Dhairyam (2017 film)

Dhairyam (English: Courage) is a 2017 Indian Kannada film directed by Shiva Tejas who earlier directed Male (2015),[1][2] and produced by Dr. K Raju under the banner Raj Production. The film stars Ajay Rao,[3] Aditi Prabhudeva, P. Ravishankar, Sadhu Kokila, Jai Jagadish, and Honnavalli Krishna.

Dhairyam
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Shiva Tejas
Produced by	Dr. K Raju
Written by	Shiva Tejas
Starring	Ajay Rao P. Ravishankar Sadhu Kokila Aditi Prabhudeva Jai Jagadish Honnavalli Krishna
Music by	Emil Mohammad
Cinematography	Shekar Chandru
Edited by	K.M. Prakash
Production company	Raj Production
Distributed by	Raj Production
Release date	21 July 2017
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The music was composed by Emil, and art direction was done by K. Shiva Kumar. Stunt sequences were choreographed by Ravi Varma. The principal photography commenced on 18 September 2016 in Bangalore.[4] The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Dhairyam in 2018 on rkd studio.

Plot

Dhairyam is about Ajay (Ajay Rao), a state level rank student who comes from a lower-middle-class background and is always in financial trouble.[5] He falls in love with Parimala, whose parents are very practical about relationships and impose many terms and conditions in order for her to marry him. Ajay is already in too much of a burden as he has to arrange money for his father's cancer operation. The story is about how he manages these hurdles.

Cast

• Ajay Rao as Ajay
• Aditi Prabhudeva as Parimala
• P. Ravishankar as DCP Kashyap
• Jai Jagadish as Minister Dhasharatha
• Sadhu Kokila as Politician
• Honnavalli Krishna as Ajay's father
• Srinivas Prabhu as Parimala's father
• Sangeetha as Parimala's mother
• Padhmini as Ajay's mother

Soundtrack

Dhairyam
Soundtrack album by Emil
Released	2017
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Kannada
Label	Ananda Audio
Producer	Emil

The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Emil.[6]

Tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Selfie Hodkondu"	Tippu, Indu Nagaraj
2.	"Namduke Hingide"	Emil, Keerthana Iyer
3.	"Enappa Maadli Naanu"	Vijay Prakash, Anirudh
4.	"Dhairyam Sarvatra Sadhanam"	Karthika Shaji, Al Rufian

References

1. "The dhairyam I showed in real life helped me come this far". The Times of India. 18 July 2017.
2. "Ajai Rao's Next Film Titled As Dhairyam". filmibeat.com. 23 August 2016.
3. "Dhairyam is an action entertainer of the mind". newindianexpress.com.
4. "Dhairyam song shoot Ajai Sudeepana teamed". indiaglitz.com.
5. "Dhairyam Movie - Ajay Rao, Aditi Prabhudeva - Dir: Shiva Tejas - Released". sandalwoodking.rocks.
6. "Dhairyam (2017) Kannada Songs". 123Musiq.

External links

• Dhairyam at IMDb