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{{Infobox film
| name = Kavaludaari
| image = kavaludaari.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Hemanth M Rao]]
| producer = Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar
| writer = [[Hemanth Rao]]
| starring = {{Plainlist |
* [[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]]
* [[Anant Nag]]
* [[Achyuth Kumar]]
* [[Suman Ranganathan]]
* [[Roshni Prakash]]
* [[Sulile Kumar]]
* Sampath
* Sidhaartha Maadhyamika
}}
| music = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| cinematography = Advaitha Gurumurthy
| editing = Jagadeesh
| studio = [[PRK Productions]]
| distributor = Sri Vajreshwari Combines
| released = {{film date|2019|04|12}}
| country = India
| language = Kannada
}}
'''''Kavaludaari''''' '''(ಕವಲುದಾರಿ)''' ({{trans|Crossroads}}) is a 2019 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[neo-noir]] [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Hemanth Rao]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hemanth-raos-next-titled-as-kavalu-daari/articleshow/59140206.cms|title=Hemanth Rao's next titled as Kavalu Daari - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> presented by [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] and produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar of [[PRK Productions]].<ref name=":0" /> Kavaludaari will be the first feature film presentation from the production house. The film stars [[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/jun/14/rishi-as-police-officer-in-thrilling-kavalu-daari-1616752.html|title=Rishi as police officer in thrilling Kavalu Daari|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> [[Anant Nag]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ananth-nag-is-a-reclusive-retired-inspector-in-his-next/articleshow/61220612.cms|title=Ananth Nag is a reclusive retired inspector in his next - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/oct/26/anant-nags-cop-portrayal-leaves-kavalu-daari-set-speechless-1683169.html|title=Anant Nag's cop portrayal leaves 'Kavalu Daari' set speechless|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> [[Achyuth Kumar]], [[Suman Ranganathan]], and [[Roshni Prakash]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/sep/18/roshini-prakashs-innocence-wins-her-lead-role-in-kavalu-daari-1658744.html|title=Roshini Prakash's innocence wins her lead role in Kavalu Daari|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> in the lead roles, while [[Avinash]], [[Sulile Kumar]], Sampath, and Sidhaartha Maadhyamika<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/sidhartha-maadhyamika-puts-on-15-kgs-for-his-role-in-kavalu-daari/articleshow/61892316.cms|title=Sidhartha Maadhyamika puts on 15 kgs for his role in Kavalu Daari - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> play supporting roles. The music and background score for the film is composed by [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]] with cinematography by Advaitha Gurumoorthy and editing by Jagadeesh. The film released on 12 April 2019.

[[Puneeth Rajkumar]] had revealed that the movie is being remade in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.<ref>{{citation|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/interview-will-act-in-my-home-production-shortly/articleshow/69847613.cms|title=Puneeth Rajkumar: Will act in my home production shortly|date=2019-01-19|work=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/apr/29/kavaludaari-remake-rights-see-high-demand-in-south-and-bwood-1970335.html|title=Kavaludaari remake rights see high demand in south and Bollywood|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/apr/29/kavaludaari-remake-rights-see-high-demand-11290.html|title=Kavaludaari remake rights see high demand|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Kabadadaari]]'' starring [[Sibi Sathyaraj|Sibiraj]]<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/oct/23/sibiraj-nandita-swetha-film-titled-kabadadaari-15090.html|title=Sibiraj, Nandita Swetha film titled Kabadadaari|date=2019-10-23|work=Cinema Express}}</ref> and in Telugu as ''[[Kapatadhaari]]'' starring [[Sumanth]]; both versions star [[Nandita Swetha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/sumanth-begins-shoot-for-kavaludaari-remake/articleshow/71855227.cms|title=Sumanth begins shoot for 'Kavaludaari' remake - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kabadadaari-be-made-tamil-telugu-bilingual-112199</ref>

