Maasthi Gudi

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Maasti Gudi
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Poster
Directed by Nagashekar
Story byDuniya Vijay
Produced bySundar P. Gowdru
Anil Kumar V.
Starring Duniya Vijay
Kriti Kharbanda
Amulya
Cinematography Satya Hegde
Edited byJoni Harsha
Music by Sadhu Kokila
Production
company
KPS Combines
Release date
  • 12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) [1]
Country India
LanguageKannada

Masti Gudi is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Nagashekar, starring Duniya Vijay who is also credited for the film's story, Kriti Kharbanda and Amulya in lead roles. [2]

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On 7 November 2016, actors Anil Kumar and Raghava Uday drowned when they took a 60-feet plunge from a chopper while shooting film's climax. A rescue motorboat scheduled to pull the actors out of the water did not start, resulting in the immediate drowning of both the actors. [3] [4] [5]

Summary

Maasthi questions powerful people killing tigers, and then takes the law into his own hands. Enter Rani. She learns of Bhavya, who was killed by her own family for eloping with Maasthi. Rani reveals her love for him. But he rejects her, saying that he still has Bhavya in his heart leaving Rani heartbroken. He kills the villains. The film shifts to present where Rani is now old and has written Maasthi's story in a book.

Cast

Controversies

Accident

Actors Anil Kumar and Raghava Uday drowned while performing an action scene at Thippagondanahalli Reservoir, 35 kilometers west of Bangalore on 7 November. [6] The action scene was shot under the supervision of stunt director Ravi Varma and the scene required Duniya Vijay with Anil Kumar and Raghava Uday jumping off into the lake from the helicopter. [7] [8] [9] Duniya Vijay managed to swim ashore but Anil and Uday were not able to make it to the shore. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Soundtrack

Masti Gudi
Soundtrack album by
Released23 February 2017
Recorded2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length24:43
LanguageKannada
Label Jhankar Music
Sadhu Kokila chronology
Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
(2016)
Masti Gudi
(2017)
Uppi Rupee
(2017)

Sadhu Kokila composed the soundtrack for the film. The soundtrack album consists of five songs. Lyrics for the tracks were written by Kaviraj.

All lyrics are written by Kaviraj

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Chippinolagade" Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal 4:38
2."Summane"Shreya Ghoshal4:46
3."Bari Nalku Dina" Vijay Prakash 4:48
4."Ondu Huduga"Sonu Nigam5:07
5."Jenu Thandevo" Kailash Kher, B. Jayashree, B. R. Chaya 5:22
Total length:24:43

Reception

The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5, saying, "While this film does seem a tad underwhelming eventually, one can definitely go and watch the film for Vijay's acting and the underlying message about forest conservation". [15]

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