Kempe Gowda (film)

Kempe Gowda
Film poster
Directed by	Sudeep
Produced by	Shankar Gowda Halappa
Written by	Hari
Screenplay by	Sudeep
Starring	Sudeep Ragini Dwivedi P. Ravi Shankar Girish Karnad Ashok Ashok Kheny J. Karthik Orata Prashanth
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	Krishna
Editing by	N.M. Vishwa
Distributed by	Shankar Productions
Release dates	10 March 2011 (2011-03-10)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	4 crore (US$640,000)
Box office	15 crore (US$2.4 million)

Kempe Gowda is a 2011 Kannada action film starring Sudeep and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film has been directed by Sudeep and produced by Shankare Gowda. The film is a remake of the Tamil superhit film Singam which starred Surya and Anushka Shetty, written by famous Tamil director Hari who is well known for his successful village style movies. Arjun Janya has composed the music.^[1] This movie was also remade into Hindi as Singham starring Ajay Devgn and Kajal Aggarwal in lead roles.^[2] It has been dubbed in Hindi as Bajirao The Fighter.

Plot

Kempe Gowda is a sub-inspector in a dusty village of Rona in Hubli, his native, where he is adored. Armugam, a notorious criminal, is brought down to his knees at the local police station. Their egos clash and Armugam, who has never had to face an opposition before, decides to teach Gowda a lesson. He is transferred to Bangalore, where Amugam's writ runs large. As the cop begins to unearth Armugam's misdeeds, he realises that he is up against a real challenge.

Cast

• Kiccha Sudeep - Sub-Inspector Kempe Gowda
• Ragini Dwivedi - Kavya
• P. Ravi Shankar - Armugam
• Anchal Sabharwal
• Ashok Kheny - Home Minister
• Orata Prashanth - Bose
• Girish Karnad - Kavya's Father
• Ashok - Kempe Gowda's father
• J. Karthik - Vaikunta (Armugam's brother)
• Sharan - Pashupathi
• Tara - Kavya's Mother
• Chitra Shenoy - Kempe Gowda's mother

Response

Kempe Gowda earned a bumper of 5 crore (US$800,000) at first week.^[3] It collected more than 15 crore (US$2.4 million) at the box office and declared as super hit of the year.

Awards & Nominations

59th Filmfare Awards South :-

• Filmfare Award for Best Film - Kannada - Nominated ^[4]
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada - Nominated - Sudeep ^[4]
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada - Nominated - Ragini Dwivedi ^[4]
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Kannada - Winner - P. Ravi Shankar ^[5]

1st South Indian International Movie Awards :-

• Best Actor (Male) - Kannada - Nominated - Sudeep ^[6]
• Best Actor (Female) - Kannada - Nominated - Ragini Dwivedi ^[6]
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Kannada - Nominated - Tara ^[6]
• Best Actor in a Negative Role - Kannada - Nominated - P. Ravi Shankar ^[6]
• Best Playback Singer (Male) - Kannada - Nominated - Vijay Prakash ^[6]
• Best Lyricist - Kannada - Nominated - V. Nagendra Prasad ^[6]

Bangalore Times Film Awards :-

• Best Actor in a Negative Role - Winner - P. Ravi Shankar ^[7]
• Best Film - Nominated ^[8]
• Best Music Director - Nominated - Arjun Janya ^[8]
• Best Lyricist - Nominated - Yogaraj Bhat for the song "Hale Radio" ^[8]
• Best Singer Male - Nominated - Sudeep for the song "Hale Radio" ^[8]
• Best Singer Female - Nominated - Shamitha Malnad for the song "Hale Radio" ^[8]

Character Map of Remakes

Soundtrack

Kempegowda Audio released by Anand Audio was declared a superhit upon its release. The songs composed by Arjun Janya to the lyrics of V. Nagendra Prasad remained top for many weeks in the Radio stations.

External links

• Kempe Gowda at the Internet Movie Database
• Kempe Gowda at allmovie

References