Rocky (2008 film)

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Rocky
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Poster
Directed byS. K. Nagendra Urs
Written byHarish Shrunga
Screenplay byS. K. Nagendra Urs
Story by Vijay Chendoor [1]
Produced byM K Anand Kumar
K L Thimmappa Raju
Mekala Narayanaswamy
Starring Yash
Bianca Desai
Santhosh
CinematographyS. R. Sudhakar
Edited byS. K. Nagendra Urs
Music byVenkat - Narayan
Production
company
T N Films
Release date
  • 25 December 2008 (2008-12-25)
Running time
152 minutes
Country India
LanguageKannada

Rocky is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. K. Nagendra Urs. The film stars Yash and newcomer Bianca Desai along with Jai Jagadish, Ramesh Bhat and Santhosh in other pivotal roles.

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The film featured original score and soundtrack composed by Venkat-Narayan. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam has sung a duet with Priyadarshini which was his last for the younger generation hero [2] and also from this movie actor Yash got the name "Rocky Bhai". [3] Rocky met with negative response with most critics who tried to compare it to films from other languages.

Plot

Rocky (Yash) is a young college student raised in an unloving home. Usha (Bianca Desai) comes from a loving home but lost her mother in death. They meet on her first day of college and it is love at first sight for Rocky. Usha agrees to be friends and Rocky hides his feelings for her. One day he is dismayed to find that Usha has an overwhelming fan crush on a classical guitarist named Vishwas (Aryan). Thinking that he is helping Usha, Rocky tries to arrange for them to meet. Vishwas makes this difficult for Rocky because he believes that he is being sent by the enemies of his don brother (Raju) to harass him. Finally Rocky sees them together and is happy with his work until he realizes that Vishwas is starting to believe that he is in love with Usha. The competition between the two increases until Usha herself realizes that she herself is actually in love with one of them.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Venkat-Narayan and the audio was sold on Skanda Audio label.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Snehada Chiguru"Panchajanya S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Priyadarshini  
2."Olla Ollare Olla"M. S. Santhosh Kumar Kunal Ganjawala  
3."20-20 Balle Balle" Santhosh Ananddram Devi Sri Prasad, Panchajanya 
4."Kareyale Ninna" Jayant Kaikini Hariharan  
5."Ring Ring" Kaviraj Karthik  
6."Manase Manase"Harish Shringa Sonu Nigam  
7."Kareyale Ninna" Jayant Kaikini Narayan 

Reception

Critical response

R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "Music director Venkat and Narayan score two strong numbers like Valla Vallare and the title song. Dialogue writer Vijay Chendur has written crisp dialogues. But the senseless story makes the film a failure.  Cameraman Sudhakar comes off good with his camera work". [4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote  "Yash gets a better film to work on next time. If it is a khichidi of other films Nagendra wants to direct, he better stick to his forte of editing. And please Nagendra, do not play those silly cameo roles". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Waseem, Mohammed (16 December 2017). "Monjunath is caught between the devil and the deep sea: Vijay Chendoor". The Times of India .
  2. ↑ Rocking Star Yash Emotional Words On SP Balasubramanyam | TV5 Kannada , retrieved 1 February 2023
  3. ↑ "How Did You Decide On The Name Rocky..." #kgf #yash #kgf2 #prashanthneel , retrieved 1 February 2023
  4. ↑ "Avoid Rocky". Rediff.com . 26 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Rocky: Rock and snore". Bangalore Mirror . 26 December 2008.


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