News (film)

This article is about the 2005 Kannada film. For the 1989 Malayalam film, see The News (film).

News
Directed by	M. K. Maheshwar
Produced by	M T Sriram C Gopi M Kumar
Written by	M. K. Maheshwar
Starring	Upendra Reema Sen Renuka Menon Nassar
Music by	Gurukiran
Cinematography	Sendhil Kumar
Edited by	Jo Ni Harsha
Production company	Sri Vidya Pictures
Release date	4 August 2005 (2005-08-04)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

News is a 2005 Indian Kannada drama film directed and written by M. K. Maheshwar. The film stars Upendra along with Reemma Sen (in her Kannada film debut) and Renuka Menon in the lead roles. The film was produced by Sri Vidya Pictures.

The film released on 4 August 2005 to generally positive reviews from critics. However, the film failed commercially at the box-office. The critics commented that the plot elements of the movie had loose similarities with Malayalam movies like Iyer the Great and New Delhi.

Cast

• Upendra as Guru
• Reemma Sen as Pooja
• Renuka Menon as Divya
• Nassar as Devaraj, editor of Number 1, a newspaper
• Tennis Krishna as Gopala, film director
• Ashok as editor of Super News
• Avinash as Umesh
• Bank Janardhan as Gopala's father
• Anantha Velu as J. J. Patil
• Mandeep Roy as a doctor
• Bhagya Shree
• K. V. Manjaiah

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran.

News
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2005 (2005)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Ashwini Audio

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naanu Jeetendra"	V. Manohar	Gurukiran, Sadhana Sargam
2.	"Good Morning"	Kaviraj	Udit Narayan, Chitra Sivaraman
3.	"Gira Gira"	Kaviraj	KK, Priyadarshini
4.	"Munjaneya"	Kaviraj	Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal
5.	"Munjaneya-2"	Kaviraj	Shael Oswal, Shreya Ghoshal
6.	"Bombayee"	Gurukiran	Chaitra H. G.

External source

• Year 2005 roundup
• Upendra's top class in News