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]
| Salaga | |
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| 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] |
Plot
editIn 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 real name as Vijay Kumar and reveals his past.
Past: Vijay Kumar hails from Uttar Karnataka, and he arrives in Bangalore with his headmaster father and mother for his education. Vijay's father learns that their village people are also working as labourers in the city. He teaches their children in the city in order for them to be educated, but is ridiculed by Indra, Shetty, Seena and SI Ashwath, who makes the labourers believe their false statements about doing good for them. One day, Vijay thrashes Naga as he harassed Sanjana's friend Kavya.
Vijay gets arrested by Ashwath in charges of killing Naga, where he tries 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 commits suicide, leaving Vijay devastated. Vijay is sent to a remand home where he learns that Naga was actually killed by Slum Shetty, Seena and Indra upon the request of Ashwath as he suspects Vijay to be Kavya's (Ashwath's daughter) boyfriend and also wants to embarrass Vijay's father. After his release from remand home, Vijay kills Ashwath. He is arrested again and sentenced to prison.
Present: 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 and kills him, thus avenging his parents' death. Salaga surrenders himself and is taken to prison.
Cast
edit- 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
- Nagabhushana as Vijay's Lawyer
- 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
editFilming started in Bangalore in June 2019. In October 2019, it was reported that the film was in its last leg of production.[8]
Soundtrack
edit| 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.[9]
| 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
editThe 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 and became a commercial success at the box office.[1]
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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| 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | KP Srikanth | Nominated | [10] |
| Best Director | Duniya Vijay | Won | ||
| 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 | [11] [12] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dhananjay | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Yash Shetty | Nominated | ||
| Best Debut Director | Duniya Vijay | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Suresh, Sunayana. "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.
- ^ Kodur, Swaroop. "Duniya Vijay's 'Salaga' to release on October 14th". Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "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. 8 May 2019. 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".