News (film)

This article is about the 2005 Kannada film. For the 1989 Malayalam film, see The News (film).

News
VCD cover
Directed by	M. K. Maheshwar
Written by	M. K. Maheshwar
Produced by	M T Sriram C Gopi M Kumar
Starring	Upendra Reema Sen Renuka Menon
Cinematography	Sendhil Kumar
Edited by	Jo Ni Harsha
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Sri Vidya Pictures
Release date	4 August 2005 (2005-8-4)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

News is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed and written by M. K. Maheshwar. The film stars Upendra along with Reemma Sen and Renuka Menon in the lead roles. ^[1] The film was produced by Sri Vidya Pictures.

The film was released on 4 August 2005 to generally positive reviews from critics. ^[2] However, the film failed commercially at the box-office. The critics commented that the plot elements of the movie had loose similarities with Malayalam movies like Iyer the Great and New Delhi . ^[3]

Cast

• Upendra as Guru
• Reemma Sen as Pooja
• Renuka Menon as Divya
• Nassar as Devaraj, editor of Number 1 newspaper
• Tennis Krishna as Gopala, film director
• Ashok as editor of Super News newspaper
• Avinash as Umesh
• Bank Janardhan as Gopala's father
• Anantha Velu as J. J. Patil
• Mandeep Roy as a doctor
• Bhagya Shree
• K. V. Manjaiah

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran. ^[4]

News
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2005 (2005)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Ashwini Audio

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naanu Jeetendra"	V. Manohar	Gurukiran, Sadhana Sargam
2.	"Good Morning"	Kaviraj	Udit Narayan, Chitra Sivaraman
3.	"Gira Gira"	Kaviraj	KK, Priyadarshini
4.	"Munjaneya"	Kaviraj	Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal
5.	"Munjaneya-2"	Kaviraj	Shael Oswal, Shreya Ghoshal
6.	"Bombayee"	Gurukiran	Chaitra H. G.

Reception

A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Vidya Pictures' maiden venture News is a welcome departure from the regular Kannada film narratives both in content and narrative mode". ^[5] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Directed by story writer-turned-director Maheshwar, News has an interesting plot. The film's narration in the opening sequences is tight and helps build curiosity. Somewhere down the line, however, the director loses track". ^[6] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "You will enjoy "News very much if you are a die hard Upendra fan. But if you look at the film objectively, it is a film with both positive and negative points and may be okay for one time viewing". ^[2] S. N. Deepak of Deccan Herald wrote "The film's story is interesting and is different from most of today's movies. The naration is also interesting but the end is ordinary and the secret of Divya's dreams goes unexplained". ^[7]

References

1. "News about 'News'". Viggy. 2004. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
2. "Movie Review: News". Indiaglitz. 6 August 2005. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
3. "Preview". Moviebuzz. Archived from the original on 21 December 2004 – via Sify.
4. "Songs". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
5. Rao, K. N. Venkatasubba (7 August 2005). "A welcome departure from the routine stuff". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
6. Anuradha, B. (9 August 2005). "Upendra's top class in News". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
7. Deepak, S. N. (7 August 2005). "News". Deccan Herald . Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

External source

• Year 2005 roundup