''3 Gante 30 dina 30 seconds'' ( ''3 hours 30 days 30 seconds'') is a Kannada-language

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written and directed by G K Madhusudhan and produced by Chandrashekar R Padmashali under the banner Brain Share Creations Pvt Ltd. The film stars newcomers Arun Gowda & Kavya Shetty in lead roles along with

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, Sudharani,

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Chandrashekhar,

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, Anantavelu, T.S.Nagabharana and Gururaj Hosakote. It was released on 19 January 2018 across Karnataka.

Plot

The film is a sensitive poetry of love. The story is a task in between two youngsters, which gives an accidental twist to their life. Avinash, a jovial boy, professionally an advocate and Sharmila, a young and matured daughter of a well known media proprietor, who is an investigative journalist on corruption.

Cast

*Arun Gowda as Avinash *

Kavya Shetty Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film '' Nam Duniya Nam Style'' directed by Preetham Gubbi. Early life Shetty was born Mangalore, Karnataka ...

as Sharmila *

* Sudha Rani *

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*Gururaj Hosakote

Soundtrack

Composer V. Sridhar has scored the music. He has composed six songs in which acclaimed poet Jayant Kaykini, director G K Madhusudhan and Sukanya Gautam have penned down the lyrics.

Release

Critical reception

Sunayana Suresh of

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gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote "If you are the old-school romantic, who believes that love stories need a lot of sentiments, a little action and the heroine transforming into being just the man's prop, this might be for you". A Sharadhaa, reviewing for

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

, said "In this slow-paced film, Aru Gowda looks diminished. He needs to work on his screen presence in his forthcoming projects. Kavya Shetty has put in an effort but can do better over time. The rest of the cast, including Chandrashekar, Devaraj and Sudha Rani, do well individually but fail as a supporting cast. Melodies by Sridhar V Sambram are placed at the right points, but they do not save the film". Shyam Prasad S reviewing for

Bangalore Mirror ''Bangalore Mirror'' is a daily English-language newspaper published in Bangalore, India. It is a deputed newspaper and is the second-largest circulating English newspaper in the city ''Vijay Times'' ''Vijay Times'' was an English newspaper st ...

rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, and wrote "It is an ordinary film made worse by its overconfidence".

References

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* 2010s Kannada-language films 2018 romance films Indian romance films 2018 masala films Films scored by Sridhar V. Sambhram {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub