''Dhumm'' is a 2002 Indian

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 ...

action drama film directed by M. S. Ramesh, starring

Sudeep Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He ...

and

Rakshita Shweta, known by her stage name Rakshita, is an Indian television personality, film producer and former actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. Early life Rakshita was brought up in Bangalore. Her father B. C. Gowrishankar was a cinema ...

. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ...

and lyrics by

Kaviraj Kaviraj (or Rajkavi, Kaviraja) is a title of honor, which was given to poets and litterateurs attached to royal courts in medieval India. Eminent Charans who were inducted into the royal courts due to their literary merit as royal poets and hist ...

and V. Nagendra Prasad. The film released on 27 September 2002. It was a critical and commercial success. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Hero No.1'' and in Hindi as ''Dumdaar''. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''

Dheena ''Dheena'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by then-debutante A. R. Murugadoss, starring Ajith Kumar, Suresh Gopi, in his Tamil debut, and Laila. The music and background score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Ra ...

'' (2001) by A. R. Murugadoss.

Plot

The protagonist Varada (Sudeep) is like a fire when the injustice comes in front of him. His heart is equivalent to ice cream otherwise. He picks up the ‘long’ on a solid reason and continues his vengeance when required. His mother is against to Varada's firing principles but Varada thinks he is only the bad element in the house and never gives up his ideals. But the inner heart of Varada is also struggling to get good name and this is established in the climax. The fiery handsome guy in love with his opponent's daughter (Rakshita) reaches a tight spot when his sister is murdered. He hatches a nice plot and fulfills his task of retaining the glory of his father. He only begs with his mother to accept him as a good son after setting the goons on the ground.

Cast

as Varada *

as Preethi *

Srinath Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...

as Varada and Shankar's father *

Sumithra Sumitra ( sa, सुमित्रा, IAST: Sumitrā) is a princess of Kashi in Hindu mythology. The wise Sumitra is the third queen consort of Dasharatha, the king of Kosala, who ruled from Ayodhya. She is the mother of the twins Lakshman ...

as Varada and Shankar's mother * Nassar as Shankar *

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 M.L.A. *

Arun Sagar Arun Sagar (born 23 October 1963) is an Indian actor, art director and comedian who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He has been recognized as a leading art director throughout his career starting from his first movie, ''Bhoomi Gee ...

as Vinod (Preethi's brother) *

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

as Varada's friend *

Chitra Shenoy Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film in ...

as Preethi's sister

Reception

''Chitraloka'' wrote that "This is an action extravaganza. M.S.Ramesh has really showed his ‘guts’ in making a nice action film that stands out from other action films. The dialogues and wonderful performance by key artistes has boosted up the quality of the film. ..Congrats for the convincing job done by Ramesh and Team".

Soundtrack

Awards

Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassin ...

:- * Best Music Director – Kannada(2002) -

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2957912, Dhumm 2002 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Gurukiran Indian action drama films Kannada remakes of Tamil films 2000s masala films Indian gangster films 2002 action films