Googly (film)

Googly
Kannada: ಗೂಗ್ಲಿ
Directed by Pavan Wadeyar
Produced by Jayanna
Bhogendra
Written by Pawan Wadeyar
Starring Yash
Kriti Kharbanda
Anant Nag
Music by Joshua Sridhar
Background score:
Anoop Seelin
Cinematography Vaidy S.
Edited by Sanath Suresh
Production
company
Jayanna Combines
Release dates
  • 19 July 2013 (2013-07-19)
Country India
Language Kannada
Box office ₹150 million (US$2.2 million)[1]

Googly is a 2013 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film directed by Pavan Wadeyar and produced by Jayanna Combines. Yash and Kriti Kharbanda are the lead actors while Ananth Nag and Sadhu Kokila play the primary supporting roles. The film released on 19 July 2013.[2]

The film won multiple nominations at the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards. Having been nominated in 11 categories, the film won SIIMA awards for Best Director (Pavan Wadeyar), Best Cinematographer (Vaidi S.), Best Lyricist (Pavan Wadeyar) and Best Fight Choreographer (Ravi Varma).[3]

Plot

Googly is a love story told using flashbacks. It revolves around Sharath (Yash), a commerce student, and Swathi (Kriti Kharbanda), a medical student. Sharath is an unusual character who is full of energy, where as Swathi is a simple girl. They meet at Sharath's college in Bangalore where a forum is to be held. Before their love story begins, misunderstandings occur causing Swathi to leave for her hometown of Mysore. After 2 years, they are reunited when traveling to a friend wedding. The events that occur from then on form the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Choreography and music

Palaniraj and Ravi Verma choreographed the action scenes, with dance choreography done by Murali. Joshua Sridhar composed the score and soundtrack while ace Kannada music composer and state awardee Anoop Seelin scored the background music. Lyrics were written by Yogaraj Bhat, Jayanth Kaikini, Pavan Wadeyar and Kaviraj.

Filming

The filming of Googly took place in Bengaluru, Sakleshpur, Moodabidre and Mangaluru over forty days. One of the songs was shot in Malaysia

Soundtrack

Googly
Soundtrack album by Joshua Sridhar
Released 3 June 2013
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 25:42
Label D Beats
Producer V. Harikrishna

The soundtrack music for the film was composed by Joshua Sridhar and the background music for the film was scored by Anoop Seelin.[4] The lyrics for the soundtracks were penned by Jayant Kaikini, Yogaraj Bhat, Kaviraj and Pavan Wadeyar. The album consisting of six soundtracks was released on June 3, 2013, in Bangalore.[5]

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Gandu Janma"  Pavan WadeyarPavan Wadeyar 4:21
2. "Eno Eno Aagide"  KavirajHaricharan 4:52
3. "Neenirade"  Jayant KaikiniSonu Nigam 4:24
4. "Googly Gandasare Keli"  Pavan WadeyarHaricharan, Apoorva 4:15
5. "Bisilu Kudureyondu"  Yogaraj BhatRajesh Krishnan 3:22
6. "Googly Googly"  Pavan WadeyarPavan Wadeyar 4:28
Total length:
 25:42

Reception

A Cut-out of Yash and the crowd gathered at Santhosh Theater in Bangalore screening Googly in 2013

Critical reception

The film opened to generally positive reviews from critics upon release. G. S. Kumar of The Times of India reviewed the film and gave a 3.5/5 rating writing, "Armed with a good script, director Pavan Wadeyar has done a good job of a romantic story with neat narration and screenplay capturing the trauma of a young industrialist..." He concludes crediting the performances of Yash, Kharbanda, and the film's music and cinematography.[6] Bangalore Mirror in its review wrote, "Wadeyar is in complete control of the proceedings. Though most part of the film focuses on the leading pair, there is hardly a dull moment. His dialogues are brimming with wit and humour." and added, " Yash is at his best and truly establishes himself as a star material in Sandalwood. Kriti’s charm continues and she is sure to ‘wound more hearts’ in the gallery in this film as well."[7] Writing of Deccan Herald, B. S. Srivani rated the film 3/5 and praised the performances of the actors and gave a special mention to the film's music. Of the music, she wrote, "the film’s music plays an important part in shoving the aberration aside. Both Anoop Seelin and Joshua Sridhar come up with scintillating scores. That the tunes are catchy and are a rage is not surprising at all. Seelin’s background score is refreshing and complements Joshua’s work nicely."[8]

Box office

Released on 19 July 2013, Googly, according to box office reports earned more than a crore on the first day and ₹45 million (US$670,000) within the first four days of its release.[9] According to the producer, the film collected ₹70 million (US$1.0 million) gross at the box office in its first week.[10] The film completed a 100 day run in theaters, and grossed ₹150 million (US$2.2 million) at the box office. Satellite rights were sold for ₹20 million (US$300,000).[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Yash strikes gold with Googly". The Times Of India.
  2. ↑ "Googly Box Office Report".
  3. ↑ "And the SIIMA Awards go to...". The Times of India. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Googly: Old wine in a new bottle". cityplus.jagran.com. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Googly Audio Released". chitraloka.com. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Googly review". The Times of India. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Googly: Bhat's doosra". Bangalore Mirror. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Love's lessons hard to come by". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Googly setting new records for Yash". The Times Of India.
  10. ↑ "Googly Box Office Report".
  11. ↑ "Googly setting new records for Yash". The Times Of India.

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