''Jugaari'' ( kn, ಜುಗಾರಿ) is a 2010

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 ...

film directed by S. D. Arvind. The music of the film was composed by Arjun Janya.The film was produced by Ramesh G.R.

Cast

* Avinash Diwakar as Shankara *

Harshika Poonacha Harshika Poonacha is an Indian actress born on 1 May 1993 who mainly works in Kannada and Bhojpuri films. She rose to fame with the 2008 Kannada film ''PUC''. Career Harshika Poonacha started her career at the age of 15 by acting in ''PUC'' (20 ...

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. K ...

* Sharath Lohitashwa *

B. Suresha B. Suresha is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for directing the films ''Artha'' (2003) and ''Puttakkana Highway'' (2011). Career B. Suresha made his debut as a child ac ...

* Girija Lokesh

Reception

Critical response

BS Srivani from

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printer ...

wrote "Harshika tries mightily to chew a role that is big for her and does a creditable job. The rest - Shivaji Jadhav, Avinash and several other actors - have all done a splendid job. “Jugaari” is intelligent cinema, with little “mass” appeal". A critic from

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote "Aravind’s USP is the narration of the story during the post-intermission session. The climax of this film is not only hilarious but also interesting and Suresh’s dialogues laced with North Karnataka diction give the audience a hearty laugh. Another scene, where the hero translocates a so-called social worker to a garbage dumping yard, provides comic relief".

References

2010 films Films scored by Arjun Janya 2010s Kannada-language films {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub