''Yuvah'' (variously ''Yuva'') is a 2009

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 ...

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starring

Kartik Shetty Kartik Shetty (also known as Prajval Shetty) is a Mumbai-based Indian actor and director. He has acted in the Kannada films ''Yuva'' and ''Karthik''. He directed the Marathi film ''Bhakti Heech Khari Shakti'' and ''Than Than Gopal'' Personal l ...

and Madhu Sharma. It was directed by K Narendra Babu.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

Critical response

R G Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Actually Babu should have concentrated more in getting good from his lead actors. Karrthick is good in fights, but he is deficient in many critical sequences of the film. Madhu Sharma could have added little more meat to her role. Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover, Malayalam actor Manoj K Jayan and Kannada actor Shobharaj are quite effective in their roles. Ramesh Bhat and the film's younger villain Chandrashekhar have done well too. All in all, Yuvah is a good action film minus a good story". A critic from

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wrote "The more he tries to keep away from the dark underworld, the more it pursues him. The story gets tied together with how Karthik manages to teach the antisocial elements a lesson and also gets united with the love of his life. Yuva is a worthwhile watch if actionpacked love stories interest you". A critic from

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wrote "The director also loses grip on the narration in the first half. Lack of attention to detail is also evident as in the case of an engineering college lecturer teaching from an income tax text book. But Yuvah despite all the drawbacks is a decent effort and is worth a watch". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "''Yuvah'' is technically sound but the lack of a good, original storyline and average performances from lead artists are a let down. But action film lovers will enjoy the film". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Director K Narendra Babu has done a good job with this action-packed story with excellent narration, controlled script and sensible placement of sequences".

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