Om (Kannada film)

Om
Theatrical re-release poster
Directed by	Upendra
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Screenplay by	Upendra
Story by	Upendra
Starring	Shivarajkumar Prema
Music by	Hamsalekha
Cinematography	B. C. Gowrishankar
Edited by	Shashikumar
Production company	Poornima Enterprises
Distributed by	Sri Vajreshwari Combines
Release date	19 May 1995 (1995-05-19)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	₹1.2 crore (equivalent to ₹5.0 crore or US$740,000 in 2016)
Box office	₹22 crore (equivalent to ₹92 crore or US$14 million in 2016)

Om (Kannada: ಓಂ), stylized as ॐ, is an 1995 Indian Kannada crime drama film written and directed by Upendra. The film was produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar under the production company Sri Vajreshwari Combines. The film stars Shivarajkumar and Prema in lead roles with Srishanthi, G. V. Shivanand, Sadhu Kokila and along with real life gangsters Bekkina Kannu Rajendra, Tanveer, Korangu Krishna, Jedaralli Krishnappa portraying supporting roles.

The film was notable for its exposure of Bengaluru's criminal underworld. The film's plot revolves around Satya, son of a priest who becomes a gangster after his lover framed him in a murder. Rest of the film is about Satya leaving the rowdyism. The soundtrack was composed by Hamsalekha who also wrote the lyrics for all songs. B. C. Gowrishankar and Shashikumar handled cinematography and editing respectively.

Om was remade in Telugu as Omkaram (1997) starring Dr.Rajshekar and Prema which was also directed by Upendra. The movie was unofficially remade in Hindi as Arjun Pandit.Bollywood's 1998 blockbuster Satya shares many similarities with Om, including the fact that both deal with criminal underworlds and each protagonist's name is the same: Satya. The film became a successful venture at the box office. It remains a cult classic Indian film, following among audience owing to its re-release every two weeks and this film has a world record of re-releasing more than 550 times and completing 100 days on more than 75+ re-releases which is an all-time world record

The movie begins with a reporter writing articles about underworld dons and the reasons why people enter the underworld and practice rowdyism. The movie revolves around the main character Satya (Shivarajkumar), a son of a priest who turns into a rowdy for love. But the same love brings him back into being a civilized person. But there are twists involved in the movie as to why he is provoked to turn into a rowdy, how he is rejected by his family and relatives and also the girl for whom he had to become a rowdy in the first place and many other events which are the key scenes to watch for in the movie.