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{{Infobox film
| name = Octopus
| image = Octopus (2015 film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = 
| director = Annaiah P.
| writer = K. Lakshman (dialogues)
| screenplay =
| story = Annaiah P.
| based_on = 
| producer = D. C. Prasanna Kumar Doddabele
| starring = [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]]<br />[[Yagna Shetty]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = Manohar Joshi
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
| music = A. K. Rishal Sai
| studio = 
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|11|20}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Octopus''''' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language [[mystery film|mystery]] [[thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web |title= 'Octopus' to be a mystery thriller |url= http://www.sify.com/movies/octopus-to-be-a-mystery-thriller-news-kannada-ojfmB8ggejibh.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140906124139/http://www.sify.com/movies/octopus-to-be-a-mystery-thriller-news-kannada-ojfmB8ggejibh.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 6 September 2014 |website=[[Sify]]|date= 5 September 2014 |access-date= 30 March 2015}}</ref> directed by Annaiah P. and starring [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] and [[Yagna Shetty]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/kishore-and-yagna-together-again/articleshow/40916900.cms|title=Kishore and Yagna together again|date=27 August 2014|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=4 December 2023|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204010528/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/kishore-and-yagna-together-again/articleshow/40916900.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] as Yashwanth
*[[Yagna Shetty]] as Danya
*[[Tilak Shekar|Tilak]]
*Ashwini
*[[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
*Trishul
*[[Jai Jagadish]] as Dinakar
*[[Bullet Prakash]]
*[[Sampath Ram]]
*Master Charanth
*Master Tushar
*[[Sharath Lohitashwa]]
*Ramesh Pandit
}}

== Production ==
The film was reported to be a bilingual also made in Tamil but that version was never released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Tilak-to-make-his-Tamil-debut/articleshow/41598092.cms|title=Actor's Tamil debut|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 September 2014 |access-date=2023-12-04|archive-date=2023-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204012654/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Tilak-to-make-his-Tamil-debut/articleshow/41598092.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by A. K. Rishal Sai. The audio release function was held at Chamundeshwari Studio in Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/kishore-at-the-audio-release-of-octopus-at-chamundeshwari-studio-in-bengaluru/articleshow/48721820.cms|title=Kishore at the audio release of Octopus at Chamundeshwari Studio in Bengaluru|date=29 August 2015|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=4 December 2023|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204010432/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/kishore-at-the-audio-release-of-octopus-at-chamundeshwari-studio-in-bengaluru/articleshow/48721820.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Sogase Sogase
| length1 = 4:57
| all_lyrics = [[K. Kalyan]]
| extra1 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[Sunitha (Telugu singer)|Sunitha]]
| title2 = Neenendhu Smarttu
| length2 = 2:18
| extra2 = Mohan
| title3 = Neeyaro Ninagyaro
| length3 = 4:51
| extra3 = [[Vijay Prakash]]
| title4 = Ok Ok Ella Ok
| length4 = 4:34
| extra4 = Sunitha
| total_length = 16:40
}}

== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
A critic from ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "This could have been a nice medical thriller, but the trivial treatment makes it fall way short of the finish line".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/octopus/movie-review/49878813.cms|title=Octopus Movie Review|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2023-12-04|archive-date=2023-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204010843/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/octopus/movie-review/49878813.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote that "The title has no relevance too. Subjects like Octopus needs the makers to discuss and not just guess, else they just make a mess and miss the bus".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2015/nov/21/there-is-no-plus-in-octopus-845898.html|title=There is no Plus in Octopus|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=21 November 2015 |access-date=2023-12-04|archive-date=2023-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109141310/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2015/nov/21/There-is-no-Plus-in-Octopus-845898.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' wrote that "Sadly, instead of a deft medical thriller, all one gets to see is a personal revenge drama with a medical discovery as pretext. Kishore does justice to his role while Tilak matches him. Yagna is just a pretty prop".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/tentacles-medical-mafia-2162272|title=The tentacles of medical mafia|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=2023-12-04|archive-date=2023-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204011331/https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/tentacles-medical-mafia-2162272|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|12053122}}

[[Category:2015 thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:2015 Indian films]]
[[Category:2015 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Unreleased Tamil-language films]]

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