Chingari (2012 film)
Chingari | |
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Directed by | Harsha |
Written by | Yoganand Muddan (dialogues) A. Harsha |
Produced by | B. Mahadevu |
Starring | Darshan Deepika Kamaiah Bhavana Srujan Lokesh YashasSuryaa Madhu Guruswamy |
Cinematography | H. C. Venu |
Edited by | Deepu S. Kumar |
Music by | V. Harikrishna |
Production company | Mahashaila Cine Sankula |
Distributed by | Samarth Ventures |
Release date |
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Running time | 163 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Budget | ₹7 crores to ₹8.5 crore (US$1.1 million) |
Box office | ₹ 7 crores to ₹ 12 crores |
Chingari, alternatively spelled as Chingaari, is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film starring Darshan, Bhavana and Deepika Kamaiah in the lead roles. The film is directed by A. Harsha and the music is composed by V. Harikrishna. It is also dubbed into Hindi as Chingaara. B. Mahadevu produced the film with a budget of ₹8.5 crore (US$1.1 million). The film was reported to be inspired by the 2008 French-American film, Taken as well as the 2007 American film Trade.
Premise
Dhanush is a CCB officer, who sets out to rescue his fiancèe Geetha in Switzerland who is kidnapped and about to be sold into prostitution.
Cast
- Darshan as Dhanush
- Deepika Kamaiah as Geetha
- Bhavana as Translator
- Srujan Lokesh as Srujan
- Yashas Surya
- Vera Prunn
- Richard Cobill as Jamshem
- Madhu Guruswamy as Vineesh Malhotra
Release
The movie got released in over 180+ theaters on 3 February 2012. Chingaari collected about ₹10 million (US$130,000) gross in its first day, Chingari also released in some of the Bangalore theaters which were screening only non-Kannada films with a great success. The movie broadcasts in the suvarna Kannada on the occasion of May day 2013.
Soundtrack
Chingari | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 2 January 2012 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Ashwini Audio |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Baare Baare" | Kaviraj | Kailash Kher | |
2. | "Gamanava" | Jayanth Kaikini | Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal | |
3. | "Kai Kaiyya" | Yogaraj Bhat | V. Harikrishna | |
4. | "Nee Midiyuve" | Kaviraj | Soumya Mahadevan | |
5. | "Chingari Theme" | Instrumental |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Times of India | |
CNN-IBN | |
Rediff | |
Bangalore Mirror |
The audio release function of Chingaari is directed by dance director turned director Harsha.A. Sudeep made the audio release on 2 January 2012. V. Harikrishna has composed 5 songs set to the lyrics of Kaviraj, Yogaraj Bhat and Jayanth Kaikini
Reception
Rediff gave 3 stars for the movie and appreciated Venu's camerawork, and also appreciated Darshan and Deepika Kamaiah performance. CNN IBN gave it 3 stars and said, "Darshan impresses with his stylish looks, comical acts and breathtaking action sequences. He dominates the entire film with his superb screen presence."
Box office
Its first week gross collections crossed ₹ 60.7 million, according to the distributor Prasad. The distributor’s share would be about ₹ 50 million in the first week of its release. It completed 50 days in 10 theatres.