Googly | |
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Kannada | ಗೂಗ್ಲಿ |
Directed by | Pavan Wadeyar |
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Written by | Pawan Wadeyar & Sai Prasad |
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Cinematography | Vaidy S. |
Edited by | Sanath Suresh |
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Jayanna Combines
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Box office | ₹150 million (US$2.2 million) |
Googly | |
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Soundtrack album by Joshua Sridhar | |
Released | 3 June 2013 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 25:42 |
Label | D Beats |
Producer | V. Harikrishna |
Googly (Kannada: ಗೂಗ್ಲಿ) is a 2013 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film directed by Pavan Wadeyar and produced by Jayanna Combines. Yash and Kriti Kharbanda are the lead actors while Ananth Nag and Sadhu Kokila play the primary supporting roles. The film released on 19 July 2013.
The film won multiple nominations at the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards. Having been nominated in 11 categories, the film won SIIMA awards for Best Director (Pavan Wadeyar), Best Cinematographer (Vaidi S.), Best Lyricist (Pavan Wadeyar) and Best Fight Choreographer (Ravi Varma).A sequel of this movie is being directed and named as Googly 2
Googly is a love story told using flashbacks. It revolves around Sharath (Yash), a commerce student, and Swathi (Kriti Kharbanda), a medical student. Sharath is an unusual character who is full of energy, where as Swathi is a simple girl. They meet at Sharath's college in Bangalore where a forum is to be held. Before their love story begins, misunderstandings occur causing Swathi to leave for her hometown of Mysore. After 2 years, they are reunited when traveling to a friend wedding. The events that occur from then on form the rest of the story.
Palaniraj and Ravi Verma choreographed the action scenes, with dance choreography done by Murali. Joshua Sridhar composed the score and soundtrack while ace Kannada music composer and state awardee Anoop Seelin scored the background music. Lyrics were written by Yogaraj Bhat, Jayanth Kaikini, Pavan Wadeyar and Kaviraj.
The filming of Googly took place in Bengaluru, Sakleshpur, Moodabidre and Mangaluru over forty days. One of the songs was shot in Malaysia