Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
| Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release date poster | |
| Directed by | Raj B. Shetty |
| Story by | Raj B. Shetty |
| Produced by | Lighter Buddha Productions |
| Starring | Raj B. Shetty Rishab Shetty |
| Narrated by | Gopalkrishna Deshpande |
| Cinematography | Praveen Shriyan |
| Edited by | Praveen Shriyan |
| Music by | Midhun Mukundan |
Production companies | Lighter Buddha Films, Coffee Gang Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramvah Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (transl. One flies on Garuda, One mounts Vrishabha) is an 2021 Indian Kannada-language gangster film written and directed by actor-director Raj B. Shetty.[2][3][4] The film is produced by Ravi Rai Kalasa and Vachan Shetty under the banner Lighter Buddha Films. The film features Raj B. Shetty[5] and Rishab Shetty in the lead roles.[6][7] The music is scored by Midhun Mukundan. Editing and cinematography is done by Praveen Shriyan.The movie is presented by Rakshit Shetty's Paramvah Studios[8] [9][10]
Plot[]
Set in the backdrop of the coastal and cultural town Mangaladevi of modern-day Mangaluru, Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana is a tale of two men: "Hari" and his soulmate "Shiva" who go on to become notorious gangsters of Mangaluru. Their years of friendship gets tested by greed, politics and their own egos. [11]
The story is narrated by Brahmiah, a mild mannered cop who gets transferred to the town of Mangaladevi.
Mangaladevi is infested with gang violence and the main culprits are the gangster duo, Shiva and Hari.
While everyone knows that Hari was born and brought up in Mangaladevi, no one knows where Shiva is from. He is discovered in a gunny bag, found in a well near Hari's home. When the villagers open the bag, they find a 12 year old Shiva with his neck brutally cut and with scars all over his body. He is later taken to hospital and survives. He spends some time begging in the streets of Mangalore until he is found and adopted by Hari's mother. Hari and Shiva grows up to become brothers in spirit.
Everyone assumes that Shiva has been severely abused during his unknown childhood, as he: 1. While hospitalised after being found, used to scream like he's dying whenever a girl or woman came near him & 2. in his later childhood, teenage and adulthood, he is completely desensitized to violence, and 3.has anger issues. Though Shiva is mostly unreactive when he himself is harmed, if someone threatens to harm his people, he erupts like a volcano and is capable of unspeakable things. Hari profits tremendously from Shiva's fury as Shiva's protection makes Hari untouchable. Growing into their adulthood Shiva remains unsophisticated and a man of few words, Hari becomes a suave power player and the most feared gangster in town. He runs the gangs and the police are in his pocket.
Hari eventually joins hands with a senior gangster and businessman RaviRaj for the sake of growth, and Shiva is pained as he feels sidelined by Hari who now reveres RaviRaj. Unable to express himself, Shiva starts beating up people unnecessarily and Hari distances himself from Shiva whose violent nature can be a double edged sword. Eventually a small problem emerges between RaviRaj's brother-in-law and Hari, to which Shiva reacts violently. This leads to Hari further distancing himself from Shiva and RaviRaj's gang plotting to kill Shiva.
Brahmaiah who initially wanted to secure a transfer and run to safety from this violent place, finds newfound courage when he is threatened by Hari and Shiva indirectly, and humiliated by an MLA who wants to see Hari and Shiva destroyed. Brahmaiah, aided by police driver who agrees to be a double agent for him as well as Hari-Shiva gang, plays Hari and Shiva's sides against each other to further destroy Hari and Shiva. When Brahmaiah learns of RaviRaj's gang's plan to kill Shiva, he passes on information to Shiva's friends that Hari has sent people to kill Shiva. Shiva is saved by his friends in the nick of time but the information that Hari sent people to kill him troubles Shiva. Unbeknownst to Shiva, the same night Shiva's friends go to kill Hari in revenge and one of them is killed by Hari. Hari now thinks that Shiva sent people to kill Hari, and openly threatens that he will kill Shiva and go around a victory lap around the town. Shiva though taken aback, threatens him back. Shiva then kills RaviRaj's brother-in-law in retaliation for the loss of his gang member, and this causes Hari to plot with RaviRaj to kill Shiva. Eventually Hari has hired men shoot and kill Shiva while he is playing cricket with his friends. When Hari is out on his victory lap around the town after getting Shiva killed, the teenage boys who used to play cricket with Shiva and witnessed his shooting, round Hari up and stab him with his own knife and kill him.
