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{{Infobox film
| name = Law
| image = Law film poster.jpg
| caption = Official release poster
| director = Raghu Samarth
| writer = Raghu Samarth
| producer = Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar<br />M. Govinda
| starring = Ragini Prajwal
| cinematography = Sugnaan
| editing = Srikanth
| music = [[Vasuki Vaibhav]]
| studio = [[PRK Productions]]
| distributor = [[Amazon Prime Video]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|7|17}}
| runtime = 119 minutes<ref name="scroll" />
| country = India
| language = Kannada
}}
'''''Law''''' is a 2020 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[legal drama]] film written and directed by Raghu Samarth. The film stars Ragini Prajwal in her debut as a law graduate who fights her own case due to her circumstances. It had a [[direct-to-streaming]] release on 17 July 2020 on [[Amazon Prime Video]], becoming the second direct-to-streaming Kannada film on any platform after ''Bhinna'' (2019).

== Plot ==
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Nandini is a law graduate who files a case of gang-rape and uses the power of social media to gain support. After several delays by an ineffective local police, the case is handed over to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]]. Parthasarathy Brahma, the officer in-charge, sets about his investigation and finds out that the culprits are Kamalesh Lad, Bhandari and Kanthi Kotwal, all sons of powerful and corrupt politicians. The trial begins with Nandini representing herself, against the formidable prosecutor and all the evidence is in favour of Nandini. After a series of turns and twists, Brahma begins to doubt that the crime even happened.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* Ragini Prajwal as Nandini<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharadhaa |first=A. |date=14 July 2020 |title=Law best debut I could have had: Ragini Prajwal |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/jul/14/law-best-debut-i-could-have-had-ragini-prajwal-2169291.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715170000/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/jul/14/law-best-debut-i-could-have-had-ragini-prajwal-2169291.html |archive-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] as the judge<ref name="cinemaexpress" />
* Siri Prahlad as Dashmi<ref name="cinemaexpress" />
* [[Achyuth Kumar]] as Jagadish Prakash<ref name="cinemaexpress" />
* [[Sudha Rani]]<ref name="cinemaexpress" />
* [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as Nandini's father<ref name="scroll" />
*Krishna Hebbale as Parthasarathy Brahma<ref name="cinemaexpress" />
* [[Rajesh Nataranga]] as Shyam Prasad<ref name="indiatoday" />
* [[Mandya Ramesh]] as the police inspector<ref name="indiatoday" />
}}

== Production ==
In March 2019, it was announced that Ragini Prajwal would be making her feature film debut in ''Law'', directed by Raghu Samarth and produced by [[Puneeth Rajkumar]]'s [[PRK Productions]]. Regarding the title, Raghu said the protagonist "is a law graduate, and due to her circumstances, she ends up fighting her own case. This is why we thought the title worked."<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2019 |title=Ragini Chandran's debut titled Law |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/mar/18/ragini-chandrans-debut-titled-law-10591.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702172702/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/mar/18/ragini-chandrans-debut-titled-law-10591.html |archive-date=2 July 2020 |access-date=3 July 2020 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref> Ragini said she accepted the film because of its script, adding, "I didn't see myself doing a romantic film as my debut, so I thought this movie is a great first choice." The film was produced by Puneeth's wife Ashwini and M. Govinda.<ref name=":1" /> Besides directing, Raghu also wrote the script and interacted with a retired crime branch officer D. K. Shivaram and advocate Nagendra as part of his research.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 July 2020 |title='Law' director Raghu Samarth always want to see strong women characters |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/jul/11/law-director-raghu-samarth-always-want-to-see-strong-women-characters-2168062.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715170213/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/jul/11/law-director-raghu-samarth-always-want-to-see-strong-women-characters-2168062.html |archive-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> Cinematography was handled by Sugnaan, and editing by Srikanth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amazon Prime Video |author-link=Amazon Prime Video |date=25 June 2020 |title=The facts will be witnessed on a new date, #LawOnPrime will premiere on July 17, 2020! |url=https://www.facebook.com/PrimeVideoIN/posts/4026500127391802 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200708062324/https://www.facebook.com/PrimeVideoIN/posts/4026500127391802 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |access-date=3 July 2020 |via=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>

== Music ==
The music is composed by [[Vasuki Vaibhav]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2020 |title=Vasuki Vaibhav begins dubbing for French Biryani |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/vasuki-vaibhav-begins-dubbing-for-french-biryani/articleshow/76686925.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200708061936/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/vasuki-vaibhav-begins-dubbing-for-french-biryani/articleshow/76686925.cms |archive-date=8 July 2020 |access-date=3 July 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film's only song is "Happy Song", a "new-age party song" written by Jayanth Kaikini and sung by Vasuki Vaibhav and Madhuri Seshadri.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joy |first=Prathibha |date=12 July 2020 |title=Law is not a routine legal drama: Raghu Samarth |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/law-is-not-a-routine-legal-drama-raghu-samarth/articleshow/76913606.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200713174559/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/law-is-not-a-routine-legal-drama-raghu-samarth/articleshow/76913606.cms |archive-date=13 July 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2020 |title='Happy Song' single from Kannada film Law |url=https://telanganatoday.com/happy-song-single-from-kannada-film-law |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713174204/https://telanganatoday.com/happy-song-single-from-kannada-film-law |archive-date=13 July 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=[[Telangana Today]]}}</ref>

