''Santha'' () is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language

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directed by S. Muralimohan, who also penned the dialogues and screenplay for a story by Ajay Kumar. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles. The film's theme was similar to the 1995 Shivarajkumar starrer '' Om'' for which Muralimohan worked as an associate director.

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scored and composed the film's soundtrack. Although the film was released on 18 May 2007 to negative reviews, the film had a large opening and turned out to be a commercially safe venture.

Cast

as Santha *

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* Sangliyana * Komal *

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Soundtrack

Tracks

# "Superman Spiderman Pokémon" - # "Bhagyavantha Kai Kotta" - # "Dhava Dhava Dhava" - # "Naguvirali Sukavirali" - # "Naguvirali Sukavirali" (female) - # "Heart Anno Adda" -

Reception

R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' wrote that "If you want to see something fresh and different, then ''Santha'' has little to offer. But it may be a good viewing for Shivaraj Kumar's fans that are seeing an action thriller from their hero after a long time.". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "''Santha'' could have been much better if director Murali Mohan had worked hard on the script and had writer Ajay Kumar not dished another run-of-the-mill story". A critic from ''Chitraloka'' wrote that "Santha will be remembered well mainly because of the performances of Shivaraj Kumar and Komal".

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*{{IMDb title, 14318638 Indian gangster films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian crime action films 2007 films 2000s crime action films