Kempa (film)

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Kempa
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Directed byJagadish
Written byJagadish
Produced byAnekal Balaraj
Starring Santhosh
Thanushika
CinematographySaskamurthy
Edited byK M Prakash
Music by Gurukiran
Distributed byMohan Das Pai
Release date
  • 9 January 2009 (2009-01-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Kempa is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by debutante Jagadish and starring newcomers Santhosh and Thanushika.

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Cast

Production

The film began production in 2007 under the title Golla. [2] [3] Newcomer Santhosh, son of producer Anekal Balaraj, made his debut with this film. The story is based on a true incident of a shepard's struggle that happened in Gopinatham, the birthplace of Veerappan. [4] [5] [6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Gurukiran. [7]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Andhu Omey" Kunal Ganjawala 4:26
2."Gollaya Gollaya" Lakshmi Manmohan 3:55
3."Hello Ondu Phonu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hariharan 4:58
4."Huva Chelliro"Hariharan, Malathi 4:54
5."Suridhu Bedu" Vijay Yesudas 4:26
6."Yallaru Maduudu"Gurukiran5:18
Total length:27:57

Reception

R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS opined that "Kempa could have been a better effort, but for the poor handling in the middle of the film". [8] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "Kempa could have been a better film". [9]

References

  1. "Pragna's plans marriage at 24". Bangalore Mirror . 29 June 2009.
  2. "'Kempa' complete". mymazaa. 13 December 2007.
  3. "'KEMPA' IS ONE OF THE FOUR RELEASES THIS WEEK". Chitratara. 4 January 2009.
  4. "Newest Kannada movies fight it out". Rediff.com .
  5. S., Shyam Prasad (23 June 2015). "A movie on the underworld of Bengaluru". Bangalore Mirror via The Times of India.
  6. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (12 January 2009). "Kempa could have been much better". Rediff.com .
  7. "Kempa". Spotify . 2008.
  8. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (11 January 2009). "Poor script, bad performance mar 'Kempa' (Kannada Film Review)". IANS via India Forums.
  9. "Kempa: Almost good". Bangalore Mirror . 9 January 2009.