''Ganga'' () is a 2015 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 ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Sai Prakash Enreddy Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Kannada and Telugu film director and producer. Career Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he left Phirangipuram to Chennai with the aim of becoming a film director. He ...

, and produced by

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. The film stars

Malashri Malashree (born Sridurga Pandey) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. "She has appeared in 100 and more films in a career spanning three de ...

in the lead role. The supporting cast features Srinivasa Murthy, Hema Chowdhary, Pavithra Lokesh,

Rangayana Raghu Koththuru 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. He is a recipient of multiple Filmfare Awards South, SIIMA Awards, an ...

, Suchendra Prasad,

Sharath Lohitashwa 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 continue ...

. Malashri won her first

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress The Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language film actresses. Since its inception, the award was won ...

for her performance in this movie.

Cast

Production

Having worked together in many successful films, with their last being the 1995 film, '' Gadibidi Aliya'',

and

came together for a film after 19 years with ''Ganga''. For the film,

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian film score soundtrack composer, singer and director. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Arjun Janya won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for ...

was roped in to compose the music, Anil Kumar for dialogue writing and Rajesh Katta for cinematography. The filming of ''Ganga'' began on 6 June 2014 in Bangalore.

Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics written by K. Kalyan. The soundtrack album consists of two tracks.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "This film is strictly for Malashree fans and those who like their dose of over-the-top melodramas".

References

External links

* 2015 films Indian drama films Films scored by Arjun Janya 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films Films directed by Sai Prakash {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub