''Arishadvarga'' is a 2019 Indian

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written, directed and produced by Arvind Kamath, under the banner Kanasu Talkies. The film is a tale of lust, anger, love, greed, power, jealousy, mistaken identity and individual deficiencies. It’s a fatalistic noir tale of one man’s vain struggle to escape his own limitations, unfortunately, an impossibility in the world of noir. The film stars

Avinash Avinash may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Avinash'' (film), a 1986 Indian Hindi-language film * Tiger (YRF Spy Universe) (Avinash Singh Rathore), fictional agent in the ''Tiger'' franchise of the YRF Spy Universe People * Avinash Sachde ...

Samyukta Hornad Samyukta Hornad is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. Her debut movie was '' Lifeu Ishtene'' directed by Pawan Kumar. She is known for her roles in the commercially successful films '' Barfi'' (2011), and '' Oggarane'' (2014). Ea ...

, Nanda Gopal, Mahesh Bung, Anju Alva Naik, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Aravind Kuplikar,

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, M.G Sathya, and Sripathi Manjanabayalu in prominent roles. The film had its

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as Manjunath Bhat, a film producer *

as Saakshi Rao, an aspiring actress * Nanda Gopal as Ashok Kalburgi, Police Inspector * Mahesh Bung as Anish Urs, an aspiring actor * Anju Alva Naik as Kruthi Bhat, a film editor * Aravind Kuplikar as Karthik, an aspiring film director * Gopalkrishna Deshpande as Bheemsen Joshi, an auto-rickshaw driver * Sripathi Manjanabailu as Raajanna, Head Constable

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Udit Haritas ("Agnata") and this is his first feature film.

Songs

Reception

The film opened up to positive reviews at the London Indian Film Festival. Josh Hurtado of

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stated, "Arishadvarga is a Labyrinthine Thriller Full of Surprises".

Baradwaj Rangan Baradwaj Rangan () is an Indian film critic and writer. A chemical engineering graduate with no formal training in filmmaking or cinema writing, he has a diverse career in advertising, IT consulting, and cinema writing. He has authored two boo ...

of ''

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'' wrote, "With Nathicharami and now this, Kannada cinema seems to have leapfrogged over other industries in terms of bridging the gap between (relatively) older women and lust."

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