Googly (film)

Googly
Kannada: ಗೂಗ್ಲಿ
Directed by	Pavan Wadeyar
Produced by	Jayanna Bhogendra
Written by	Pawan Wadeyar & Sai Prasad
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

• Yash as Sharath
• Kriti Kharbanda as Swathi
• Anant Nag as Sharath's father
• Sudha Belawadi as Kausalya
• Sadhu Kokila as Musthafa
• Neenasam Ashwath as Ravi Joshi
• Deepu as Mandy
• Ashok Sharma as Sharath's friend
• Gopal Krushna Raul as a sharath's friend

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

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]

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

External links

• Googly at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer on YouTube