''Loosegalu'' () is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by Arun and starring

Sriimurali Sri Murali Gowda (born 17 December 1981), known as Sriimurali and sometimes Murali, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. After making his debut in 2003 in '' Chandra Chakori'', he appeared in '' Kanti'' as the eponymous ...

, Shreeki,

Akul Balaji Akul Balaji (born Akula Balaji on 23 February 1979) is an Indian actor, television host and dancer who works in Kannada and Telugu television shows and films. He started his career by acting and hosting television shows and has participated i ...

, Aishwarya Nag,

Shravya Rao Shravya Rao is an Indian actress who works in Kannada and Telugu-language films. Personal life and career She is the daughter of director Om Prakash Rao and actress Rekha Das. She decided against appearing in one her father's directorial and ...

, and

Rekha Vedavyas Rekha, also known as Akshara, is a former Indian actress, who predominantly acts in Kannada films and also appears in Telugu and Tamil films. While pursuing modelling, she made her acting debut in the 2001 Kannada film '' Chitra'' and has sin ...

Cast

as Kabir *Shreeki as Buji *

as Shankar * Aishwarya Nag as Milky *

as Maggie

Production

The film began production as ''Naavu Loosegalu Neevu Loosegalu'' () before the title was shortened. The film is produced by restaurant owner Sayed Hussain.

Vijay Raghavendra Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada cinema, Kannada films. Referred to popularly as "Chinnari Mutha", Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Dr. Rajkumar. Vijay started his car ...

wore a wig for his role in the film. This film marked the debut of

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 ...

and

Rekha Das Rekha Das is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rekha Das as an actress include '' Shwethaagni'' (1991), '' Shanti Kranti'' (1991), and '' Hoovu Hannu'' (1993). Personal life She was married to Kanna ...

's daughter Shravya Rao. As part of film promotions, the film's title was written in 4D and the name of the film was written as a barcode.

Soundtrack

This film marks the debut of

Vani Harikrishna Vani Harikrishna is an Indian film playback singer and music director, who works in South Indian films, primarily in Kannada cinema. She has composed, written and sung several devotional songs before entering into the film playback singing. Sh ...

, wife of

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and Producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first ...

, as a music director. Restaurant worker Raghavendra worked as a lyric writer.

Release and reception

The film was initially scheduled to release on 19 July 2013 before the date was pushed to 26 July. A critic from ''

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'' opined that "The director has made an honest attempt to showcase youths and their troubles, but the movie falls short of expectations and in the process fails to impress the audience". A. Sharadhaa of ''

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 Naidu ...

'' stated that "A moral lesson of sorts, Loosegalu tries to tell us about what happens when we try to take shortcuts to success but it loses track on the way". A critic from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...

'' wrote that "The movie has a good theme to deal with, but the narration is too slow and many times lengthy keeping you guessing what the director wants to say".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 3086074 2013 films Indian romantic comedy films 2010s Kannada-language films