Indra (2008 film)

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Indra
Directed byH Vasu
Written byB. A. Madhu (Dialogues)
Screenplay byH. Vasu
Story by Suresh
Produced byV Kuppaswamy
B Suresh
Starring Darshan
Namitha
CinematographyKrishna Kumar
Edited byM. Verman
Music byV. Harikrishna
Production
company
Super Good Films
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 25 May 2008 (2008-05-25)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Indra is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language masala film starring Darshan and Namitha in the lead roles. It is a remake of 2003 Tamil film Arasu .

Contents

Indra was released on 25 May 2008 and became an average grosser at the box office.

Premise

Indra's dreams of living a normal life gets shattered when his brother Rayanna and sister-in-law gets killed by a Mumbai-based crime boss. With this, Indra sets on a crusade to exact vengeance for Rayanna's death.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Harikrishna and released by Ashwini Recording Company.

Indra
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJune 18, 2008
Recorded2008
Genre Soundtrack
Length22:08
Label Ashwini Recording Company
Producer V. Harikrishna
V. Harikrishna chronology
Gaalipata
(2008)
Indra
(2008)
Arjun
(2008)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Daari Bidi" V. Nagendra Prasad Shankar Mahadevan 4:08
2."Raja Ninnane"V. Nagendra Prasad Kunal Ganjawala, Anuradha Sriram 4:47
3."Ye Galasi" Kaviraj Suchitra 4:22
4."Gum Gum"V. Nagendra Prasad Udit Narayan, Malathy Lakshman, Tippu 4:58
5."Rainbow"Kaviraj Chaitra H. G. 3:53
Total length:22:08

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "The fast-paced story does not effectively translate into a brisk narration". [1] A critic from Sify wrote that "This is a usual run-of-the-mill Darshan film that has nothing much to boast except his double role for the first time". [2]

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References

  1. "Indra: Only for Darshan fans - Rediff.com".
  2. "Movies' Review". Sify . Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2022.