Vamshi (film)

Vamshi
File:Vamshi.jpg Theatrical film poster
Directed by	Prakash
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Written by	M. S. Ramesh (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Prakash, M. S. Abhishek
Story by	Prakash, M. S. Abhishek
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Nikitha Lakshmi
Narrated by	Upendra
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Cinematography	Krishna Kumar
Edited by	Deepu. S. Kumar
Production company	Sri Chakreshwari Combines
Distributed by	Sri Vajreshwari combines
Release date	2 October 2008 (2008-10-02)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Vamshi (Kannada: ವಂಶಿ) is an Indian Kannada-language action drama film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Nikitha in the lead roles. It is directed by Prakash and produced by Smt. Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film was released on 2 October 2008.

Plot

Vamshi (Puneeth Rajkumar) is a trainee in a police academy, who often gets angry in any circumstance. Even for minor causes, he gets angry, and this makes him land into trouble. Once after training, while he is about to be transferred to Bangalore for posting, Vamshi's anger and past make him lose his interview. His past reveals that he is the son of a rowdy K.R., who was recently murdered by the other group led by Jayachandra(another rowdy). His anger, and the link of police and politicians with Jayachandra ends Vamshi's police interview as a failure.

He gets dejected and, being the son of K.R., joins his father's (K.R's) rowdy team as its leader, and is helped by another politician to kill Jayachandra and other enemies of K.R. While doing so, and he is cast away from his mother (Lakshmi) and lover Shradha(Nikita Thukral), which he realizes later their importance, love and affection. Finally, He changes back to the calm life, whereas his own rowdy team and the politician who helped Vamshi in his initial years as a rowdy turn against him, because they want Vamshi to be in the rowdy business. A fight ensues between the group and Vamshi, who finally emerges as the winner. Finally, Vamshi takes up the job as a teacher, and he, Nikita and his mother live happily ever after.

Cast

• Puneeth Rajkumar as Vamshi
• Nikita Thukral as Shaaru
• Lakshmi
• Sundar Raj
• Komal Kumar
• Ravi Kale
• Rajendra Karanth
• Avinash
• Haridas G.
• Vijay Koundinya
• Arasu Maharaj
• Suresh Mangalore
• Ganesh Rao Kesarkar
• Shankar Narayan
• Madhu Mandagere
• Mallesh Gowda
• Tumkur Mohan
• Shankar Rao
• Vidya Murthy
• B. Jaya
• Jolly Bastin
• N. K. Vishwanath
• Y. R. Ashwath Narayan

Music

Vamshi
Soundtrack album by R. P. Patnaik
Released	October 2008
Studio	SRI CHAKRESHWARI COMBINES
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
External audio Official Audio Jukebox at YouTube

The official soundtrack contains six songs composed by R P Patnaik with lyrics penned by V.Nagendra Prasad, Ram Narayan. The song 'Thayi Thayi' was reused from the 1993 Kannada film Hoovu Hannu, which also starred Lakshmi. The movie has 6 songs.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bhuvanam"	Sohan Chakravarthy	04:54
2.	"Jothe Jotheyali"	Puneeth Rajkumar, Shreya Ghoshal	05:01
3.	"Yenaytho Idho"	Sonu Nigam	04:18
4.	"Amalu"	Rajesh Krishnan, Harini Sudhakar	04:29
5.	"Mayagaathi"	Udit Narayan, Malathy Lakshman	04:14
6.	"Thayi Thayi (Male)"	Rajkumar	04:40
7.	"Thayi Thayi (Female)"	K. S. Chitra	04:40

Reception

Rediff wrote, "Vamshi is a different film for director Prakash and actor Puneet Raj Kumar. However, despite Prakash's emotionally-charged narration the story of this Kannada flick lacks credibility".However, the film was declared as a super hit at the box-office . It completed 100 days in more than 12 centers across the state. The movie was dubbed in Malayalam.

External links

• Vamshi on IMDb