King (1998 film)

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King
Directed bySrikanth Kulkarni
Screenplay by Tiger Prabhakar
Story byTiger Prabhakar
Produced byH. V. Sadanand
StarringTiger Prabhakar
Arun Pandian
Rajeshwari
Vichithra
Anju
Jyothi Meena
CinematographyMallikarjun
Edited byK. Narasaiah
Music byDevdas
Production
company
S. P. Movies
Release date
  • 30 October 1998 (1998-10-30)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Kannada

King is a 1998 Indian Kannada language film directed by Srikanth Kulkarni. Tiger Prabhakar wrote the film's story and screenplay and also stars as the lead actor alongside Arun Pandian, Rajeshwari, Vichithra, Anju and Jyothi Meena. Dheerendra Gopal, Sundar Raj, Prithviraj, H. G. Dattatreya feature in supporting roles. [1]

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Cast

Reception

Srikanth Srinivasa of Deccan Herald , gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "is a disaster from the word go." He wrote, "Prabhakar is irritating and hopelessly annoying" and that the film "defies all logic and comprehension." he concluded writing, "Atrocious and disgusting fare!" [2]

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References

  1. "King (1998) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Srinivasa, Srikanth (1 November 1998). "Movie: King (Kannada)". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)