Dhool (2011 Film)
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''Dhool'' is a 2011 Indian
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-language
romantic action film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through da ...
written and directed by Dharani, son of director M. S. Rajashekar in his second directorial venture after ''Baalashiva''. The film was produced by M. H. Sunil. The film stars Yogesh,
Aindrita Ray Aindrita Ray (born 19 April) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada also appeared in Bengali language, Bengali and Bollywood, Hindi films. Ray is a recipient of two South Indian International Movie Awards, alon ...
and
Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...
. It was a remake of
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hit film, ''
Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam ''Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Boopathy Pandian. The film stars Dhanush and Shriya Saran, while Prakash Raj, Karunas and Saranya Ponvannan play supporting roles. The f ...
'' (2006), directed by
Boopathy Pandian Boopathy Pandian is a Tamil film director. Career Bhoopathy Pandian worked as an assistant to Sundar C. Apart from assisting him, he also wrote dialogues for his films '' Winner'' and '' Giri''. Dhanush signed the film, then titled ''Ennai Ma ...
. Prakash Raj reprised his own role from the original version. The film stars the soundtrack and original scores composed by
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.


Plot

Guru (Yogesh), an unemployed youth is a carefree guy. He meets Priya (Aindrita) in a temple and instantly falls for her. Priya is the sister of rich industrialist Nanda (Prakash) who is extremely possessive about her. Knowing his adamant attitude, Guru approaches Nanda and asks for his sister's hand. Enraged upon his daring, Nanda kicks him out of the house. But Guru silently woos Priya and both fall in love. Nanda uses his money power to break this alliance in several attempts but fails. Later Guru takes up a challenge to win over Priya using his money power and succeeds.


Cast

* Yogesh as Guru *
Aindrita Ray Aindrita Ray (born 19 April) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada also appeared in Bengali language, Bengali and Bollywood, Hindi films. Ray is a recipient of two South Indian International Movie Awards, alon ...
as Priya *
Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...
as Nanda *
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 ...
as Nanda's PA *
Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema, alongside a few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He is known for his performances in the ''KGF'', '' Kantara'', '' Sidlingu'', and '' Lucia''. He is the recipient ...
as Guru's Father *
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 Guru's Mother * Richard Louis *
Mandeep Roy Mandeep Roy (; 4 April 1949 – 29 January 2023) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his films as an actor included '' Aakasmika'' (1993),'' ...Re'' (2016), '' Aaptha Rakshaka'' (2010), '' Amrithadhare'' (2005), '' Kuriga ...
* Sudheendra


Production

The film began its principal photography in 2009 and the first schedule was completed by 11 September 2009. It was reported that the actor Prakash Rai, who reprised his role from the original Tamil film, was paid 40 Lakhs for his role.


Soundtrack

The audio was launched on Akshaya Audio label. The audio launch event was held at Bangalore with actor Yogesh presence. Actress
Aindrita Ray Aindrita Ray (born 19 April) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada also appeared in Bengali language, Bengali and Bollywood, Hindi films. Ray is a recipient of two South Indian International Movie Awards, alon ...
was absent at the event as she was away on a trip. There was a row between actress and director over her absence which was amicably solved later. The song "Amma Loosa" was hugely popular among the masses and was on top of the dance charts for many weeks.


Reception


Critical response

Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana from ''
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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Dhool has nothing new to offer in terms of story. In fact it is inspired by Tamil super hit film Thiruvilleyadal Aarambam. The film makes an enjoyable one time watch because of its comedy and its punches. Yogi won't disappoint his fans". A critic from 
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wrote "The movie Dhool is an action oriented flick". Sunayana Suresh from 
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wrote "V Harikrishna has scored some good numbers, especially 'Amma Loosa'. The Dr Rajkumar hit Nanna Neenu Gellalaare, which is recreated featuring Yogesh and Prakash Raj, is quite good too. This makes for a perfect weekend watch". B S Srivani from 
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wrote "Aindrita is pleasing on the eye. Achyuth, Sudha Belawadi and others add their mite to make the film relatable. Dharani’s screenplay scores that way. Harikrishna’s music has some unusual ‘sounds’ but except for the “Loosa” song the rest don’t make the cut".


References

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