== Release ==
''Law'' had a [[direct-to-streaming]] premiere on 17 July 2020 on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref name=":2" /> It was originally planned for a theatrical release,<ref name=":1" /> but due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the theatrical release was cancelled.<ref name=":2" /> The film was initially supposed to premiere on Prime Video on 26 June 2020 before being postponed by three weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2020 |title=Kannada film 'Law' gets new release date on Amazon Prime Video |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kannada-film-law-gets-new-release-date-amazon-prime-video-127396 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629230806/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kannada-film-law-gets-new-release-date-amazon-prime-video-127396 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |access-date=2 July 2020 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> This made it the first Kannada film to be released directly on that platform without a theatrical release,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balachandran |first=Logesh |date=26 June 2020 |title=Kannada film Law to release on Amazon Prime Video on July 17 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kannada-film-law-to-release-on-amazon-prime-video-on-july-17-1692884-2020-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200702161421/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kannada-film-law-to-release-on-amazon-prime-video-on-july-17-1692884-2020-06-26 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020 |website=[[India Today]]}}</ref> and second direct-to-streaming release in Kannada after ''Bhinna'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suresh |first=Sunayana |date=16 May 2020 |title=As two Kannada films get direct OTT releases, Sandalwood says yes to new business model |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/sandalwood-says-yes-to-direct-ott-release/articleshow/75765938.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016154019/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/sandalwood-says-yes-to-direct-ott-release/articleshow/75765938.cms |archive-date=16 October 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Haricharan Pudipeddi, writing for the portal ''Cinestaan'', rated the film one star and termed it "unimaginably bad".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pudipeddi |first=Haricharan |date=18 July 2020 |title=Law review: Amazon Prime's Kannada legal drama is unimaginably bad |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/law-43270 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031012655/https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/law-43270 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref> Sowmya Rajendran of ''[[The News Minute]]'' felt the "courtroom drama is let down by bad writing".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajendran |first=Sowmya |date=17 July 2020 |title='Law' review: Ragini Prajwal's courtroom drama is let down by bad writing |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/law-review-ragini-prajwals-courtroom-drama-let-down-bad-writing-128864 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718112602/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/law-review-ragini-prajwals-courtroom-drama-let-down-bad-writing-128864 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> Karthik Kumar of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' called the film a "gloriously bad legal drama and makes a mockery of the genre".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Karthik |date=17 July 2020 |title=Law movie review: This Kannada legal drama is gloriously bad |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/law-movie-review-this-kannada-legal-drama-is-gloriously-bad/story-VdZ5fu0DiVjsrXEOJB9aSI.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031031132/https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/law-movie-review-this-kannada-legal-drama-is-gloriously-bad/story-VdZ5fu0DiVjsrXEOJB9aSI.html |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> Jananki K. of ''[[India Today]]'' wrote, "Raghu Samarth's Law did an exceptional job of telling the story of a rape survivor. There are certain glaring lapses in the story which fails to create the impact the film would have intended to."<ref name="indiatoday" /> [[Baradwaj Rangan]] of ''[[Film Companion South|Film Companion]]'' wrote "The film, alas, is terribly written and executed. Even if you ignore the mood-killing song and the cringy comedy... it’s very hard to stay invested in these drab, borderline-nonsensical proceedings. The knowing reaction shots (meant to mislead us) get unbearable after a point...''Law'' is further proof that good intentions can never triumph over bad filmmaking".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=17 July 2020 |title=Law On Amazon Prime Video, With Ragini Prajwal: An Utterly Underwhelming Story About A Gang-Rape Survivor With A Twisty Secret |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kannada-review/kannada-movies-law-review-amazon-prime-video-with-ragini-prajwal-an-utterly-underwhelming-story-about-a-gang-rape-survivor-with-a-twisty-secret-baradwaj-rangan-raghu-samarth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122185741/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kannada-review/kannada-movies-law-review-amazon-prime-video-with-ragini-prajwal-an-utterly-underwhelming-story-about-a-gang-rape-survivor-with-a-twisty-secret-baradwaj-rangan-raghu-samarth/ |archive-date=22 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1 July 2020 |title=Ragini Chandran: The script of Law is what got me in |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/jul/01/ragini-chamdran-laws-script-is-what-got-me-in-19168.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702164121/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/jul/01/ragini-chamdran-laws-script-is-what-got-me-in-19168.html |archive-date=2 July 2020 |access-date=3 July 2020 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref>
<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Balachandran |first=Logesh |date=26 June 2020 |title=Kannada film Law to release on Amazon Prime Video on July 17 |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kannada-film-law-to-release-on-amazon-prime-video-on-july-17-1692884-2020-06-26 |url-status=live |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200702161421/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kannada-film-law-to-release-on-amazon-prime-video-on-july-17-1692884-2020-06-26 |archive-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="cinemaexpress">{{Cite web |last=Sharadhaa |first=A |title=Law Movie Review: This courtroom drama makes a case for women's rights |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/kannada/2020/jul/17/law-movie-review-this-courtroom-drama-makes-a-case-for-womens-rights-19400.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809143454/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/kannada/2020/jul/17/law-movie-review-this-courtroom-drama-makes-a-case-for-womens-rights-19400.html |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=[[Cinema Express]]|date=17 July 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="scroll">{{Cite web |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini |date=17 July 2020 |title='Law' review: A lightweight legal drama about a rape survivor |url=https://scroll.in/reel/967729/law-review-a-lightweight-legal-drama-about-a-rape-survivor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015054946/https://scroll.in/reel/967729/law-review-a-lightweight-legal-drama-about-a-rape-survivor |archive-date=15 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref>
<ref name="indiatoday">{{Cite news |last=K. |first=Janani |date=17 July 2020 |title=Law Movie Review: Ragini Prajwal gets her own Ponmagal Vandhal |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/law-movie-review-ragini-prajwal-gets-her-own-ponmagal-vandhal-1701531-2020-07-17 |url-status=live |access-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718060635/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/law-movie-review-ragini-prajwal-gets-her-own-ponmagal-vandhal-1701531-2020-07-17 |archive-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>

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