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Roberrt is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Tharun Sudhir[6] and produced by Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda under the banner of Umapathy Films. The film stars Darshan, Vinod Prabhakar,[7] Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan, debutante Asha Bhat,[8] Devaraj and P. Ravi Shankar.

Roberrt
Promotional poster
Directed by	Tharun Sudhir
Written by	Tharun Sudhir
Produced by	Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda
Starring	Darshan Jagapathi Babu Vinod Prabhakar Asha Bhat Ravi Kishan Devaraj P. Ravi Shankar[1]
Cinematography	Sudhakar S. Raj
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Music by	Score: V. Harikrishna Songs: Arjun Janya
Production company	Umapathy Films
Distributed by	Umapathy Films
Release date	11 March 2021 (2021-03-11) [2]
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	₹ 102 crores [note 1][5]

V. Harikrishna and Arjun Janya composed the soundtrack. Cinematography and editing are performed by Sudhakar S. Raj and K. M. Prakash respectively. The film was theatrically released on 11 March 2021 and received mixed to positive reviews from critics and went on to become the sixth highest-grossing Kannada film.

Plot

Raghava lives in Lucknow with his son Arjun and is the head cook in a Brahmin caterer where he helps his caterer's daughter Amrutha in a catering job, who soon falls for him for his honesty. Meanwhile, Balaram Tripathi, an ex-minister vows vengeance on Raghava: Balaram had planned an assassination attempt on ministerial candidate Omkar Shukla after he was humiliated in a wrestling betting, but was saved by Raghava. Tripathi had arranged his son Kishan's marriage with the Central minister's daughter for political gain but was ruined by Raghava and Arjun.

Tripathi kidnaps Raghava and tells his henchman to finish him off and Arjun (who was asleep in his home), who is held at gunpoint, but Raghava violently finishes all of them and Tripathi. Kishan seeks the help of crime boss, Sarkar, to kill Raghava and dispatches men to finish him. Raghava kills them without anyone's knowledge, where Sarkar is astonished to see Raghava and reveals that Raghava is Roberrt and Arjun is not his son. When confronted by Amrutha to reveal his past, Raghava/Roberrt reveals that few years ago, Roberrt and Raghava were friends/brothers, who worked for Sarkar's elder brother Nanabhai in Mangalore.

Sarkar and Nanabhai were separated from each other due to jealousy. Roberrt helped Raghava and Thanu express their love for each other to their parents, who declined but later accepted their relationship. They get married and Arjun was born to them. Meanwhile, Roberrt and Raghava discover Nana's son Cherry indulging in human trafficking and they kill him despite Nana's requests. While celebrating Arjun's birthday, Nana's gang were attacked by unknown forces and Thanu was killed in the crossfire. Depressed about Thanu's death and worried about Arjun's future, Raghava became approver to the cops by divulging Nana's crimes to the commissioner.

Raghava finds that Nana had planned the encounter and arrived at Roberrt's den where he believed Roberrt to be behind Nana's plan, the two indulge in a fight. However, Nana arrived along with Sarkar and had shot Raghava and knocked Roberrt. Nana revealed that it was all their plan and also divulged that Nana was the main mastermind behind the human traffickling and Cherry was following his orders. Nana killed Thanu's parents and thrown a dead Raghava, Roberrt and an infant Arjun into a ship container where they drown it in the sea. Roberrt and Arjun survived and escaped from the drowned container.

Raghava made Roberrt to take a vow that he would raise Arjun in a non-violent manner. After the revelation, Roberrt/Raghava request Amrutha to keep his past as a secret from Arjun. Meanwhile, Nana and Sarkar arrive in Lucknow where he traps Amrutha's father Vishwanath Bhat in a food poisoning case and also frames Roberrt/Raghava in Tripathi's murder case. He calls Roberrt/Raghava and divulges that they kidnapped Arjun and tells him to finish the matter once and for all. Roberrt/Raghava arrives and finishes Nana, Kishan, and Sarkar without Arjun's knowledge where they have killed in Ram Navami event.

