''Rugged'' is a 2019 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

romantic action film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through da ...

written and directed by Mahesh Gowda and produced by Arun Kumar A. The film stars

Vinod Prabhakar Vinod Prabhakar, also known as Vinod, is an Indian film actor, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Vinod made his debut with the Kannada film ''Dil''. Filmography Films External links * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Prabh ...

and

Chaitra Reddy Chaitra Reddy is an Indian actress, who mainly works in the Kannada and Tamil languages. She made her Sandalwood debut in ''Rugged''. She is mainly known for her role of Kayal in the '' Kayal'' serial (2021). Life and career Chaitra started her ...

. The film's caption is "Neenu Malagisiruva Goriyolage Nanninu Jeevathavagiddene". This Movie was launched in November 2017 The project marks the first in the combination of Mahesh Gowda, Vinod Prabhakar and producer Arun Kumar A.

Cast

as Shivu *

as Nandini *

Rajesh Nataranga Rajesh Nataranga is an Indian actor who works in 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. ...

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 ...

*Deepak Shetty *

Thriller Manju Mailasandra Hanumappa Manjunatha Reddy, known popularly as Thriller Manju, is an Indian stunt coordinator, filmmaker, and actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. He has occasionally also served as screenwriter and choreographer. Apart from ...

Production

shed weight for the film.

Soundtrack

Reception

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 ...

'' rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "''Rugged'' is for die-hard commercial film watchers".

References

External links

* 2019 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian romantic action films 2010s masala films Films scored by Abhimann Roy {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub