Law (film)
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Directed by | Raghu Samarth |
Written by | Raghu Samarth |
Produced by | Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar M. Govinda |
Starring | Ragini Prajwal |
Cinematography | Sugnaan |
Edited by | Srikanth |
Music by | Vasuki Vaibhav |
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Distributed by | Amazon Prime Video |
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Law is a 2020 Indian
Plot
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Nandini is a law graduate who files a case of gang-rape and uses the power of social media to gain support. After several delays by an ineffective local police, the case is handed over to the CBI. Parthasarathy Brahma, the officer in-charge, sets about his investigation and finds out that the culprits are Kamalesh Lad, Bhandari and Kanthi Kotwal, all sons of powerful and corrupt politicians. The trial begins with Nandini representing herself, against the formidable prosecutor and all the evidence is in favour of Nandini. After a series of turns and twists, Brahma begins to doubt that the crime even happened.
Cast
- Ragini Prajwal as Nandini[2]
- Mukhyamantri Chandru as the judge[3]
- Siri Prahlad as Dashmi[3]
- Achyuth Kumar as Jagadish Prakash[3]
- Sudha Rani[3]
- Avinash as Nandini's father[1]
- Krishna Hebbale as Parthasarathy Brahma[3]
- Rajesh Nataranga as Shyam Prasad[4]
- Mandya Ramesh as the police inspector[4]
Production
In March 2019, it was announced that Ragini Prajwal would be making her feature film debut in Law, directed by Raghu Samarth and produced by Puneeth Rajkumar's PRK Productions. Regarding the title, Raghu said the protagonist "is a law graduate, and due to her circumstances, she ends up fighting her own case. This is why we thought the title worked."[5] Ragini said she accepted the film because of its script, adding, "I didn't see myself doing a romantic film as my debut, so I thought this movie is a great first choice." The film was produced by Puneeth's wife Ashwini and M. Govinda.[6] Besides directing, Raghu also wrote the script and interacted with a retired crime branch officer D. K. Shivaram and advocate Nagendra as part of his research.[7] Cinematography was handled by Sugnaan, and editing by Srikanth.[8]
Music
The music is composed by Vasuki Vaibhav.[9] The film's only song is "Happy Song", a "new-age party song" written by Jayanth Kaikini and sung by Vasuki Vaibhav and Madhuri Seshadri.[10][11]
Release
Law had a
Reception
Haricharan Pudipeddi, writing for the portal Cinestaan, rated the film one star and termed it "unimaginably bad".
References
- ^ a b Ramnath, Nandini (17 July 2020). "'Law' review: A lightweight legal drama about a rape survivor". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A. (14 July 2020). "Law best debut I could have had: Ragini Prajwal". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Sharadhaa, A. "Law Movie Review: This courtroom drama makes a case for women's rights". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ a b c K., Janani (17 July 2020). "Law Movie Review: Ragini Prajwal gets her own Ponmagal Vandhal". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Ragini Chandran's debut titled Law". Cinema Express. 18 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Ragini Chandran: The script of Law is what got me in". Cinema Express. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "'Law' director Raghu Samarth always want to see strong women characters". The New Indian Express. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Amazon Prime Video (25 June 2020). "The facts will be witnessed on a new date, #LawOnPrime will premiere on July 17, 2020!". Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Vasuki Vaibhav begins dubbing for French Biryani". The Times of India. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Joy, Prathibha (12 July 2020). "Law is not a routine legal drama: Raghu Samarth". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "'Happy Song' single from Kannada film Law". Telangana Today. 13 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ a b Balachandran, Logesh (26 June 2020). "Kannada film Law to release on Amazon Prime Video on July 17". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Kannada film 'Law' gets new release date on Amazon Prime Video". The News Minute. 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Balachandran, Logesh (26 June 2020). "Kannada film Law to release on Amazon Prime Video on July 17". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Suresh, Sunayana (16 May 2020). "As two Kannada films get direct OTT releases, Sandalwood says yes to new business model". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Pudipeddi, Haricharan (18 July 2020). "Law review: Amazon Prime's Kannada legal drama is unimaginably bad". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Rajendran, Sowmya (17 July 2020). "'Law' review: Ragini Prajwal's courtroom drama is let down by bad writing". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Karthik (17 July 2020). "Law movie review: This Kannada legal drama is gloriously bad". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- Film Companion. Archivedfrom the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
External links
- Law at IMDb