''Ranam '' is a 2021 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 ...

-language film written and directed by V Samudra, and produced by Kanakapura Srinivas starring

Chiranjeevi Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja (17 October 1980 - 7 June 2020) was an Indian film actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years. Early life and family Sarja was born ...

, Deepti Sati, Chetan Kumar and

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with a music score by Ravi Shankar and Chinna and cinematography by Niranjan Babu it was released in India on 26 March 2021. The film marks Sarja's penultimate and posthumous appearance following his untimely demise on 7 June 2020.

Plot

The story tells about four students who take it upon themselves to solve the problems being faced by farmers and decide to take on corrupt politicians.

Cast

* Deepti Sati * Chetan Kumar *

* Amir Ali Shaik *

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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 ...

* Neethu Gowda * Preeti Sharma

Production

''Ranam'' is 21st cinema for the producer R Srinivas The film was supposed to be released in 2020 itself due to

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the move had a delayed-release. The movie was supposed to be released as the first

move after lockdown. ''Ranam'' was the last film for Chiranjeevi Sarja.

Soundtrack

Reception

Reviewing ''Ranam'' for ''

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'', Sunayana Suresh gave two stars from five. Suresh concluded: "Chiranjeevi, as the tough cop, is good, but the rest of the film does not hold up to that"

References

External links

* {{V. Samudra 2021 films Indian action films Films set in Karnataka 2020s Kannada-language films 2020s Indian films Films shot in Karnataka Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic