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''Googly'' is a 2013 Indian
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directed by
Pavan Wadeyar Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and producer best known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012), for which he won the SI ...
and produced by Jayanna Combines, starring Yash and
Kriti Kharbanda Kriti Kharbanda (born 29 October 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Kharbanda is a recipient of several accolades including a South Indian In ...
in the lead roles, while
Ananth 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 ...
,
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 ...
, Deepu, Ashok Sharma, Neenasam Ashwath and
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 ...
appear in supporting roles. ''Googly'' was released on 19 July 2013 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success. The film won multiple nominations at the
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. Having been nominated in 11 categories, the film won SIIMA awards for Best Director (
Pavan Wadeyar Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and producer best known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012), for which he won the SI ...
), Best Cinematographer ( Vaidy S.), Best Lyricist (Pavan Wadeyar) and Best Fight Choreographer (
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). The copyrights for the Bengali remake were sold to
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.


Plot

Sharath is admitted to hospital after being attacked by a group of rowdies and is taken special care by the doctors as he is a rich industrialist. He was with Swathi who is revealed to be his friend to the journalist who helped them to reach to hospital. Swathi donates her blood to Sharath and movie shifts to flashback.Swathi was a MBBS student from Mysore who came to Bangalore to attend 'Global Economy Forum' which is taking place in the college were Sharath is an MBA student. On the first day she met Sharath and was surprised as he was hated by his whole college even though he is a first ranker. She has an interest about him when her roommate refers him as a 'mental' and has strong hate towards girl and love. On the event of the forum Sharath fell asleep when he was called out for the presentation and Swathi woke him up. He gives hilarious speech and was selected to the next round while Swathi was also selected. Sharath is disturbed by the thoughts of Swathi while sleeping and is afraid of being in love as he hate it.So he decide to say thank you to her for yesterday's incident and to get rid of her thoughts. While swathi was finding a reason to talk with this interesting man. The both met and talks to each other, where Swathi realizes he considers love is futile and girls are all for money.Sharath is a straight forward, difficult, intelligent guy. By this meet, both of them started to love each other. Over a period of time, Sharath starts to suspect every act of Swathi. One day, Swathi is injured and things become more complicated when he misunderstands Swathi's friend to be her boyfriend at a hospital where she is undergoing treatment. As a result, Sharath gets annoyed and slaps Swathi. Unlike any guy who'll normally brood over his past girlfriend, Sharath takes this as a challenge and devotes his time to his career, and becomes a huge entrepreneur within couple of years. After few years, Sharath realises his mistake of hurting Swathi and tries to reconcile with her by apologizing to her through a phone call on her birthday, but is hurt to hear that Swathi is getting engaged to someone and she never had such feeling for him. Later, he returns to
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to attend his friend's wedding in
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, and is surprised to see Swathi and he learns that they both will attend the same wedding. Upon further conversation with Swathi, he discovers that Swathi had lied to him regarding her engagement to get rid of him, because she didn't have the strength to be heartbroken again if Sharath would leave her for the second time. Thus, he win her heart again. Swathi later decides to reunite with him and they fall in love again, but on their way, a
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gang, who were thrashed by Sharath for separating two lovers, attacks him. After admitting Sharath in the hospital, Swathi donates her blood to Sharath where Sharath's mother scolds Swathi and she leaves without informing anyone. Sharath manages to find her in train station with the support of the media. When she replies she had lost her accessories and ticket in the station, where Sharath tells her that in spite of going through so much pain to find her she is lamenting the loss of something trivial. They reconcile with each other.


Cast

* Yash as International Businessman , an international businessman *
Kriti Kharbanda Kriti Kharbanda (born 29 October 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Kharbanda is a recipient of several accolades including a South Indian In ...
as Dr. Swathi, Sharath's love interest and a doctor *
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 ...
as Sharath'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 Kousalya, Sharath's mother *
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 Musthafa * Neenasam Ashwath as Ravi Joshi * Deepu as Madhu, Swathi's friend * Ashok Sharma as Narayana, Sharath's friend *
M. N. Lakshmi Devi Mysore Narasimhachar Lakshmi Devi, known as M. N. Lakshmi Devi, is a veteran film artist in Kannada films. She is from Chintamani and has had a career of 7 decades. She made her debut in Srinivasa Kalyana (1952) movie and has acted nearly in 1 ...
* Gopal Krushna Raul as Sharath's friend * Pavan Wadeyar in special appearance in "Yeno Yeno Aagide" *
Saurav Lokesh Saurav Lokesh (born 28 May 1984), also known as Bhajarangi Loki, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He rose to the fame with the 2013 blockbuster '' Bhajarangi''. Early life Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Rama ...
as a local goon


Production

Yash was cast to play Sharath, a misogynist university student.
Kriti Kharbanda Kriti Kharbanda (born 29 October 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Kharbanda is a recipient of several accolades including a South Indian In ...
was cast as a sincere medical student Swathi. The film marked their first film collaboration. Palaniraj and
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choreographed the action sequences, while the dance choreography were handled by Murali.
Joshua Sridhar Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) is an Indian composer. He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film '' Kaadhal'' which was released on 8 December 2004. Early life and education Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 19 ...
composed the soundtrack while ace Kannada music composer and state awardee
Anoop Seelin J. Anoop Seelin is an Indian film music director and playback singer primarily associated with the Kannada film industry. He has composed musical scores for films including ''Gooli'', ''Eddelu Manjunatha'', ''I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona'', ...
composed the background score. Filming took place in
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and
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with the climax scene shot at the railway station at
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in
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.


Soundtrack

The soundtrack music for the film was composed by
Joshua Sridhar Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) is an Indian composer. He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film '' Kaadhal'' which was released on 8 December 2004. Early life and education Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 19 ...
and the background music for the film was scored by
Anoop Seelin J. Anoop Seelin is an Indian film music director and playback singer primarily associated with the Kannada film industry. He has composed musical scores for films including ''Gooli'', ''Eddelu Manjunatha'', ''I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona'', ...
. The lyrics for the soundtracks were penned by
Jayant Kaikini Jayant Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist and script writer in Kannada cinema. He has published seven short story collections, six poetry collections, four essay colle ...
,
Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...
,
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and
Pavan Wadeyar Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and producer best known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012), for which he won the SI ...
. The album consisting of six soundtracks was released on 3 June 2013, in
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.


Reception


Critical response

''Googly'' received positive reviews from critics. G. S. Kumar of ''
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'' gave a 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Though the director has infused life into the story with excellent making, the narration could have been faster." ''
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'' gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Wadeyar is in complete control of the proceedings. Though most part of the film focuses on the leading pair, there is hardly a dull moment. The film cements Pavan Wadeyar's position as one among the promising directors in the Kannada industry." B. S. Srivani of ''
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'' gave 3/5 stars and praised the cast performances and music."


Box office

According to box office reports, ''Googly'' earned more than a crore on the first day and within the first four days of its release. According to the producer, the film collected gross at the box office in its first week. The film grossed at the box office. The satellite rights were sold for .


References


External links

* {{Pavan Wadeyar 2013 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films Indian romantic comedy films Kannada films remade in other languages Films directed by Pavan Wadeyar 2013 romantic comedy films Films scored by Joshua Sridhar