''A 2nd Hand Lover'' is a 2015 Indian

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

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directed by Raghav Marasur (Raghava Loki). It stars

Ajay Rao Ajay Rao (also credited as Krishna Ajay Rao) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He rose to fame with 2003 blockbuster movie '' Excuse Me''. Career Ajay Rao debuted as a lead with the film '' Excuse Me'' (2003) and ...

Pranitha Subhash Pranitha Subhash is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. She debuted as an actress in the 2010 Kannada film, ''Porki''. In 2012, she starred in the critically acclaimed film '' Bheema Theerada ...

and

Anisha Ambrose Anisha Ambrose is an Indian actress and model who appears in Telugu films. In 2013, she made her debut with ''Alias Janaki''. Early career Anisha's parents are from Visakhapatnam and she grew up in Odisha. Her family runs several schools in And ...

. The film is about the life of a rock star. The core plot of the movie was loosely based on the 2004 South Korean movie ''

100 Days with Mr. Arrogant ''100 Days with Mr. Arrogant'' (aka ''My Love Ssagaji'') is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy film. History The film originates from a genre called '' internet fiction'' (인터넷 소설) (movies such as ''My Sassy Girl'' (엽기적인그녀), ...

''.

Plot

An aspiring rockstar with his own band, Ajai (Ajay Rao) comes to

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from his town. He aspires to make it big in the rock music industry. At the same time, he nurses his broken heart for losing his girlfriend (Pranitha) in an accident. He prepares his band to perform in a competition held in Bangalore. En route, he accidentally comes across Anjali (Anisha), a college student who breaks his car's side view mirror. Then begins a series of similar encounters between the two and eventually Anjali falls for Ajai. But Ajai, having a sad past of lost love, is reluctant to reciprocate his love for Anjali. The rest of the plot is about how Anjali wins over Ajai.

Cast

Reception

The film received moderated positive reviews.

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gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and stated, "The film could have been a clincher, for it has all the elements of a family drama, had it been shorter. Though, watch it once, if you must."

Soundtrack

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ...

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The soundtrack album was released on 29 May 2015 and consists of six tracks.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:2nd Hand Lover, A 2010s romantic musical films Indian rock music films Indian romantic musical films Films scored by Gurukiran 2010s Kannada-language films Indian remakes of South Korean films