Tagaru

Tagaru
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDuniya Soori
Screenplay byDuniya Soori
Surendranath
Story byDuniya Soori
Surendranath
Produced byK. P. Srikanth
StarringShiva Rajkumar
Dhananjay
Bhavana
Vasishta N. Simha
Manvitha
Devaraj
Narrated byDevaraj
CinematographyMahendra Simha
Edited byDeepu S. Kumar
Music byCharan Raj
Production
company
Venus Entertainers
Release date
  • 23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)[1]
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Tagaru (transl. Ram) is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language action crime film directed by Duniya Soori and produced by K. P. Srikanth. The film features Shiva Rajkumar, Bhavana and Manvitha Kamath, Dhananjaya, Vasishta N. Simha and Devaraj, while Shivakumara Swami (of Sree Siddaganga Mutt), Jayanth Kaikini and Charan Raj makes a guest appearance. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Charan Raj, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Mahendra Simha and Deepu. S. Kumar.[2][3][4][5][6]

The film was officially launched on 22 August 2016 and the first look was released the following day. The project marks the second collaboration between Soori and Shiva Rajkumar after Kaddipudi (2013).[7][8]

Tagaru was theatrically released on 23 February 2018 to positive reviews from critics and became the one of the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2018.[9][10][11] A major chunk of the narrative device from the film was reported to be the main source of inspiration for the template of the tweaked screenplay of the 2021 Telugu film Krack.[12] The film was remade in Tamil as Raid (2023).[13]

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