Dhwaja (film)

Dhwaja (transl. Flag) is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language political action thriller film written by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and directed by Ashok Cashyap and produced by Sudha Basavegowda under CBG Productions. It features Ravi, Priyamani Divya Urudga in the lead role and along with T.N Seetharam, Veena Sundhar and Bala Rajwadi as a lead negative role. Ravi who is making his Debut through this movie played dual role in his first venture. The film is the remake of 2016 Tamil film Kodi. The film's features songs composed by Santhosh Narayanan and Chinna, with the former's music re-used from the original, Kodi. The background score was composed by Chinna.the cinematography is performed by the director Ashok Cashyap himself.[1][2][3]

Dhwaja
Directed byAshok Cashyap
Produced bySudha Basavegowda
Written byR. S. Durai Senthilkumar
Based onKodi
StarringRavi
Priyamani
Divya Urudga
Bala Rajwadi
Music bySanthosh Narayanan,
Chinna
CinematographyAshok Cashyap
Edited byRavi Chandran
Production
company
CBG production
Distributed byCBG production
Release date
  • April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Besides Bangalore, the filming took place in Mysore and the climax scene was shot at Mysore, Karnataka.

Cast
  • Ravi in a dual role as Dhwaja and Janardhan
  • Priyamani as Ramya, Dhwaja's Girlfriend, the main antagonist
  • Bala Rajwadi as Balaramanna, lead villain role
  • Divya Urudga as Moote Mahalakshmi, egg seller, Janardhan's love interest
  • Veena Sundhar as Dhwaja and Janardhan's mother
  • T.N.Seetharam as president of opposition party and former CM

Soundtrack
Dhwaja
Soundtrack album by
Santhosh Narayanan
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageKannada
LabelSony Music India
ProducerSanthosh Narayanan

. The soundtrack album for Dhwaja is composed by Santhosh Narayanan reusing all tunes from original film. The audio rights of the film was acquired by Sony Music India. The complete album was released on 25 April 2018 at Bengaluru.. The album consists of five tracks.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Oora Devru"Manju MandavyaVijay Prakash2:59
2."Hey Malli"Chandan ShankarVijay Prakash3:37
3."Jogulave Jogulave"K. KalyanShweta Mohan4:00
4."Agala Eshto Akasha"KavirajSonu Nigam, Shweta Mohan3:59
5."Dhwaja"RaviVasishta N. Simha3:26
Total length:18:20

Critical reception

The indian express wrote "Although a story like Dhwaja is universal, the film having nothing original leaves a sour impression about the makers. It seems like the film was made only to cash in on the elections that are around the corner."[4][5]

References
  1. Dhwaja Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Dhwaja by Times of India, retrieved 13 June 2019
  2. "Priyamani in Dhwaja". Box Office India. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. "Actress-Politician Ramya has nothing to do with Dhwaja". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. "Dhwaja review: Only an imitation of Kodi".
  5. "ವಾಸ್ತವ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿಡಿದ ಕನ್ನಡಿ: ಧ್ವಜ-Movie Review". vijaykarnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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