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Kavalu Daari (2018)

Kavalu Daari poster
Original title
ಕವಲುದಾರಿ
Directed by
Hemanth M. Rao
Genre
thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rated
14
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a decades-old case that leads him into a web of secrets and crime. The story follows his quest for truth in a neo-noir thriller set in Bengaluru.

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What happens

Kavaludaari (transl. Crossroads) is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Hemanth Rao, presented by Puneeth Rajkumar and produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar of PRK Productions. Kavaludaari will be the first feature film presentation from the production house. The film stars Rishi, Anant Nag, Achyuth Kumar, Suman Ranganath, and Roshni Prakash in the lead roles, while Avinash, Sulile Kumar, Sampath, and Sidhaartha Maadhyamika play supporting roles. The music and background score for the film is composed by Charan Raj with cinematography by Advaitha Gurumoorthy and editing by Jagadeesh. The film released on 12 April 2019. Puneeth Rajkumar had revealed that the movie is being remade in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The film was remade in Tamil as Kabadadaari starring Sibiraj and in Telugu as Kapatadhaari starring Sumanth; both versions star Nandita Swetha. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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