==Plot==
K. S. Shyam ([[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]]) is a traffic police officer who is fed up with his daily routine of handling traffic. He is constantly on the lookout to get into the crime department, but his higher officer does not care and he is rejected multiple times. Dejected, he starts involving himself in cases without official permission, which also leads him into problems with his peers. The movie opens as Shyam takes up the case of three skulls found near a metro construction site. While the crime team gives up, he pursues the case off records. Shyam finds out the bones could belong to Gurudas Naidu (Sidhaartha Maadhyamika), his wife Vijayalakshmi Naidu (Samanvitha Shetty), and their young daughter, whose missing case one inspector Muthanna ([[Anant Nag]]) had investigated 40 years ago. This takes him to meet Muthanna with the help of Kumar ([[Achyuth Kumar]]), the editor of an investigative newspaper. Muthanna had taken voluntary retirement from the police after the death of his family and had left the case halfway due to this. Shyam goes and meets an actress named Madhuri (Suman Ranganathan) to find out more of the case but Madhuri is found dead the next day, which the TV reveals that Kumar went to interview Madhuri in the night but accidentally knocked her off the stairs which killed her. Shyam brings Muthanna back, and both try to unravel the mystery behind the three skulls and the culprit responsible for their death. They find out that one Fernandes (Sampath), who was the driver of the Naidu household, orchestrated the murder using Bablu, the household helper of the family in greed for some gold ornaments of ancient times which was under the custody of Gurudas, who worked at the archaeology department. To their horror, they realize that Fernandes had changed his identity and moved on and is none other than the newly elected Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mailuru Srinivasa Rao. As they try to digest this information and find out more about him, Muthanna is kidnapped by Srinivasa Rao's goons. Srinivasa Rao shoots Muthanna dead, which leaves Shyam distraught. Shyam finds out from Kumar who reveals himself to be Bablu, that a poison mixed into a drink had its effect on the Naidu Family and killed them in 10 seconds. Bablu uses the same poison in Srinivasa Rao's drink and kills Fernandez aka Mailuru Srinivasa Rao. With the killer dead, Bablu reveals to Shyam that he drank some of the poison-contaminated drink himself and dies in front of Shyam. In the end, Shyam goes to the Naidu Family grave to pay his respects. It is later revealed that he finally gets promoted to a Police Officer like he wished. It is revealed to the audience that unknown to Shyam, there were also many underlying destiny connections that connected Shyam and this case indirectly.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]] as K. S. Shyam, Sub Inspector, Bangalore City Traffic Police
* [[Anant Nag]] as Muthanna, a retired police inspector
* [[Achyuth Kumar]] as Kumar, Editor of Lockup News/Bablu
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] as Madhuri, actress
* [[Roshni Prakash]]<ref name=":1" /> as Priya, the daughter of Kumar
* [[Avinash]] as Laxman, Editor in Chief of TV7
* [[Sulile Kumar]] as Lokesh
* Sampath Maitreya as Mailuru Srinivasa Rao/Fernandes
* Sidhaartha Maadhyamika<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-realistic-actor/article25036076.ece|title=Why Kannada actor Sidhaartha believes in living his on-screen characters|last=R|first=Shilpa Sebastian|date=2018-09-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> as Mr. Gurudas Naidu
* Samanvitha Shetty as Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Naidu<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/oct/01/hemanth-ropes-samanvita-shetty-siri-ravikumar-for-kavalu-daari-1665349.html|title=Hemanth ropes Samanvita Shetty, Siri Ravikumar for Kavalu Daari|date=2017-10-02|work=New Indian Express}}</ref>
* Bharath Gowda as Bablu/Young age Kumar
* Siri Ravikumar as Geetha Muttanna
* Sharmila S. Karthik as Thimmakka
* Kiran Kumar as Sebastian
* Hanumanthegowda as K. Ganapathy
* Ramesh Pandit as Chalapathy
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Kavaludaari
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| alt =
| released = 2019
| recorded = 2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length =
| label = PRK Audio
| producer = Charan Raj
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Jeerjimbe]]
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Kavaludaari
| year = 2019
| next_title = [[Avane Srimannarayana]]
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Singles
| name = Kavaludaari
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Nigooda Nigooda
| single1date = Mar 05, 2019
| single2 = Ide Dina
| single2date = Mar 11, 2019
| single3 = Samshaya
| single3date=Mar 18, 2019
}}
}}
The music is composed by [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/apr/04/trailer-of-rishi-starrer-kavaludaari-to-be-out-today-1960076|title=Trailer of Rishi-starrer Kavaludaari to be out today|date=2019-04-04|work=New Indian Express}}</ref>

