Salaga (film)
| Salaga | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Duniya Vijay |
| Written by | Duniya Vijay Maasthi Upparahalli |
| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Shiva Sena |
| Music by | Charan Raj |
Production company | Venus Enterrtainer |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Box office | ₹22−25 crores[1][2] |
Salaga is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Duniya Vijay in his directorial debut and produced by KP Srikanth.[3][4] It features Duniya Vijay himself along with Sanjana Anand, Daali Dhananjay, and Nagabhushan in prominent roles.[5][6] The film was released on 14 October 2021.[7]
Plot
In Bangalore, Slum Shetty is a gangster, who along with former gangster-turned BBMP corporator Indra and Juttu Seena are controlling the Bangalore underworld. Shetty learns that a person named Thyagaraja Ramanna is smuggling illegal arms from Mangalore Port for Salaga, who is operating from prison. Shetty sends Suri Anna to deal with him. Learning about Ramanna's attack, Salaga hires a cold-blooded gang named Batsman boys and kills Suri at a bar. Suri's brother Kenda is enraged and vows to kill Salaga. The trio, along with Kenda, learns that Salaga is released from prison, where they attempt to kill him, but Salaga escapes and kills Kenda, with the help of Batsman boys.
Salaga's childhood girlfriend Sanjana pursues Salaga to accept her love proposal, but he refuses where after much insistence, Salaga agrees. After increase in crime rates, The city commissioner appoints ACP Samrat to deal with the underworld. Salaga tracks Seena at the market, where he along with the Batsman boys kill him. With a person named Savithri's help, Samrat tracks down the Batsman boys and kills them. Due to Seena's death, Shetty gets scared of his gang and family members, where he gets into a road accident and admitted to a hospital. Salaga reaches the hospital and kills him, where he discreetly escapes with Sanjana and surrenders at the court. Samrat interrogates Salaga who reveals his past.
Salaga's real name was Vijay Kumar, who was from Uttar Karnataka. He arrived in Bangalore with his headmaster father and mother for his education. Vijay's father learns that their village people are also working as a coolies in the city, where he teaches their children, in order for them to be educated, but was ridiculed by Indra, Shetty, Seena and SI Ashwath, who makes the coolies believe their false statements for doing good to them. One day, Vijay thrashed Naga, when he harassed Sanjana's friend Kavya, where he was arrested by Ashwath in charges of killing Naga. Vijay tried to prove his innocence to his father and mother, but to no avail, After facing the embarrassment by their people, Vijay's father and mother committed suicide, leaving Vijay devastated.
Vijay was sent to a remand home where he learnt that Naga was actually killed by Slum Shetty, Seena and Indra, upon the request of Ashwath, as he suspected Vijay to be Kavya's (Ashwath's daughter) boyfriend and also wanted to embarrass Vijay's father. After his release from remand home, Vijay killed Ashwath where he was arrested again and sentenced to prison. After revealing his past to Samrat, Salaga escapes by shooting himself in his leg and blames Samrat for encounter-killing him. After the enquiry at the court, Salaga is released due to lack of evidence. Salaga tracks down Indra at a temple festival to kill him, After a confrontation with Samrat, Salaga manages to capture Indra and kills him, thus avenging his parents' death. Salaga surrenders himself to Samrat, where he is taken to prison.
Cast
- Duniya Vijay as Vijay Kumar / Salaga
- Sridhar H Krishna as Young Vijay
- Sanjana Anand as Sanjana
- Dhananjay as ACP Samrat
- BV Bhaskar as SI Bhaskar
- Nagabhushan as Vijay's Lawyer [8]
- Achyuth Kumar as Police Commissioner
- Cockroach Sudhi as Savitri
- Sampath Maitreya as Vijay's Father
- Usha Ravishankar as Vijay's Mother
- Yashwanth Shetty as Slum Shetty
- Channakeshava as Juttu Seena
- Neenasam Ashwath as SI Ashwath, Corrupt Officer
- Sathyanarayan Ummatthal as Sathyanna , Constable
- Rockline Sudhakar as Sanjana's Father
- Apoorva as Sanjana's Mother
- Shambhavi Venkatesh as Shetty's Wife
- Dinesh as Suri Anna
- Shreshta as Kenda, Suri's Brother
Production
Filming started in Bangalore in June 2019. In October 2019, it was reported that the film was in its last leg of production.[9]
Soundtrack
| Salaga | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2020 |
| Recorded | 2019 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 18:28 |
| Language | Kannada |
| Label | A2 Music |
| Official audio | |
| Salaga - Full Album on YouTube | |
The film's background score was composed by Charan Raj, with songs composed by Naveen Sajju.[10]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Suri Anna" | Duniya Vijay & team | Charan Raj | Anthony Daasan | 4:20 |
| 2. | "I Love You Sanjana" | Chethan Kumar | Naveen Sajju | Naveen Sajju | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Malaye Malaye" | Nagarjun Sharma | Charan Raj | Sanjith Hegde, Aishwarya Rangarajan | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Salaga Title Track" | Nagarjun Sharma | Charan Raj | Yogi B, Sharath, Charan Raj, Sanjith Hegde | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Salaga Promotional song" (Folk song) | Charan Raj | Girija Siddi, Geetha Siddi, Channakesava | 3:00 | |
| Total length: | 18:28 | ||||
Box office
The film collected ₹15.31 crores on first week and end up grossing over ₹22 crores at Box-office.[2] Pinkvilla reported that the film had collected ₹25 crore (US$3.0 million) in 25 days [1] and also completed 100 days across Karnataka and was declared a commercial success at the box office.[citation needed]
Awards and nominations
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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| 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | KP Srikanth | Nominated | [11] |
| Best Director | Duniya Vijay | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Dhananjay | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Usha Ravishankar | Nominated | ||
| Best Music Director | Charan Raj | Nominated | ||
| Best Lyricist | Nagarjun Sharma - "Malaye Malaye | Nominated | ||
| Best Female Playback Singer | Aishwarya Rangarajan - "Malaye Malaye" | Nominated | ||
| 10th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Film | KP Srikanth | Nominated | [12] [13] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dhananjay | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Yash Shetty | Nominated | ||
| Best Debut Director | Duniya Vijay | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b "Kotigobba 3 and Salaga: Kannada movies taste box office success". PINKVILLA. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Year Ender 2021: Highest-grossing Kannada Movies of the Year". News18. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Duniya Vijay says he is enjoying directing Salaga". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Duniya Vijay to make his directorial debut with Salaga". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Team 'Salaga' completes their first shooting schedule". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "'Salaga' to hit theatres for Ugadi festival on March 25". Times of India. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Duniya Vijay's 'Salaga' to release on October 14th". Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "'Salaga': Duniya Vijay calls Nagabhushan a 'great artist'". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Salaga gears up for final action schedule". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Duniya Vijay and Dhananjay join hands for Salaga". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory". Filmfare. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "SIIMA 2022 Honours Late Puneeth Rajkumar With Best Actor Award". News18. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "SIIMA WINNER'S 2022".