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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|2021 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Salaga<br />
| image = Salaga film.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Duniya Vijay]]<br />
| producer = {{ubl|KP Srikanth}}<br />
| writer = Duniya Vijay<br/>Maasthi Upparahalli<br />
| starring = {{ubl|Duniya Vijay|[[Sanjana Anand]]|[[Dhananjay (actor)|Dhananjay]] }}<br />
| music = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]<br />
| cinematography = Shiva Sena<br />
| editing = Deepu S. Kumar<br />
| studio = Venus Enterrtainer<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2021|10|14|India}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
| gross = {{INR|22-25 crores}}<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
}}<br />
'''''Salaga''''' is a 2021 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Duniya Vijay]] in his directorial debut and produced by KP Srikanth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duniya Vijay says he is enjoying directing Salaga |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/duniya-vijay-says-he-is-enjoying-directing-salaga/articleshow/69800372.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Duniya Vijay to make his directorial debut with Salaga |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/duniya-vijay-to-make-his-directorial-debut-with-salaga/articleshow/69293469.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=28 October 2019 |last1=Suresh |first1=Sunayana}}</ref> It features Duniya Vijay himself along with [[Sanjana Anand]], [[Dhananjay (actor)|Daali Dhananjay]], and [[Nagabhushana|Nagabhushan]] in prominent roles.<ref>{{cite news |title=Team 'Salaga' completes their first shooting schedule |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/team-salaga-completes-their-first-shooting-schedule/articleshow/70025735.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Salaga' to hit theatres for Ugadi festival on March 25 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/salaga-to-hit-theatres-for-ugadi-festival-on-march-25/articleshow/74316375.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref> The film was released on 14 October 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duniya Vijay's 'Salaga' to release on October 14th |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/duniya-vijays-salaga-to-release-on-october-14th/articleshow/86526529.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=30 September 2021 |last1=Kodur |first1=Swaroop}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
In [[Bangalore]], ''Slum'' Shetty is a gangster, who along with former gangster-turned [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|BBMP]] corporator Indra and ''Juttu'' Seena are controlling the [[Crime Syndicate|Bangalore underworld]]. Shetty learns that a person named ''Thyagaraja'' Ramanna is smuggling [[Arms trafficking|illegal arms]] from [[New Mangalore Port|Mangalore Port]] for Salaga, who is operating from prison. Shetty sends Suri ''Anna'' to ''deal with him''. Learning about Ramanna's attack, Salaga hires a cold-blooded gang named ''Batsman'' boys and kills Suri at a bar.<br />
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Suri's brother Kenda is enraged and vows to kill Salaga. The trio, along with Kenda, learns that Salaga is released from prison, where they attempt to kill him, but Salaga escapes and kills Kenda, with the help of Batsman boys. Salaga's childhood girlfriend Sanjana pursues Salaga to accept her love proposal, but he refuses where after much insistence, Salaga agrees. After increase in crime rates, The city [[police commissioner|commissioner]] appoints [[Assistant Commissioner of Police|ACP]] Samrat to deal with the underworld.<br />
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Salaga tracks Seena at the market, where he along with the Batsman boys kill him. With a person named Savithri's help, Samrat tracks down the Batsman boys and kills them. Due to Seena's death, Shetty gets scared of his gang and family members, where he gets into a road accident and admitted to a hospital. Salaga reaches the hospital and kills him, where he discreetly escapes with Sanjana and surrenders at the court. Samrat interrogates Salaga who reveals his real name as Vijay Kumar and reveals his past.<br />
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'''Past''': Vijay Kumar hails from [[North Karnataka|Uttar Karnataka]], and he arrives in Bangalore with his headmaster father and mother for his education. Vijay's father learns that their village people are also working as labourers in the city. He teaches their children in the city in order for them to be educated, but is ridiculed by Indra, Shetty, Seena and [[Sub Inspector|SI]] Ashwath, who makes the labourers believe their false statements about doing good for them. One day, Vijay thrashes Naga as he harassed Sanjana's friend Kavya.<br />
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Vijay gets arrested by Ashwath in charges of killing Naga, where he tries to prove his innocence to his father and mother, but to no avail. After facing the embarrassment by their people, Vijay's father and mother commits suicide, leaving Vijay devastated. Vijay is sent to a [[remand home]] where he learns that Naga was actually killed by Slum Shetty, Seena and Indra upon the request of Ashwath as he suspects Vijay to be Kavya's (Ashwath's daughter) boyfriend and also wants to embarrass Vijay's father. After his release from remand home, Vijay kills Ashwath. He is arrested again and sentenced to prison.<br />
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'''Present''': After revealing his past to Samrat, Salaga escapes by shooting himself in his leg and blames Samrat for [[Police encounter|encounter-killing]] him. After the enquiry at the court, Salaga is released due to lack of evidence. Salaga tracks down Indra at a temple festival and kills him, thus avenging his parents' death. Salaga surrenders himself and is taken to prison.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Duniya Vijay]] as Vijay Kumar / Salaga <br />
**Sridhar H Krishna as Young Vijay<br />
*[[Sanjana Anand]] as Sanjana <br />
*[[Dhananjay (actor)|Dhananjay]] as ACP Samrat <br />
*B.V.Bhaskar as SI Bhaskar<br />
*[[Nagabhushana]] as Vijay's Lawyer<br />
*[[Achyuth Kumar]] as Police Commissioner<br />
