| Dhumm | |
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| Directed by | M. S. Ramesh |
| Screenplay by | M. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar |
| Story by | A. R. Murugadoss |
| Based on | Dheena (Tamil) |
| Produced by | Kanakapura Srinivas K. P. Srikanth |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | H. C. Venu |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | SRT Entertainments |
| Distributed by | Ramu enterprises |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Dhumm is a 2002 IndianKannada action drama film directed by M. S. Ramesh, starringSudeep andRakshita. The film features background score and soundtrack composed byGurukiran and lyrics byKaviraj andV. Nagendra Prasad. The film released on 27 September 2002. It was a critical and commercial success. The film was dubbed in Telugu asHero No.1 and in Hindi asDumdaar.[1] The film was box office Hit. Completed 50 days in All released Centres. This movie is an official remake of Tamil movieDheena (2001) starringAjith Kumar, and also had made changes for the taste ofKannada audience.
The protagonist Varada (Sudeep) is like fire when faced with injustice. His heart is cool as ice otherwise. He picks up a machete for a solid reason and continues his vengeance when required. His mother is against Varada's violent principles but Varada thinks he is the only bad element in the house and never gives up his ideals. But subconsciously Varada is also struggling to get a good name and this is established in the climax.
The fiery handsome guy in love with his opponent's daughter (Rakshita) reaches a tight spot when his sister is murdered. He hatches a clever plot and fulfills his task of restoring the glory of his father. He begs his mother to accept him as a good son after settling his scores with some goons.
The soundtrack was composed byGurukiran collaborating withSudeep for the second time afterChandu (2002). All the lyrics were written byV. Nagendra Prasad.The soundtrack was released by Ashwini Recording Company.
| Dhumm | ||||
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | Ashwini Recording Company | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:01 | |||
| Language | Kannada | |||
| Label | Ashwini Audio | |||
| Producer | Gurukiran | |||
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| No. | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist |
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| 1 | "Savaligu Kavaligu" | Shankar Mahadevan | V. Nagendra Prasad |
| 2 | "Ee Touchali Eno Ide" | Lakshmi | V. Nagendra Prasad |
| 3 | "Ameeshage Tensionu" | Gurukiran Sowmya Raoh | Kaviraj |
| 4 | "Mataadu Mathaadu" | Hariharan | V. Nagendra Prasad |
| 5 | "Baa Ba Baara" | Suresh Wadkar K. S. Chithra | V. Nagendra Prasad |
Chitraloka.com wrote that "This is an action extravaganza. M.S.Ramesh has really showed his ‘guts’ in making a nice action film that stands out from other action films. The dialogues and wonderful performance by key artistes has boosted up the quality of the film. [...] Congrats for the convincing job done by Ramesh and Team".[2]
Regarding the Telugu dubbed versionHero No. 1,Gudipoodi Srihari ofThe Hindu wrote that "Sudeep does not look like a debut-making hero. He plays his role with ease".[1]
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| Awards won | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nominations | N/A | ||||||||||