Kempa (film)

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Kempa
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Directed byJagadish
Written byJagadish
Produced byAnekal Balaraj
Starring Santhosh
Thanushika
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 Rediff.com opined that "Kempa should be watched for the first and the last 20 minutes". [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. "Poor script, bad performance mar 'Kempa' (Kannada Film Review)". IANS . 11 January 2009 via India Forums.
  6. S., Shyam Prasad (23 June 2015). "A movie on the underworld of Bengaluru". Bangalore Mirror via The Times of India.
  7. "Kempa". Spotify . 2008.
  8. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (12 January 2009). "Kempa could have been much better". Rediff.com .
  9. "Kempa: Almost good". Bangalore Mirror . 9 January 2009.