Vaamana
Vaamana is a 2025 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Shankar Raman S and produced by Chethan Kumar Gowda under Equinox Global Entertainments. The film stars Dhanveer Gowda and Reeshma Nanaiah in the lead roles. The soundtrack is composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, while the cinematography and editing was handled by Mahendra Simha and Suresh Arumugam.
Plot
Cast
- Dhanveer Gowda as Guna
- Reeshma Nanaiah as Nandini[1]
- Sampath Raj as Papanna
- Adithya Menon as Karamlal
- Achyuth Kumar
- Tara
- Avinash
- Petrol Prasanna
Soundtrack
B. Ajaneesh Loknath composed the soundtrack and background score.
| No. | Title | Singer (s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Va Va Va Vaamana" | Shashank Sheshagiri | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Muddu Rakshasi" | Vijay Prakash | 3:39 |
Release
Initially, the film was scheduled to be released in September 2023,[2][3] but it was delayed and was theatrically released on 10 April 2025.[4]
Reception
Sridevi S. of The Times of India rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, "Vamana is a high-octane action drama, narrated with a non-linear screenplay, which does more harm than good. The film comes together only in the last 30 minutes as it stitches all the pieces together, but one has to sit through a lot of conflicts and confusion to reach till the peak moment."[5] A. Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express wrote, "Director Shankar Raman avoids formulaic beats and crafts a story where action serves emotion, set in world that is gritty, morally complex, and far more grounded than typical mass cinema".[6]
References
- ^ "ನೀರಿನಂಥ ಹೀರೋಗೆ ಹಾಲಿನಂಥ ನಾಯಕಿ! 'ವಾಮನ' ಚಿತ್ರದ ಧನ್ವೀರ್, ರೀಷ್ಮಾ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು ರಿವೀಲ್". Vijayavaani. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Manjula VN (8 August 2023). "Vaamana movie shooting is completed. Film is hit screens in September". Kannadaprabha. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ A., Sharadhaa (10 August 2023). "Vaamana is aiming for a mid-September release". Cinema Express.
- ^ A., Sharadhaa (8 February 2025). "Dhanveerrah's Vaamana gets a release date". The New Indian Express.
- ^ "Vaamana Movie Review : Vaamana review: Dhanveerraah's mass moment". The Times of India. 12 April 2025.
- ^ A., Sharadhaa (6 April 2025). "Vamana Movie Review: Dhanveerrah embraces mass heroism in an actioner without commercial trappings". The New Indian Express.