*Cockroach Sudhi as Savitri<br />
*Sampath Maitreya as Vijay's Father<br />
*Usha Ravishankar as Vijay's Mother<br />
*Yashwanth Shetty as Slum Shetty<br />
*Channakeshava as Juttu Seena<br />
*Neenasam Ashwath as SI Ashwath, Corrupt Officer<br />
*Sathyanarayan Ummatthal as Sathyanna, Constable<br />
*Rockline Sudhakar as Sanjana's Father<br />
*Apoorva as Sanjana's Mother<br />
*Shambhavi Venkatesh as Shetty's Wife<br />
*Dinesh as Suri Anna<br />
*Shreshta as Kenda, Suri's Brother<br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Filming started in [[Bangalore]] in June 2019. In October 2019, it was reported that the film was in its last leg of production.<ref name="toi5">{{cite news |title=Salaga gears up for final action schedule |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/salaga-gears-up-for-final-action-schedule/articleshow/71752861.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Salaga<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]<br />
| cover = <br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 2020<br />
| recorded = 2019<br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = <br />
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 18:28<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| label = A2 Music<br />
| producer = <br />
| misc = {{external music video| header = Official audio<br />
|{{YouTube|L7JrXJYGenk|Salaga - Full Album}}<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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The film's background score was composed by [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]], with 1 song composed by [[Naveen Sajju]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Duniya Vijay and Dhananjay join hands for Salaga |date=8 May 2019 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/may/08/duniya-vijay-and-dhananjay-join-hands-for-salaga-1974127.html |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| total_length = 18:28<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Suri Anna <br />
| extra1 = [[Anthony Daasan]]<br />
| lyrics1 = Duniya Vijay & team <br />
| music1 = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]] <br />
| length1 = 4:20<br />
| title2 = I Love You Sanjana <br />
| extra2 = [[Naveen Sajju]]<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Chethan Kumar (director)|Chethan Kumar]]<br />
| music2 = Naveen Sajju<br />
| length2 = 2:26<br />
| title3 = Malaye Malaye <br />
| extra3 = [[Sanjith Hegde]], Aishwarya Rangarajan <br />
| lyrics3 = Nagarjun Sharma <br />
| music3 = Charan Raj <br />
| length3 = 4:06<br />
| title4 = Salaga Title Track<br />
| extra4 = [[Yogi B]], Sharath, Charan Raj, Sanjith Hegde<br />
| lyrics4 = Nagarjun Sharma<br />
| music4 = Charan Raj<br />
| length4 = 4:35<br />
| title5 = Salaga Promotional song<br />
| note5 = Folk song<br />
| extra5 = Girija Siddi, Geetha Siddi, Channakesava<br />
| lyrics5 = <br />
| music5 = Charan Raj<br />
| length5 = 3:00<br />
}}<br />
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==Box office==<br />
The film collected ₹15.31 crores on first week and end up grossing over ₹22 crores at Box-office.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=29 December 2021 |title=Year Ender 2021: Highest-grossing Kannada Movies of the Year |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/year-ender-2021-highest-grossing-kannada-movies-of-the-year-4604252.html |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Pinkvilla]]'' reported that the film had collected {{INRConvert|25|c}} in 25 days and became a commercial success at the box office.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=24 October 2021 |title=Kotigobba 3 and Salaga: Kannada movies taste box office success |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/kotigobba-3-and-salaga-kannada-movies-taste-box-office-success-925134 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=PINKVILLA |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Awards and nominations==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Award !! Category !! Recipient !! Result !! Ref<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=7|[[67th Filmfare Awards South]]<br />
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada|Best Film]]<br />
|KP Srikanth<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|rowspan=7|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2022/kannada/nominations |title=67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory |website=[[Filmfare]] |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada|Best Director]]<br />
|[[Duniya Vijay]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada|Best Supporting Actor]]<br />
|[[Dhananjay (actor)|Dhananjay]]<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada|Best Supporting Actress]]<br />
|Usha Ravishankar<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada|Best Music Director]]<br />
|[[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada|Best Lyricist]]<br />
|Nagarjun Sharma - "Malaye Malaye<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada|Best Female Playback Singer]]<br />
|Aishwarya Rangarajan - "Malaye Malaye"<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=5|[[10th South Indian International Movie Awards]]<br />
|Best Film <br />
|KP Srikanth<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|rowspan=5|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/siima-2022-honours-late-puneeth-rajkumar-with-best-actor-award-5948743.html |title=SIIMA 2022 Honours Late Puneeth Rajkumar With Best Actor Award |publisher=News18 |date=13 September 2022}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web |title=SIIMA WINNER'S 2022 |url=https://siima.in/index.php/awards-2022/}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Best Supporting Actor<br />
|Dhananjay<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|Best Actor in a Negative Role<br />
|Yash Shetty<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|Best Debut Director<br />
|Duniya Vijay <br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt10415600}}<br />
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[[Category:2021 films]]<br />
[[Category:2021 Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2021 directorial debut films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Bengaluru]]<br />
[[Category:Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Charan Raj]]</div>AidanHeim7993963