Gowdru Hotel

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Gowdru Hotel
Directed by Pon Kumaran
Written byPon Kumaran
Produced bySatish Reddy A.
Starring
CinematographyShiva
Edited byRavi Santheiklu
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Eminent Movie Makers
Release date
  • 1 December 2017 (2017-12-01)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Gowdru Hotel is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language drama directed by Pon Kumaran and starring Rachan Chandra, Vedhika and Prakash Raj. The film is a Remake of the Malayalam film Ustad Hotel (2012). [1]

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Cast

Production

The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Ustad Hotel (2012) and features newcomer Rachan Chandra, Vedhika, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. [2] [3] [4] [5] The film was adapted to suit the Kannada audience. [6] The film was shorter than the Malayalam original. [7] Anant Nag was cast to play a role in the film. [8] While the Malayalam film featured biriyani, this film featured mudde. [9]

Soundtrack

This film marks the Kannada debut of Tamil music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja (his previous Kannada albums were remakes). [10] [11] [12]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ondhe Jeevana" Kaviraj Yuvan Shankar Raja3:11
2."Kshanvu Kooda"KavirajYuvan Shankar Raja, Sanjana Kalamanje3:22
3."Ninna Haage" K. Kalyan Rahul Nambiar 3:56
4."Gowdru Hotel Theme"K. Kalyan Vijay Prakash 4:04
Total length:14:33

Release

The Times of India gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five stars and stated that "Go ahead, watch it if you want to check out an okay effort that is nearly salvaged in the second half". [13]

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