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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Orange
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Prashant Raj]]
| producer = Naveen G. S.
| screenplay = Prashant Raj
| starring = [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br/>[[Priya Anand]]
| music = [[S. Thaman]]
| cinematography = Santhosh Rai Pathaje
| editing = Ravichandran. C
| studio = Nimma Cinema
| distributor = Nimma Cinema
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2018|12|07}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| language = Kannada
| country = India
}}

'''''Orange''''' is a 2018 Indian [[Kannada language|Kannada]] [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Prashant Raj]] and produced by Naveen starring [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] in the lead, making it a second collaboration after ''[[Zoom (2016 Kannada film)|Zoom]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ganesh-and-i-know-each-others-pulse-and-thats-why-we-gel-well-prashant-raj/articleshow/66894498.cms|title=Ganesh and I know each other’s pulse and that’s why we gel well|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 December 2018}}</ref> alongside [[Priya Anand]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Priya Anand signed to star opposite Ganesh in 'Orange'|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/priya-anand-signed-star-opposite-ganesh-orange-76742|publisher=the newsminute.com|date=20 February 2018}}</ref> The supporting cast features [[Dev Gill]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Dev Gill goes up against Ganesh in 'Orange'| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/dev-gill-goes-up-against-ganesh-in-orange/articleshow/66922512.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 December 2018}}</ref> [[Sadhu Kokila]], [[Ravishankar Gowda]], [[Rangayana Raghu]] and [[Avinash]] among others. The music is scored by [[S. Thaman]] and cinematography is by Santhosh Rai Pathaje.

The film team has shot three songs and few montage scenes across several cities of the Europe continent.<ref>{{cite news|title= Orange takes Ganesh and Priya Anand on a Europe tour|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/jul/11/orange-takes-ganesh-and-priya-anand-on-a-europe-tour-1841309.html|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=11 July 2018}}</ref> The film released across Karnataka on 7 December 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/nov/15/ganeshs-orange-to-release-on-december-7-1898289.html|title=Ganesh’s Orange to release on December 7|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=15 November 2018}}</ref> The film marks the first ever venture in [[Kannada cinema]] to have been acquired by the [[Amazon Prime]] prior to its release.<ref>{{cite news|title='Orange' becomes first Kannada film to be acquired by Amazon Prime prior to its release|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/orange-becomes-first-kannada-film-be-acquired-amazon-prime-prior-release-91764|publisher=Thenewsminute.com|date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Santosh (Ganesh) travelling in a train meets a girl named Radha and befriends her. She gives him an orange and tells him she is in love with her boyfriend (Harish Raj) but her father Huli Veerayya (Avinash) disapproves of it. She asks Santosh's help in winning her parents' approval. Radha disappears somewhere, he tries unsuccessfully to find her.

Santosh goes to Huli's home and stays there to convince them. One day, Radha comes back home. In the village, Narasimha (Dev Gill) insults Huli and tries to trouble Radha. Santosh makes an entry, fights him, and throws him out. Some comical events occur in home. Someone steals necklaces from the home and Santosh is suspect. He is thrown out. Narasimha beats him and takes him. Narasimha starts to trouble Huli again. He shows captured santosh to instil fear in them. In the end, Santosh fights him, saves everyone, and gets to marry Radha.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] as Santhosh
* [[Priya Anand]] as Radha
* [[Dev Gill]] as Narasimha Nayaka
* [[Sadhu Kokila]] as Kodanda
* [[Rangayana Raghu]] as Giddappa
* [[Avinash]] as Huli Veeraiah
* [[Harish Raj]] as Prashanth, Giddappa's son
* Joy Badlani
* [[Padmaja Rao]] as Radha's mother
* Meghana Khushi as Rukmini, Radha's sister
* Rashmi Subbanna as Huli Veeraiah Sister ( Avinash Sister)
* [[Ravishankar Gowda]] as Rukmini's husband
* [[Sathyabhama (actress)|Sathyabhama]] as Gowramma, Radha's grandmother
* [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]]
* Srinivasa Gowda as V. Govind, a [[Police constable]]
* [[Vanishree]] as Dr. Sudha
* Girish Shivanna as Muniyyappa, a thief
* K. V. Manjayya as a priest
* Radha Ramachandra as Santosh's grandmother
* [[Prashant Raj]] in a cameo appearance as a fortune-teller
{{colend}}

== Production ==
Terming the film a [[Romantic comedy|romcom]] with a "cute love story", director Prashant Raj stated that the film was named after the [[Orange (fruit)|orange fruit]] because it "plays a major role in the film". He added that the protagonists in the film meet because of it. He added that [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] who plays the lead role in the film, plays a thief, while [[Sadhu Kokila]] plays a wrestler called Undertaker.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharadhaa |first1=A. |title=‘Orange is my story and my kind of film’ |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/nov/30/orange-is-my-story-and-my-kind-of-film-9022.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=The New Indian Express |date=30 November 2018}}</ref>

The film was Raj and Ganesh's second collaboration after ''[[Zoom (2016 Kannada film)|Zoom]]'' (2016). Filming began in early February 2018 and later that month [[Priya Anand]] was signed to play the female lead opposite Ganesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Priya Anand signed to star opposite Ganesh in 'Orange' |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/priya-anand-signed-star-opposite-ganesh-orange-76742 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=The News Minute |date=20 February 2018}}</ref> In July 2018, a ten-day schedule involving three songs and "montage scenes" were filmed in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Orange takes Ganesh and Priya Anand on a Europe tour |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/jul/11/orange-takes-ganesh-and-priya-anand-on-a-europe-tour-1841309.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=The New Indian Express |date=11 July 2018}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Orange
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[S. Thaman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|10|25}}
| recorded = 2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film Soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=19|s=28}}
| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| label = Pallavi Audio
| producer = [[S. Thaman]]
| prev_title = [[Kavacham (2018 film)|Kavacham]]
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = [[Mr. Majnu]]
| next_year = 2018
}}

Music composer [[S. Thaman]] was finalized to compose the songs for the film even though initially [[Joshua Sridhar]] was considered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/mar/10/its-ss-thamans-music-for-ganeshs-orange-4950.html|title=It's SS Thaman's music for Ganesh's Orange|publisher=Cinema Express|date=10 March 2018}}</ref> Thaman had previously collaborated with [[Prashant Raj]]'s previous venture ''[[Zoom (2016 Kannada film)|Zoom]]'' (2016). A single track of the film was released first on 25 October 2018 online.<ref>{{cite news|title=New single from Ganesh's Orange to be released on October 25|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66265700.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=19 October 2018}}</ref> The lyrics for the songs have been written by [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]] and Prashant Raj.

{{Tracklist
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 19:28
| title1 = Orangeu Orangeu
| lyrics1 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]]
| extra1 = [[Benny Dayal]]
| length1 = 3:54

| title2 = Brotheru Brotheru
| lyrics2 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]]
| extra2 = [[Kaala Bhairava]]
| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = Yaaro Yaaro
| lyrics3 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]]
| extra3 = [[Chinmayi]]
| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = Sukumari My Sukumari
| lyrics4 = [[Prashant Raj]]
| extra4 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Sanjana Kalmanje
| length4 = 4:23

| title5 = Orange theme
| lyrics5 =
| extra5 = Instrumental
| length5 = 1:09
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|9179226}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orange}}
[[Category:2018 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2018 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Masala films]]
[[Category:2010s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. Thaman]]
[[Category:Films shot in Europe]]
[[Category:Films shot in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Films directed by Prashant Raj]]

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