''Gulama'' (

Kannada 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 s ...

:ಗುಲಾಮ) is a 2009

-language film directed by

Tushar Ranganath Tushar Ranganath (31 March 1974 – 20 December 2011), also known as Ranganth or Ranganna, was a Sandalwood movie director. Born and raised in Bangalore, India, Ranganath made his directorial debut with '' Gulama''. He died due to cardiac ar ...

and produced by Ramu. The film stars Prajwal Devraj and Bianca Desai in the lead roles. Music was composed by Gurukiran. The film released statewide on 1 January 2009. Gulama means bondsman in Kannada.

Cast

Prajwal Devaraj Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by th ...

as Anil * Sonu as Divya *

Bianca Desai Bianca Desai or Biyanka Desai is an Indian actress who has starred in predominantly Kannada and Telugu films. Career Bianca Desai has been part of more than 9 films in Kannada. Filmography See also *List of people from Karnataka *Cinema of ...

as Priyanka *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

as Police Constable Nanjundaswamy, Anil's Father *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as Police Commissioner Vijay kumar singh *Lakshman Rao *Ganesh Rao Kesarkar *

Sudha Belawadi Sudha Belawadi is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Sudha Belawadi as actress include ''Mathadana'' (2001), ''Mungaru Male'' (2006), ''Moggina Manasu'' (2008), ...

as Vanajakshi, Anil's Mother *Shailaja Joshi *M. N. Lakshmi Devi *Kaddipudi Chandru as Babloo Chandra *Malavalli Saikrishna *Vishwa Kaddi as Pagal Seena *Sanketh Kashi *N. Vinod Kumar *Yogi. G. Raj *Kung-fu Chandru *Maafi Gowda as himself *Raghu Samrat *K. V. Manjayya *Malathi Sardeshpande *Mallesh Mysore

Synopsis

The film is about a love triangle: Anil loves Priyanka, and Divya loves Anil.

Soundtrack

The film has five songs composed by Gurukiran, with the lyrics primarily penned by

and Kaviraj.

Reception

Critical response

R G Vijayasarathy of '' Rediff.com'' scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and says "Guru Kiran does not make any impact with his music compositions. Vishnuvardhan's cinematography and Danny's fights choreography are better handled. Gulama may impress the mass audience to some extent, but it is not meant for the family audience."

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 ...

wrote "The background music could have ensured that flashbacks and current narratives are differentiated, but it does not.For the record, the film is dedicated to Vinod Kumar, the aspiring actor shot dead by producer Govardhan Murthy last year." Manjju Shettar of ''

Mid-Day ''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited. Editions in various languages were published in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions wer ...

'' scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and says "Prajwal and Biyanka are matured in their acting and Sonu will attract the audience. Rangayana Raghu and other actors have done well with their performances. Film's settings are highly rich but choreography has failed. Cameraman K M Vishnuvardan has done a good job with creativity."

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 4089724, Gulama
Official websiteSoundtrack at Kannadaaudio.com
2000s Kannada-language films 2009 films Films scored by Gurukiran 2009 directorial debut films