Orange (2018 film)

Orange is a 2018 Indian Kannada romantic comedy film directed by Prashant Raj and produced by Naveen starring Ganesh in the lead, making it a second collaboration after Zoom (2016),[1] alongside Priya Anand.[2] The supporting cast features Dev Gill,[3] Sadhu Kokila, Ravishankar Gowda, Rangayana Raghu and Avinash among others. The music is scored by S. Thaman and cinematography is by Santhosh Rai Pathaje.

Orange
Directed by	Prashant Raj
Produced by	Naveen G. S.
Screenplay by	Prashant Raj
Starring	Ganesh Priya Anand
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Santhosh Rai Pathaje
Edited by	Ravichandran. C
Production company	Nimma Cinema
Distributed by	Nimma Cinema
Release date	7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	17 crore

The film team has shot three songs and few montage scenes across several cities of the Europe continent.[4] The film released across Karnataka on 7 December 2018.[5] The film marks the first ever venture in Kannada cinema to have been acquired by the Amazon Prime prior to its release.[6]

Plot

Santosh (Ganesh) travelling in a train meets a girl named Radha and befriends her. She gives him an orange and tells him she is in love with her boyfriend (Harish Raj) but her father Huli Veerayya (Avinash) disapproves of it. She asks Santosh's help in winning her parents' approval. Radha disappears somewhere, he tries unsuccessfully to find her.

Santosh goes to Huli's home and stays there to convince them. One day, Radha comes back home. In the village, Narasimha (Dev Gill) insults Huli and tries to trouble Radha. Santosh makes an entry, fights him, and throws him out. Some comical events occur in home. Someone steals necklaces from the home and Santosh is suspect. He is thrown out. Narasimha beats him and takes him. Narasimha starts to trouble Huli again. He shows captured santosh to instil fear in them. In the end, Santosh fights him, saves everyone, and gets to marry Radha.

Cast

• Ganesh as Santhosh
• Priya Anand as Radha
• Dev Gill as Narasimha Nayaka
• Sadhu Kokila as Kodanda
• Rangayana Raghu as Giddappa
• Avinash as Huli Veeraiah
• Harish Raj as Prashanth, Giddappa's son
• Joy Badlani
• Padmaja Rao as Radha's mother
• Meghana Khushi as Rukmini, Radha's sister
• Rashmi Subbanna as Huli Veeraiah Sister ( Avinash Sister)
• Ravishankar Gowda as Rukmini's husband
• Sathyabhama as Gowramma, Radha's grandmother
• Tota Roy Chowdhury
• Srinivasa Gowda as V. Govind, a Police constable
• Vanishree as Dr. Sudha
• Girish Shivanna as Muniyyappa, a thief
• K. V. Manjayya as a priest
• Radha Ramachandra as Santosh's grandmother
• Prashant Raj in a cameo appearance as a fortune-teller

Production

Terming the film a romcom with a "cute love story", director Prashant Raj stated that the film was named after the orange fruit because it "plays a major role in the film". He added that the protagonists in the film meet because of it. He added that Ganesh who plays the lead role in the film, plays a thief, while Sadhu Kokila plays a wrestler called Undertaker.[7]

The film was Raj and Ganesh's second collaboration after Zoom (2016). Filming began in early February 2018 and later that month Priya Anand was signed to play the female lead opposite Ganesh.[8] In July 2018, a ten-day schedule involving three songs and "montage scenes" were filmed in Europe.[9]

Soundtrack

Orange
Soundtrack album by S. Thaman
Released	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
Recorded	2018
Genre	Film Soundtrack
Length	19:28
Language	Kannada
Label	Pallavi Audio
Producer	S. Thaman
S. Thaman chronology
Kavacham (2018) Orange (2018) Mr. Majnu (2018)

Music composer S. Thaman was finalized to compose the songs for the film even though initially Joshua Sridhar was considered.[10] Thaman had previously collaborated with Prashant Raj's previous venture Zoom (2016). A single track of the film was released first on 25 October 2018 online.[11] The lyrics for the songs have been written by Kaviraj and Prashant Raj.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Orangeu Orangeu"	Kaviraj	Benny Dayal	3:54
2.	"Brotheru Brotheru"	Kaviraj	Kaala Bhairava	3:40
3.	"Yaaro Yaaro"	Kaviraj	Chinmayi	3:29
4.	"Sukumari My Sukumari"	Prashant Raj	Vijay Prakash, Sanjana Kalmanje	4:23
5.	"Orange theme"		Instrumental	1:09
Total length:				19:28

References

1. "Ganesh and I know each other's pulse and that's why we gel well". The Times of India. 2 December 2018.
2. "Priya Anand signed to star opposite Ganesh in 'Orange'". the newsminute.com. 20 February 2018.
3. "Dev Gill goes up against Ganesh in 'Orange'". The Times of India. 3 December 2018.
4. "Orange takes Ganesh and Priya Anand on a Europe tour". The New Indian Express. 11 July 2018.
5. "Ganesh's Orange to release on December 7". The New Indian Express. 15 November 2018.
6. "'Orange' becomes first Kannada film to be acquired by Amazon Prime prior to its release". Thenewsminute.com. 18 November 2018.
7. Sharadhaa, A. (30 November 2018). "'Orange is my story and my kind of film'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
8. "Priya Anand signed to star opposite Ganesh in 'Orange'". The News Minute. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
9. "Orange takes Ganesh and Priya Anand on a Europe tour". The New Indian Express. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
10. "It's SS Thaman's music for Ganesh's Orange". Cinema Express. 10 March 2018.
11. "New single from Ganesh's Orange to be released on October 25". The Times of India. 19 October 2018.

External links

• Orange on IMDb