''Somu Sound Engineer'' is a 2024 Indian

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-language film directed by Abhi, making his debut, and produced by Christopher Kini. The film stars Shrestha, Shruthi Patil, Jahangir, Girish Jatti, Yash Shetty, and Apoorva.

Synopsis

Somu lives in the city without a job, hanging out with his friends, fighting with boys, something happens in his life that changes his life. How he changes because of that. What is the path of his life and what will happen to the hero in the future is the summary of the story of this film.

Cast

Production

The technical team of ''

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'' and ''

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'' after being impressed with the results of their previous works and their appreciation joined the crew. They cast Shrestha as the lead actor and ''Shruthi Patil'' was paired alongside him. "Unlike films where the cast usually takes precedence over the technical team, this one will see a set of technicians, who have been around in the industry for more than a decade and have carved a niche for themselves, coming together to back a new director and young actors", said Maasthi who co-wrote the dialogues for the film. Director Suri contributed his part by writing the nameboard and title design for the film. The film was shot in the Koodalasangama area of Ilakal Ganjihala in

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taluk of

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district.

Soundtrack

Charan Raj Charan Rajkumar is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi films. Career Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South ...

composed the background score and soundtrack of the film.

Release

The film was released on 15 March 2024.

Reception

Harish Basavarajaiah for ''

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'' rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Director Abhi Basavraj has naturally brought in that rural set-up to theatres." A Sharadhaa from ''

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'' rated 2.5 out of 5 and stated "The portrayal of Somu’s journey maintains its realistic tone, though the fault lies in stretching the narrative, Initially, the viewers are presented with a clear image of Somu and his struggles with anger issues, and at one point, you don’t want to know more about it, but this gets extensively explored before introducing significant plot twists at the interval." A critic of ''

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'' rated 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "The love story that comes along with a good number by music director Charan Raj is noteworthy."

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* {{IMDB title 2024 films 2020s Kannada-language films Films set in Karnataka Films shot in Karnataka 2024 directorial debut films 2020s Indian films 2024 action films