Plus (film)
Plus (Kannada: ಪ್ಲಸ್), also known as +, is a 2015 Indian Kannada suspense drama film directed by Gadda Viji and co-produced by Yogaraj Bhat. It stars Anant Nag as the lead protagonist with an image makeover. The supporting cast features Sudharani, Shalini Vadnikatti, P. Ravi Shankar and Chetan Chandra. Shruthi Hariharan appears in a song sequence. Based on the theme of 'good over evil', the plot of the film revolves around the life of a businessman trying to save himself being attacked by goons on bringing three persons all suffering from different psychological disorders together.
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| Directed by | Gadda Viji |
| Produced by | Yogaraj Bhat Rithesh |
| Screenplay by | Gadda Viji |
| Story by | Ritesh |
| Starring | Anant Nag Chetan Chandra Sudharani |
| Music by | Bharath B. J. Background score: Bharath B. J. Ravi Basrur |
| Cinematography | Guruprashanth Rai |
| Edited by | Suresh Armugam |
Production company | Filmy People Productions Yogaraj Movies |
| Distributed by | Yogaraj Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The soundtrack was composed by Bharath B. J., who collaborated with Ravi Basrur to score the background music. After a lot of hype surrounding the makers' innovative marketing strategy around Ananth Nag's new look; Upon theatrical release on 16 October 2015, the film was panned by critics for being complicated and ambiguous. The film was a box office disaster upon release in-spite of the stellar performances from stalwarts like Ananth Nag and Ravi Shankar.
Cast
- Anant Nag as Jaii
- Chetan Chandra as Vivek
- Shalini Vadnikatti as Nidhi
- Sudharani as Jai's wife
- Aishani Shetty
- P. Ravi Shankar as Rankasura
- Achyuth Kumar
- Suchendra Prasad
- B. Suresh
- Kari Subbu
- Prashanth Siddi
- Shweta Pandit
- Gourish Akki
- Danny
- Devu
- Niranjan
- Pawan Kumar
- Shruthi Hariharan and Ritesh in a special appearance in song "Sunday Banthu"
Soundtrack
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| Released | 4 July 2015 |
| Recorded | 2015 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 33:25 |
| Label | Alpha Digitech |
Bharath B. J. and Ravi Basrur scored the film's background music, and Bharath composed for its soundtrack. The lyrics for the soundtrack was written by Yogaraj Bhat, Goravi Aalduru and Nagesh Prasanna. The soundtrack album consists of ten tracks.[1] It was released in Bangalore on 4 July 2015 in the form of pen-drives.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kaanada Navilidu" | Goravi Aalduru | Chetan Gandharva | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Geluva Daari" | Nagesh Prasanna, Gubbi | Chetan Gandharva, Gubbi | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Namdella Bari Plussu" | Yogaraj Bhat | Vijay Prakash | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Plus Mashup" | Bharath B. J. | 4:02 | |
| 5. | "Shloka" | Anant Nag | 1:05 | |
| 6. | "Sari Tappu Kelada Moha" | Yogaraj Bhat | Papon, Ritisha Padmanabha | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Sunday Banthu" | Yogaraj Bhat | Bharath B. J., Indu Nagaraj | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Narcissistic (theme)" | Bharath B. J. | 2:28 | |
| 9. | "Mesophania (theme)" | Bharath B. J. | 3:04 | |
| 10. | "Discovery (theme)" | Bharath B. J. | 3:24 | |
| Total length: | 33:25 | |||
References
- "Plus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- "'Plus' audio comes". Indiaglitz. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015.