Googly (2013 film)
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| Directed by | Pavan Wadeyar |
| Written by | Pawan Wadeyar |
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| Cinematography | Anoop Seelin |
Production company | Jayanna Combines |
| Distributed by | Sadashiva M G |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹4 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹15 crore[2][3][1] |
Googly is a 2013 Indian
Googly was released on 19 July 2013 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success.[4] 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 (Vaidy S.), Best Lyricist (Pavan Wadeyar) and Best Fight Choreographer (Ravi Varma).[5] The copyrights for the Bengali remake were sold to Eskay Movies.[6]
Plot
Sharath is an intelligent
One day, Swathi is injured and things become more complicated when he misunderstands Swathi's friend to be her boyfriend at a hospital where she is undergoing treatment. As a result, Sharath gets annoyed and slaps Swathi. Unlike any guy who'll normally brood over his past girlfriend, Sharath takes this as a challenge and devotes his time to his career, and becomes a huge entrepreneur within couple of years. After few years, Sharath realises his mistake of hurting Swathi and tries to reconcile with her by apologizing to her through a phone call on her birthday, but is hurt to hear that Swathi is getting engaged to someone and she never had such feeling for him. Later, he returns to India to attend his friend's wedding in Mangalore, and is surprised to see Swathi and he learns that they both will attend the same wedding.
Upon further conversation with Swathi, he discovers that Swathi had lied to him regarding her engagement to get rid of him, because she didn't have the strength to be heartbroken again if Sharath would leave her for the second time. Thus, he win her heart again. Swathi later decides to reunite with him and they fall in love again, but on their way, a
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Cast
- Yashas International Businessman Sharath
- Kriti Kharbanda as Dr. Swathi, Sharath's love interest
- Anant Nag as Sharath's father
- Sudha Belawadi as Kousalya, Sharath's mother
- Sadhu Kokila as Musthafa
- Neenasam Ashwath as Ravi Joshi
- Deepu as Madhu, Swathi's friend
- Ashok Sharma as Narayana, Sharath's friend
- M. N. Lakshmi Devi
- Gopal Krushna Raul as Sharath's friend
- Pavan Wadeyar in special appearance in "Yeno Yeno Aagide"
- Saurav Lokesh as a local goon
Production
Palaniraj and
Soundtrack
| Googly | |
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Feature film soundtrack | |
| Length | 25:42 |
| Label | D Beats |
| Producer | V. Harikrishna |
The soundtrack music for the film was composed by
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Gandu Janma" | Jayant Kaikini | Sonu Nigam | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Googly Gandasare Keli" | Pavan Wadeyar | Haricharan, Apoorva Shridhar | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Bisilu Kudureyondu" | Yogaraj Bhat | Rajesh Krishnan | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Googly Googly" | Pavan Wadeyar | Pavan Wadeyar | 4:28 |
| Total length: | 25:42 | |||
Reception
Critical response
Googly received positive reviews from critics.
G. S. Kumar of The Times of India gave a 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Though the director has infused life into the story with excellent making, the narration could have been faster."[12] Bangalore Mirror gave 3.5/5 stars and 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. The film cements Pavan Wadeyar’s position as one among the promising directors in the Kannada industry."[13] B. S. Srivani of Deccan Herald gave 3/5 stars and praised the cast performances and music."[14]
Box office
According to box office reports, Googly earned more than a crore on the first day and ₹45 million (US$560,000) within the first four days of its release.[15] According to the producer, the film collected ₹70 million (US$880,000) gross at the box office in its first week.[16] The film grossed ₹90−130 million (equivalent to ₹−220 million or US$−2.8 million in 2023) at the box office. The satellite rights were sold for ₹20 million (US$250,000).[17]
References
- ^ a b "Sandalwood Report Card".
- ^ "Rocking star Yash's top 5 movies".
- ^ "Yash strikes gold with Googly". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Googly Box Office Report". 25 July 2013.
- ^ "And the SIIMA Awards go to..." The Times of India. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Bengali and Telugu filmmakers to throw Googly in theatres".
- ^ Vivek M.V. (8 April 2022). "Yash: The rise of the 'Rocking Star'". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Kriti Kharbandha turns busy bee!". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Chetana Divya Vasudev. "I can't wait for 'Googly' to happen to me again". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Googly: Old wine in a new bottle". cityplus.jagran.com. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Googly Audio Released". chitraloka.com. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Googly review". The Times of India. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Googly: Bhat's doosra". Bangalore Mirror. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Love's lessons hard to come by". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Googly setting new records for Yash". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Googly Box Office Report". 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Googly setting new records for Yash". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
External links
- Googly at IMDb
