''Arjun'' is a 2008 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language

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directed by Shahuraj Shindhe.

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plays a Cop in titular role, alongside

Meera Chopra Meera Chopra is an Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, and Hindi-language films. In Tamil films, she is credited as Nila. She went to SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi University, but later dropped ou ...

(in her first and only Kannada film to date). The film features an

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, including

Anant Nag Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 250 Kannada films and few films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malaya ...

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, Suman,

Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who plays supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi ...

, and

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Plot

Police officer Arjun has strong moral values and lets criminals off with a warning. But he is in a fix when he learns that his father is paying petty criminals to help him catch big criminals.

Cast

as Arjun *

as Nila/Kodan Rama's daughter *

as Jayasimharaja *

as Vishalakshi Jayasimha * Suman as Surya alias Gunnies East *

as Surya's wife *

as Arjun's girlfriend *

Sharath Lohithaswa Sharatchandra Lohithaswa (born 5 May 1972), known popularly as Sharath Lohithaswa, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada cinema alongside some Tamil and Telugu films. He has had a successful career in theatre, where he continues ...

as Naga alias Medda Naga South * Ajay as Ajaya alias Adda Kasubi West *

Amit Tiwari Amit Tiwari is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu films. He is known for playing antagonist roles in films such as '' Vikramarkudu'' (2006), '' Lakshyam'' (2007), '' Rowdy Rathore'' (2012) and '' Temper'' (2015). He was a contest ...

as Rahul alias Mama North * Sathyajith as Police Officer *

Bullet Prakash Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Roy ...

as Auto Driver *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...

as Vegetable Buyer *

Rekha Das Rekha Das is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rekha Das as an actress include '' Shwethaagni'' (1991), '' Shanti Kranti'' (1991), and '' Hoovu Hannu'' (1993). Personal life She was married to Kanna ...

as Vegetable Seller * Shailaja Joshi as Kodan Rama's wife

Production

made her Kannada debut through this film. Darshan was signed in to play the cop role and worked on this film simultaneously with ''

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'' (2008).

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed 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 ...

Release

Arjun theatrically released on 12 August 2008 on the same day as Ramya starrer ''

Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu ''Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu'' () is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Veera Shankar. It stars debutante Aditya Babu and Ramya. The film is a remake of the 2007 Telugu film ''Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule'' w ...

''. Darshan plays a cop again after '' Ayya'' and ''

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''.

Reception

A critic from ''Sify'' gave the film a verdict of "average" and opined that "Darshan fans is sure to lap up this mass action masala". Vijayasarathy of ''Rediff'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Darshan does his usual act, but he is handicapped by the lack of a proper story".

Box office

Despite being a panned by critics, the film initially had high collections and Performed well at the Box office similar to Darshan's previous film ''

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''.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2432788 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s Indian films 2008 films 2008 action films