===Songs===
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Nigooda Nigooda
| extra1 = [[Sanjith Hegde]]
| length1 = 04:40
| lyrics1 = Nagarjun Sharma

| title2 = Samshaya
| extra2 = [[Aditi Sagar]]
| length2 = 02:42
| lyrics2 = Dhananjay Ranjan

| title3 = Ide Dina
| extra3 = Siddhant Sundar
| length3 = 04:34
| lyrics3 = Dhananjay Ranjan

| title4 = Khali Khali
| extra4 = Sharanya Gopinath
| length4 = 02:29
| lyrics4 = Dhananjay Ranjan

| title5 = Kavaludaari Title Song
| extra5 = [[Puneeth Rajkumar]]
| length5 = 02:49
| lyrics5 = Kiran Kaverappa
}}

===Original Motion Picture Soundtrack===
{{Infobox album
| name = Kavaludaari - Music From the Motion Picture
| type = Film score
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| alt =
| caption =
| released = 9 May 2019
| recorded = 2018
| venue = [[Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]]
| studio ={{plainlist|*2 Bar Q studio, Chennai.
*Audiokraft, Bangalore.
*Cadence Studio, Bangalore.
*Balaji Digi Studio, Bangalore.
*Akash Audio, Bangalore.}}
| genre = [[Film score|Feature film score]]
| length = 46:58
| label = PRK Audio
| producer = Charan Raj
| next_year =
}}

The [[Film score|background score]] of the film was appreciated by both audiences and critics alike. Following that, the original [[soundtrack]] was released on 9 May 2019 in [[YouTube]] and all other platforms.

{{tracklist
| headline =
| total_length = 46:58
| title1 = Naidu's Intro
| length1 = 01:42
| title2 = Shyam's Intro
| length2 = 02:12
| title3= Kavaludaari Title
| length3 = 02:48
| title4 = Bones
| length4 = 03:16
| title5= Muthanna's Promise
| length5 = 01:33
| title6 = Naidu's Truth
| length6 = 02:13
| title7 = Muthanna's Past
| length7 = 03:10
| title8 = The Suspects
| length8 = 0:47
| title9 = Shyam & Priya
| length9 = 02:08
| title10 = The Chase
| length10 = 03:39
| title11 = Burning Tree
| length11 = 03:28
| title12 = Politicians and Their Lies
| length12 = 01:12
| title13 = Man Behind the Mask
| length13 = 03:21
| title14 = Encounter 1
| length14 = 03:00
| title15 = Trip Down Memory Lane
| length15 = 03:12
| title16 = Encounter 2
| length16 = 02:49
| title17 = Hope
| length17 = 01:16
| title18 = Half Truths
| length18 = 01:51
| title19 = Khak the Dirt
| length19 = 03:33
| title20 = Countdown
| length20 = 02:44
| title21 = Kumar's Abyss
| length21 = 02:41
| title22 = Circle of Life
| length22 = 02:11
}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Award !!Category !!Reciepent !!Result !!Ref
|-
! [[Bengaluru International Film Festival|12th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2020]]
|Best Film in Kannada Cinema
| Hemanth Rao<br/>PRK Productions
|{{won}}
|<ref name="BIFFES">{{Cite web|url=https://biffes.in/awards-asian-cinema.php|title=Awards :: Bengaluru International Film Festival - BIFFES|website=biffes.in}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=4|Critics’ Choice Film Awards 2020
|Best Film
|[[PRK Productions]]
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/critics-choice-film-awards-2020-complete-nominations-list-6295588/|title=Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020: Complete nominations list|date=11 March 2020|website=The Indian Express|access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/critics-choice-film-awards-2020-complete-winners-list-6336210/|title=Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020: Complete winners list|date=28 Mar 2020|website=The Indian Express|access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
|Best Director
|[[Hemanth M Rao]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actor
|[[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Writing
|Hemanth M Rao
|{{nom}}
|-
!rowspan=4|[[9th South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|Best Director
|Hemanth M Rao
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://siima.in/2019-nominations.php |title=The 9th South Indian International Movie Awards Nominations for 2019 |website=[[South Indian International Movie Awards]] |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.ibtimes.co.in/siima-2021-check-out-full-winners-list-840868|title=SIIMA 2020: Check Out Full Winners' List |website=ibtimes|access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Best Actor
|Rishi
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Debut Producer
|PRK Productions
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Music Director
|[[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|7109900}}

{{Hemanth M Rao}}
{{PRK Productions}}

[[Category:2019 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:2019 thriller films]]
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]

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