The movie ends with the childhood version of Hari and Shiva burying their respective adult forms.
Cast[]
- Raj B. Shetty as Shiva
- Rishab Shetty as Hari
- Gopal Krishna Deshpande as SI Bhrammayya
- Harshadeep as young Shiva
- Chinthan as young Hari
- Jyothish Shetty as Raviraj
- Deepak Rai Paanaje as Shekhar
- Guru Sanil as Karunakar
- Prakash Tuminad as Ramanath
- JP Tuminad as Avinash
- Anil Uppala as Pili Prakash
- Arpith Adyar as Avinash's friend
- Yathish Baikampady as Yemekere Dayanand
- Sachin Anchan
- Saumesh
- RJ Arpith Indravadan
Symbolism in GGVV[]
Garuda Gamana refers to Vishnu, who knows to ride Garuda as his vehicle. Vrishaba Vahana refers to Shiva, who is known to ride Nandhi as his vehicle. Thus the title refers to Vishnu and Shiva.
Soundtrack[]
Midhun Mukundan composed the background score for the film and the soundtracks. The lyrics for the soundtracks Chandrachooda and Sojugada Soojumallige were adopted from Purandara Dasa's work and a popular folk song,[12] respectively - retaining the original titles. The album consists of 4 soundtracks.[13]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Demon In Me" | Manek D'Silva, | Anjali Sankaran, Rakshita Rao | 2:19 |
| 2. | "Endo Bareda" | Pavan Bhat | Vasuki Vaibhav | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Sojugada Soojumallige" | Janapada | Chaithra J Achar, Midhun Mukundan | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Chandrachooda" | Purandara Dasa | Siddhartha Belmannu | 2:52 |
| Total length: | 11:53 | |||
Reception[]
It made into FC Gold list of films of Film Companion.[14] This film made a great impact on Raj Shetty's career as everyone praised his acting and it was released on the OTT app - ZEE5 and achieved more than 8 crore minutes of viewing within 3 days of its release on the OTT platform. It remained in the national top 10 movies for more than two weeks since its release on ZEE5 - a first for any Kannada movie.
Awards and Nominations[]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics Choice Awards | Best Feature Film | Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana | Nominated | [15] |
| Best Director - Feature Film | Raj B Shetty | Nominated | ||
| Best Writing - Feature Film | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor - Feature Film | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor - Feature Film | Rishab Shetty | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography - Feature Film | Praveen Shriyan | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing - Feature Film | Nominated |
References[]
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- ^ "The first look of Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana is out". Times of India. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Tiger dance plays important element in Raj B Shetty's Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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- ^ "Raj B Shetty and Rishab Shetty join hands for gangster film". Cinema Express. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Raj B Shetty's film with Rishab Shetty gets title". The News Minute. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "rakshit shetty to present Raj B Shetty's directorial Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana". Indian Express. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Rakshit shetty to present Raj B Shetty's Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana". Times of India. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "I don't want a direct OTT Release for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana - Raj B Shetty". New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Mangaluru Days: Why Kannada director Raj B Shetty is the talk of the country". The Federal. 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Sojugada Sooju Mallige (Sounds of Isha)". Sounds of Isha. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Film Companion [@FilmCompanion] (23 November 2021). "A thrilling yet beautiful tale of friendship, ego, jealousy & ambition, #RajBShetty's 'Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana' has made it to our #FCGold list. Congratulations to the cast & crew of #GarudaGamanaVrishabhaVahana! t.co/VGl3rdLqtJ" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "CCSSA Feature Film Nominations 2022".
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