mythri Jaggi, Suraj, Bala Rajwadi, Krishna Hebbale, Rajesh Nataranga, and Aravind Rao in supporting roles. [2] [3]

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Cast

Production

The director, Punith Nagaraj, took four years to develop the project. [4] [5] Dhanya Ramkumar signed the project because she wanted to be featured in a thriller film. [6] She plays Haasini, [7] a businessman's daughter who gets kidnapped [8] and subsequently falls in love with her captor, [7] played by Anup Revanna. [9] The film was shot over thirty days in and around Bangalore, Magadi, and Chikmagalur. [10] [11] The cinematography was by Rijo P. Jhon, while the editing was handled by Madhu Tumbakere. [12]

Soundtrack

Hide and Seek
Soundtrack album by
Sandy Addanki
Released2024
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length3:18
LanguageKannada
Label A2 Music
External audio
Kaduve Nee Yeke (From "Hide & Seek") on YouTube

The soundtrack was composed by Sandy Addanki. [13]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kaduve Nee Yeke"Pramod MaravantheSangeetha Ravindranath3:18
Total length:3:18

Release

Hide and Seek was released theatrically on 15 March 2024. [14]

Reception

Vinay Lokesh of The Times of India rated the film three out of five stars and wrote that "The narrative could have had more meat in the first half - this would have made it more interesting. The latter half of the story has enough twists and turns to keep the audience hooked." [15] Shashiprasad SM of Times Now gave it two out of five stars and wrote that "Hide and Seek comes across as an ordinary film that does not have much to offer in terms of thrills." [16]

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