''Abhay'' is a 2009 Indian

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-language

masala film Masala films of Indian cinema are those that blend multiple genres into one work. Masala films emerged in the 1970s and are still being created as of the 2020s. Typically these films freely blend action, comedy, romance, and drama, or melod ...

directed by Mahesh Babu and produced by Babu Reddy under Nithin Productions banner. The film stars

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and Aarti Thakur in the lead roles, while Pradeep Rawat,

Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language. Career Om Prakash Rao's successful ...

and

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appear in pivotial roles.

Cast

as Abhay *Aarti Thakur as Aarti * Pradeep Rawat as MLA Narasimha Murthy *

as Shastri *

as Paandu, MLA Narasimha's brother *Mangalore Suresh

Production

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2006 Aarti Thakur made her debut with this film. The film was shot in Bangalore, Bangkok, Mysore and Switzerland. Filming was completed in mid-2009.

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and Producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first ...

Reception

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'' gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Darshan is back with yet another formula film. The film is a mix of stale plots and unrewarding scenes." ''

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'' gave 3/5 stars and wrote "This film, directed by Mahesh Babu, has a masala mix of fights, romance, drama and action that's strictly for Darshan fans." R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' gave 2/5 stars and wrote "''Abhay'' is strictly meant for Darshan fans." ''

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'' wrote "A film that will appeal only to Darshan fans but not in a way that they would want to pay and watch again."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abhay 2009 films 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s Indian films 2009 action comedy films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2000s masala films Indian action comedy films Indian romantic action films 2000s romantic action films Films directed by Mahesh Babu (director)