''Swamy'' is a 2005 Indian
Kannada
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-language
romantic action film
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directed and co-written by M. S. Ramesh and produced by Bharathi Basavaraju. It stars
Darshan
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* Darshan (Judaism), a Scriptural ...
,
Gayatri Jayaraman in lead roles, besides
Avinash
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Arts and entertainment
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People
* Avinash Sachde ...
,
Jai Jagadish
Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, producer and director from the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as hero in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. Some of his most notable film ...
and
Rangayana Raghu
Koththuru Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is a recipient of multiple Filmfare Awards South, SIIMA Awards, an ...
in other pivotal roles. The film was released on 30 September 2005 across
Karnataka
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cinema halls and received a mixed response from critics and audiences. The critics mentioned that the storyline draws parallels from
Tamil
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film
Saamy
''Saamy'' ( God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Hari and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under the banner of Kavithalayaa Productions and presented by K. Balachander. The film stars Vikram in the main lead r ...
and ''
Anjaneya
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''.
Plot
Cast
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by
Gurukiran
Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next m ...
.
Reception
Film critic
R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''
IANS
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'' wrote that "Darshan starred 'Swamy' is a replica of the actor's previous hit "Ayya' in which he played the daring police officer's role with aplomb". ''WebIndia123'' wrote "Swamy" is a big letdown for Darshan fans. It is better for the actor to concentrate on good scripts in the future". ''Viggy'' wrote "If you want to see Darshan coming out of his existing image, you can help by watching Swamy!". ''Indiaglitz'' wrote "There is no logic throughout but only Darshan magic. This film appears to be set for front benchers and Darshan fans".
Swamy review
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References
External links
MusicIndiaonline - ''Swamy'' soundtrack
2005 films
2000s Kannada-language films
2000s masala films
Indian action films
Films scored by Gurukiran
2005 action films
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