Care of Footpath 2

Care of Footpath 2 (Hindi: Kill Them Young) is a 2015 Indian bi-lingual drama film directed by Kishan Shrikanth and produced by Devaraj Pande. In addition to direction, Kishan has composed music, enacted and edited the film. The film is a sequel to Kishan's Care of Footpath (2006) which won him many laurels. The film stars Avika Gor, Deepp Pathak, Esha Deol, Dingri Naresh and Karthik Jayaram in the main roles. The film also features special performances from Bollywood personalities such as Shafiq Syed of Salaam Bombay! fame and director Anees Bazmee. The film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of four juveniles who hatch a plan to kill a corrupt police officer.

Care of Footpath 2
Film poster
Directed by	Kishan Shrikanth
Written by	Srikanth H R
Produced by	Devaraj Pande C R Srinivas Srikanth H R
Starring	Deepp Pathak Avika Gor Esha Deol Kishan Shrikanth Dingri
Cinematography	Makesh Dev S K Rao
Edited by	Kishan SS
Music by	Vivek Kar Manoj Srihari Kishan Shrikanth
Production company	Kiran Movie Makers Inc.
Release dates	6 November 2015 (2015-11-06) (US) 4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) (India)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Kannada Hindi

Care of Footpath 2 premiered in Los Angeles on 6 November 2015 prior to its release in India.^[1]

Cast

• Avika Gor as Geetha
• Esha Deol as Meera
• Karthik Jayaram as Police officer
• Kishan Shrikanth as Krishna
• Dingri Naresh as Dingri
• Shravanthi Sainath as TV reporter
• Anees Bazmee
• Shafiq Syed
• Master Hirannaiah
• Shivaram

Production

After a gap of four years, director Kishan Shrikanth came up with the idea of making a sequel to his first installment Care of Footpath. Terming the film as "not a typical sequel", the director said it took three years to conceive and conceptualize the subject for the film. He visited the real street children who had their brush with crime and understood their plight which resulted him to form a screenplay.^[2]

Soundtrack

Care of Footpath 2
Soundtrack album by Vivek Kar, Manoj Srihari, Kishan Shrikanth
Released	3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:01
Label	Anand Audio

The soundtrack album comprises five tracks including three instrumentals, and was composed by 3 composers: Vivek Kar, Manoj Srihari and Kishan Shrikanth.^[3] It was released on 3 November 2015.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bullet Nanna"	Raghu Niduvalli	Vivek Kar	Girik Aman, Shipra Goyal	4:27
2.	"Kanasugala"	K. Kalyan	Manoj Srihari & Kishan Shrikanth	Santhosh Venky	4:07
3.	"Good Times"		Kishan Shrikanth	Instrumental	3:27
4.	"Last Hope"		Kishan Shrikanth	Instrumental	2:51
5.	"Plan to Kill"		Kishan Shrikanth	Instrumental	4:09
Total length:					19:01

Reception

Critical response

International

On 5 November 2015, the Los Angeles Times reviewed the film as "an exercise in excess" and drew parallels of the film making style to that of Danny Boyle's films. The film criticized the plot as a "bombastic, overlong melodrama that doesn't recognize the occasional need to takes things down a decibel or three" while praising the lead performances.^[5]

In India

Upon release in India, the film garnered critical reviews with the Bangalore Mirror rating the film 3.5 Stars quoting 'From beginning to end, the movie does not let you down with its fast narrative and constant entry and exit of characters.'^[6]