Khadak (2022 film)

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Khadak
Khadak Poster.jpg
Directed byTN Nagesh
Produced byValli, Singapura Siddaramaya
Starring Dharma Keerthiraj
Anusha Rai
Kabir Duhan Singh
Suman Talwar
CinematographyShankar
Edited bySanjeev Reddy
Music byMN Krupakar
Production
company
Nandini Combines
Release date
  • 17 June 2022 (2022-06-17)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Khadak is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language crime action film, directed by TN Nagesh and produced by S Valli & Singapura Siddaramaya. It was produced under the banner of Nandini Combines. The film features Dharma Keerthiraj, Anusha Rai, and Kabir Duhan Singh. [1] The score and soundtrack for the movie were made by M.N. Krupakar, the cinematography is done by Shankar Shanmugam, and the editing is done by Sanjeev Reddy.

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Plot

Dharma is an unselfish person who strives for the welfare of society by helping the poor and fighting injustice. He is the son of Major Suryakanth, who was assassinated in front of his son despite denying selling military secrets. Dharma becomes a police officer as an adult to exact revenge on those who killed his parents.

On the other hand, Dharma enjoys life with her group of friends and loves Priya (Anusha Rai). He has been praised by the public for coming to the aid of an elderly man who has acquired land from MLAs and helped to build Kannada school. [2]

Cast

Production

Darshan began the movie's production in 2019. [3]

Soundtrack

Khadak
Soundtrack album by
MN Krupakar
Released18 April 2022 (2022-04-18)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
LanguageKannada
Label A2 Music

The soundtrack is composed by M.N. Krupakar.

Kannada tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Bharatha Mathege"Prathap ReddyMN Krupakar02:35
2."Saddilade" V. Nagendra Prasad Chethan Naik, Priyadarshini 04:05
3."Bisi Bisi Hudugi" V. Nagendra Prasad Pooja Rao, Anirudh Shastry04:23
4."Preethiya Sarigama" V. Nagendra Prasad Suman Narayan, Madwesh Bharadwaj04:17

Reception

Vinay Lokesh of The Times of India rated the film 2.5/5 stars and wrote "A revenge drama that falls flat ". [4]

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References

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