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 Prashanth
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	Krishna
Edited by	N.M. Vishwa
Distributed by	Shankar Productions
Release dates	10 March 2011 (2011-03-10)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Kempe Gowda is a 2011 Kannada action film starring Sudeep and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film was 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 and 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(Sudeep) is a sub-inspector in a dusty village of Rona in Hubli in North Karnataka, his native, where he is adored. His bumbling colleague Pashupati(Sharan) is cheerful and always helps him with his work. A beautiful girl Kaavya (Ragini Dwivedi) comes to his village. Eventually Kempegowda and Kaavya fall in love with each other. Armugam(P Ravi Shankar), 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 Kempegowda a lesson. He is transferred to Bangalore, after being promoted as an Inspector, where Armugam's wits run large. His sub co worker Bose employs him at the Magadi Road Police Station. The Karnataka Home Minister C Ashok is pleased with Kempegowda and appoints him in all the activities responsible for the city, and posts him as the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Anti Kidnapping Force.As the cop begins to unearth Armugam's misdeeds, he realizes that he is up against a real challenge. In return Kempegowda kills Vaikunta (J. Karthik) Armugam's younger brother. This infuriates Armugam who begins targeting many people who are close to Kempegowda including Kaavya whom he shoots but is saved by Kempegowda and Bose who is hacked to death by Armugam's henchmen. Finally in a bid to escape the arrest warrant issued out to him, Armugam kidnaps the Tamil Nadu Home Minister's daughter. He falsely tells Kempegowda that he is going to Mangalore with her when he is actually going to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh to put the police off the track. Kempegowda and his officers pursue Armugam and his henchmen near Nellore and kills all of the henchmen. He saves the Tamil Nadu Home Minister's daughter and kills Armugam in an encounter. In the end as the post credits roll, it is revealed that Kempegowda is resigning from the police force and together he and Kaavya are going back to Hubli. They are also happily married.

Cast

• Kiccha Sudeep – Sub-Inspector/Inspector/ ACP Kempe Gowda
• Ragini Dwivedi – Kavya
• P. Ravi Shankar – Armugam
• Ashok Kheny – Home Minister
• 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

Release

Kempe Gowda was released in 100+ theaters on 10 March 2011 across the state.^[3]

Response

Kempe Gowda earned a bumper of 50 million (US$790,000) for producer during the first week.^[4] It collected more than 150 million (US$2.4 million) at the box office and declared as a super hit of the year.

Awards & Nominations

59th Filmfare Awards South :-

• Filmfare Award for Best Film - Kannada – Nominated^[5]
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada – Nominated – Sudeep^[5]
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada – Nominated – Ragini Dwivedi^[5]
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Kannada – Winner – P. Ravi Shankar^[6]

1st South Indian International Movie Awards :-

• Best Actor (Male) – Kannada – Nominated – Sudeep^[7]
• Best Actor (Female) – Kannada – Nominated – Ragini Dwivedi^[7]
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Kannada – Nominated – Tara^[7]
• Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada – Nominated – P. Ravi Shankar^[7]
• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Kannada – Nominated – Vijay Prakash for the song "Thara Thara Hidiside"^[7]
• Best Lyricist – Kannada – Nominated – Ghose Dheer for the song "Thara Thara Hidiside"^[7]

Sandalwood Star Awards :-

• Best Film – Nominated ^[8]
• Best Actress – Nominated – Ragini Dwivedi ^[9]
• Best Actor in a Negative Role – Nominated – P. Ravi Shankar ^[10]
• Rising Star (Female) – Winner – Ragini Dwivedi ^[11]
• Best Music Director – Nominated – Arjun Janya ^[12]
• Best Stunt Director – Nominated – Ravi Varma ^[13]
• Best Stunt Director – Nominated – Different Dyani ^[13]
• Best Cinematographer – Nominated – Krishna ^[14]
• Best Editor – Nominated – N.M Vishwa ^[15]

4th Suvarna Film Awards :-

• Best Editor – Winner – N.M. Vishwa ^[16]

Bangalore Times Film Awards :-

• Best Actor in a Negative Role – Winner – P. Ravi Shankar^[17]
• Best Film – Nominated^[18]
• Best Music Director – Nominated – Arjun Janya^[18]
• Best Lyricist – Nominated – Yogaraj Bhat for the song "Hale Radio"^[18]
• Best Playback Singer Male – Nominated – Sudeep for the song "Hale Radio"^[18]
• Best Playback Singer Female – Nominated – Shamitha Malnad for the song "Hale Radio"^[18]

1st Kannada International Music Awards (KiMA):-

• Best Composer (Film Album) – Nominated – Arjun Janya^[19]
• Best Background Score – Winner – Arjun Janya^[20]

Character Map of Remakes

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Kempegowda 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 popular for several weeks on radio.

References

External links

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