Rider (2021 film)

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Rider
Rider film Poster.jpeg
Directed byVijay Kumar Konda
Written byVijai Prakash
Nandyala Ravi
Story byVijay Kumar Konda
Produced bySunil Gowda
Starring
Cinematography Shreesha Kuduvalli
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music by Arjun Janya
Production
company
Distributed byShiva Nandi Entertainments
Release date
  • 24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)
Running time
145 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Rider is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language romantic-action film directed by Vijay Kumar Konda and produced by Sunil Gowda. The movie stars Nikhil Gowda and Kashmira Pardeshi in lead roles. Anusha Rai,Dattanna, Achyuth Kumar and Chikkanna in supporting roles. The film was dubbed in Telugu under the same name.

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Plot

In Bangalore, Surya aka Kitty is an orphan, who becomes a basketball player. Surya is in search of his childhood friend Chinnu, whom he met at his orphanage years ago. Soumya aka Chinnu is an NRI in Australia, who is the boss of the company where Surya works. Sowmya/Chinnu learns that Surya/Kitty is in Bangalore from a short film and seeks the help of short filmmaker Chikku to identify Surya. The two decide to meet each other at the orphanage where they met. However, The orphanage is destroyed due to village floods.

Soumya's parents fixes her marriage with their business partner's son. On her wedding day, Soumya consumes poison where she learns Surya's identity as Kitty through a video call sent by Surya as he went to Australia for basketball championship. Sowmya loses consciousness before she leaves to meet Surya. Surya learns Sowmya's identity as Chinnu (when he sees Sowmya's signature which resembles a pigeon that they have created in childhood) and leaves to stop her wedding, but is knocked by the henchmen of Industrialist JD.

Surya had actually saved an Inspector, who wants to learn where Sowmya lives, However, The Inspector is actually in-charge to investigate JD's land case. Surya wakes up in the hospital and learns that Sowmya is in the same hospital and goes to meet her. JD arrives at the hospital to kill Surya, but spares him after learning his story and desperation to find Sowmya. Surya meets Sowmya, who recovers and the two reconcile with each other, much to the happiness of their respective parents.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music and background score were composed by Arjun Janya. Lyrics were written by Nandhyala Ravi and Vijai Prakash.

Rider
Soundtrack album by
Released2021 (2021)
Recorded2021
Genre Soundtrack
Length10.23
LanguageKannada
Label Lahari Music
T-Series
Producer Vijay Kumar Konda
Arjun Janya chronology
Bhajarangi 2
(2021)
Rider
(2021)
Gaalipata 2
(2022)

All tracks are written by Nandyala Ravi and Vijai Prakash

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Davva Davva" Chetan Kumar Armaan Malik 3.54
2."Mellane" Kaviraj Sanjith Hegde 3.48
3."Baanu Bhoomi" V. Nagendra Prasad Vijay Prakash 3.21
Total length:10.23

Reception

Times of India critic Sunayana Suresh rated the film 3/5 and called it an "old school romance": "Rider is a film that could have been a good romantic tale, but the excessive masala fare makes it fall short of that, especially with its extended climax sequence", Suresh added. [1] On the technical side, A Sharadhaa of Cinema Express wrote: "Rider has rich production quality, and the lavish locations add to the feel of the film. Both the music by Arjun Janya and cinematography by Shreesha Kuduvalli elevate the film." [2]

Deccan Herald 's Jagadish Angadi felt it a "messy romantic tale" and stated, "Rider reminds us of an inexperienced boy riding a bike on the highway with massive speed, unaware of his destination." [3] Writing for Kannada Prabha , Priya Kerwashe gave a positive review for the film, appreciating the performances and entertainment quotient. [4]

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References

  1. "Rider Movie Review : The old school romance is a tad too long". The Times of India. 24 December 2021.
  2. "Rider Movie Review: Casting makes all the difference in this familiar film". Cinema Express . 26 December 2021.
  3. "'Rider' movie review: Nikhil in a messy romantic tale". Deccan Herald. 24 December 2021.
  4. vaishnavi. "Kannada Film Review: ರೈಡರ್". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Kannada). Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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