Cast

Production

Production of the film began with the working title D53.[9] Producers of Hebbuli and Ondalla Eradalla, Umapathy Films, announced that they would collaborate with Darshan[10] under the direction of Tharun Kishore Sudhir,[11] in whose debut movie Chowka (2017), Darshan had made a special appearance as Robert. Principal photography began in June 2019.[12] The first theme poster was released by the production house on 6 November 2018, while the title of the movie was announced as "Roberrt"[13] on 25 December 2018 on Christmas. The second theme poster of the movie was released on 5 June 2019 on the eve of Ramzan festival.[14][15]

Coinciding with the announcement of the title, a theme poster was also released on 25 December 2018. The poster saw Darshan as the incarnation of Hanuman with Rama on his shoulder.[16] Mehreen Pirzada was initially selected as the heroine of the movie but opted out due to dates issue.[17] The shooting of the movie had been undergoing confidentially with mobile phones reportedly banned at the shoot locations.[16] Director Tharun Sudhir had revealed that Darshan would be portraying two different shades^[clarify] in the movie.[18]

Soundtrack

Roberrt
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	2021[19]
Recorded	2019–2020
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:53
Language	Kannada
Label	Anand Audio
Producer	Arjun Janya
Arjun Janya chronology
Odeya (2019) Roberrt (2021) Kotigobba 3 (2021)

The film's songs are composed by Arjun Janya. This marks the fourth collaboration of Janya and Darshan after Chakravarthy, Tarak and Odeya. The rerecording of the movie is by V. Harikrishna.

Kannada

• Roberrt's first song, "Ba Ba Ba Na Ready," was released on 3 March 2020.[20]
• The makers released "Jai Sri Ram" from the movie. The song has two versions, out of which one version has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan, and another was sung by Chorus ft. Divya Kumar.
• The third song, "Dostha Kano," was released on 21 March 2020.
• "Kannu Hodiyaka" was released on 20 February 2021.
• "Baby Dance Floor Ready" was released on 28 February 2021.

Telugu

Release

Roberrt was released on 11 March 2021 along with Telugu dubbed version by the same name, [21] on an eve of Maha Shivaratri in 1200 theatres worldwide. It was originally scheduled for a release in April 2020,[22] The film was delayed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[23] The film was released on about 1600 screens, including 650 in Karnataka and about 350 in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, 300 in rest of India and 300 in overseas.^{[citation needed]} It was also dubbed in Hindi under the same title by RKD Studios.

Home media

The digital rights of the film was bagged by Amazon Prime Video. It was released for streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 25, in five languages - Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. The satellite rights of the Kannada and Hindi versions of the film, were taken by Udaya TV and Colors Cineplex. For the first time ever, the Kannada version was telecasted on November 4, at 6:30 P.M.

Reception

Critical reception

Sunayana Suresh, in her review for The Times of India, rated 4/5 and stated, "Darshan and Tharun Kishore Sudhir teaming up for the first time together for a full fledged film. The film, which releases almost a year after its original release date, manages to live up to that and ends up being more than just a mass action entertainer and has enough to cater to the family audience too."[24]

Y Maheswara Reddy of Bangalore Mirror rated 4/5 and stated, "Roberrt bilingual (Kannada and Telugu) movie has all the ingredients required to entertain mass audiences, especially the hard-core fans of Challenging Star Darshan. Though this movie was scheduled to be released in April 2020, it got postponed due to the pandemic. However, it has succeeded in meeting the expectation of movie buffs."[25] A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express rated 4/5 and stated, "Darshan-starrer 'Roberrt' is anything but a typical action fare from the Challenging Star. The actor, who is known for his mass appeal, also delivers an all-round performance that establishes his class credentials too."[26]

Box office

Roberrt on the first day of its release collected 17.24 crore in Karnataka [27] and 3.12 crore in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.[28] However, it was reported that there were speculations that the makers were spreading inflated numbers to create hype around the movie.[29] The movie was reported to have collected Rs. 78.36 crore in 8 days.[30][31] It completed 25 days at theatres until they were shut due to the second wave of COVID-19.

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
10th South Indian International Movie Awards
	Best Film	Umapathy Gowda	Nominated	[32] [33] [34]
	Best Director	Tharun Sudhir	Won
	Best Cinematographer	Sudhakar Raj	Won
	Best Actor	Darshan	Nominated
	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Shubharaksha	Nominated
	Best Debut Actress	Asha Bhat	Nominated
	Best Music Director	Arjun Janya	Won
	Best Lyricist	Yogaraj Bhat ("Kannu Hodiyaka")	Nominated
	Best Male Playback Singer	Shankar Mahadevan ("Jai Sriram")	Nominated
	Best Female Playback Singer	Shreya Ghoshal ("Kannu Hodiyaka")	Nominated
67th Filmfare Awards South
	Best Actor	Darshan	Nominated	[35]
	Best Actress	Asha Bhat	Nominated
	Best Music Director	Arjun Janya and V. Harikrishna	Nominated
	Best Playback Singer – Female	Shreya Ghoshal ("Kannu Hodiyaka")	Nominated

Notes

References

External links

• Roberrt at IMDb

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