Kasoombo

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Kasoombo
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Directed by Vijaygiri Bava
Written by Raam Mori, Vijaygiri Bava
Based onAmar Balidan by Vimalkumar Dhami
Produced by Vijaygiri Bava
Twinkle Bava
Nilay Chotai
Dipen Patel
Krishnadev Yagnik
Jayesh Pavra
Pravin Patel
Tushar Shah
Starring
CinematographyGargey Trivedi
Edited by Vijaygiri Bava, Ashish Oza, Kanu Prajapati
Music byMehul Surti
Production
companies
Vijaygiri FilmOs
Ananta Businesscorp
Patel Processing
Big Box Series
Distributed byRupam Entertainment Pvt Ltd
Release dates
  • 16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)(Gujarati)
  • 3 May 2024 (2024-05-03)(Hindi)
Running time
156 minute
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
Budget₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) [1]

Kasoombo is an Indian Gujarati historical drama film directed by Vijaygiri Bava. It stars Raunaq Kamdar, Dharmendra Gohil, Darshan Pandya, Chetan Dhanani, Shraddha Dangar, Monal Gajjar and Firoz Irani in principal roles. It was released on 16 February 2024. and The film was officially released in Hindi language across India on 3 May 2024.

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Plot summary

Set during Alauddin Khilji's invasion of Gujarat, Dadu Barot, a local chief of Adipur village at foothill, leads a small band of warriors to protect the Palitana Jain temples on Shatrunjaya hill from pillage and destruction.

Cast

Principal cast include: [2]

Supporting cast include:

Production

The film is adapted from Vimalkumar Dhami's novel Amar Balidan. [3] It is produced at the cost of approximately ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million). [1] A set spread over an area of 16 acres (6.5 ha) was created for the shooting. [4]

Soundtrack

Kasoombo
Soundtrack album by
Mehul Surti [5]
Released2024
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Gujarati
Label Big Box Series Music
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Kasoombo Juke Box

All music is composed by Mehul Surti

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Khamkare Khodal Sahay"Parth Tarpara Aishwarya Majumdar, Rushabh Ahir (Duha)5:27
2."Naad Shiv"Parth TarparaMoxit Shah, Himadri Vyas, Dinesh Tharu, Richa Barot, Drashti Patel, Harsh Patel, Jayraj Joshi, Isha Vyas 
3."Veer Kasumbal"Parth TarparaKavya Limaye, Mehul Surti 
4."Kasoombo Title Song"Parth Tarpara Keerthi Sagathia  
5."Lagna Geet"Jashwant GanganiArvind Barot, Nisha Kapadia 
6."Mahishasura Mardini Stotra"Adi Shankaracharya, Parth Tarpara (additional lyrics)Shruti Pathak 

Marketing and release

The teaser was released on 23 December 2023. [4] The film was released on 16 February 2024. [4]

Reception

Kanksha Vasavada writing for The Times of India rated it 4.5 out of 5. She praised the direction, music, screenplay and performances. [3] Rachana Joshi of Mid-Day Gujarati rated it 4 out of 5. She praised the performances, casting, VFX, cinematography, soundtrack and dialogues but criticised the slow start and the length of the film. [5] Meena Kansagara of TV9 Gujarati rated it 4.5 out of 5. She praised the direction, dialogues, script, action and music. [1] Chtansingh Chauhan of Newzdaddy rated it 4 out of 5. He praised story, direction, performances, cinematography and score but criticised length, some long scenes and "lack of energy" in title song. [2]

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