Dhool (2011 film)

Dhool (Kannada: ಧೂಳ್) is a 2011 Indian Kannada language romantic action film written and directed by Dharani, son of director M. S. Rajashekar making his directorial debut. The film was produced by M. H. Sunil. The film stars Yogesh, Aindrita Ray and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. It was a remake of Tamil hit film, Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam directed by Boopathy Pandian and starring Dhanush and Shriya Saran. Prakash Raj reprised his own role from the original version. The film features the soundtrack and original scores composed by V. Harikrishna.

The film released on 29 April 2011 across Karnataka to positive response.^[1] However critics noted that the remake version could not match up to its original Tamil version.^[2]

Plot

Guru (Yogesh), an unemployed youth is a carefree guy. He meets Priya (Aindrita) in a temple and instantly falls for her. Priya is the sister of rich industrialist Nanda (Prakash) who is extremely possessive about her. Knowing his adamant attitude, Guru approaches Nanda and asks for his sister's hand. Enraged upon his daring, Nanda kicks him out of the house. But Guru silently woos Priya and both fall in love. Nanda uses his money power to break this alliance in several attempts but fails. Later Guru takes up a challenge to win over Priya using his money power and succeeds.

Cast

• Yogesh as Guru
• Aindrita Ray as Priya
• Prakash Raj as Nanda
• Om Prakash Rao
• Achyuth Kumar
• Sudha Belawadi
• Richard Louis
• Mandeep Roy
• Sudheendra

Production

The film began its principal photography in 2009 and the first schedule was completed by September 11, 2009. It was reported that the actor Prakash Rai was paid 40 Lakhs for his role.^[3]

Soundtrack

The audio was launched on Akshaya Audio label. The audio launch event was held at Bangalore with actor Yogesh presence. Actress Aindrita Ray was absent at the event as she was away on a trip. There was a row between actress and director over her absence which was amicably solved later.^[4] The song "Amma Loosa" was hugely popular among the masses and was on top of the dance charts for many weeks.

All music composed by V. Harikrishna.

References

Further reading

• Movie info
• Indiaglitz Review
• Rediff review
• Dhool Songs list