Dhumm

Dhumm is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by M. S. Ramesh, starring Sudeep and Rakshita. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Gurukiran and lyrics by Kaviraj and V. Nagendra Prasad. The film released on 27 September 2002. It was a critical and commercial success. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Hero No.1 and in Hindi as Dumdaar.^[1] This movie is an official remake of Tamil movie Dheena (2001) starring Ajith Kumar, with major plot changes with sentimental flashbacks.^[2]

Dhumm
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Directed by	M. S. Ramesh
Screenplay by	M. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar
Story by	A. R. Murugadoss
Based on	Dheena (Tamil)
Produced by	Kanakapura Srinivas K. P. Srikanth
Starring	Sudeep Rakshita
Cinematography	H. C. Venu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	SRT Entertainments
Distributed by	Ramu enterprises
Release date	27 September 2002 (2002-09-27)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

The protagonist Varada (Sudeep) is like fire when faced with injustice. His heart is cool as ice otherwise. He picks up a machete for a solid reason and continues his vengeance when required. His mother is against Varada's violent principles but Varada thinks he is the only bad element in the house and never gives up his ideals. But subconsciously Varada is also struggling to get a good name and this is established in the climax.

The fiery handsome guy in love with his opponent's daughter (Rakshita) reaches a tight spot when his sister is murdered. He hatches a clever plot and fulfills his task of restoring the glory of his father. He begs his mother to accept him as a good son after settling his scores with some goons.

Cast

• Sudeep as Varada
• Rakshita as Preethi
• Srinath as Varada and Shankar's father
• Sumithra as Varada and Shankar's mother
• Nassar as Shankar, Varada's brother
• Rangayana Raghu as M.L.A.
• Arun Sagar as Vinod (Preethi's brother)
• Sadhu Kokila as Varada's friend
• Chitra Shenoy as Preethi's sister

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Gurukiran collaborating with Sudeep for the second time after Chandu (2002). All the lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad. The soundtrack was released by Ashwini Recording Company.

Dhumm
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2002
Recorded	Ashwini Recording Company
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:01
Language	Kannada
Label	Ashwini Audio
Producer	Gurukiran
Gurukiran chronology
Dhruva (2002) Dhumm (2002) Hollywood (2002)

No.	Song	Singer(s)	Lyricist
1	"Savaligu Kavaligu"	Shankar Mahadevan	V. Nagendra Prasad
2	"Ee Touchali Eno Ide"	Lakshmi	V. Nagendra Prasad
3	"Ameeshage Tensionu"	Gurukiran Sowmya Raoh	Kaviraj
4	"Mataadu Mathaadu"	Hariharan	V. Nagendra Prasad
5	"Baa Ba Baara"	Suresh Wadkar K. S. Chithra	V. Nagendra Prasad

Reception

Chitraloka.com wrote that "This is an action extravaganza. M.S.Ramesh has really showed his ‘guts’ in making a nice action film that stands out from other action films. The dialogues and wonderful performance by key artistes has boosted up the quality of the film. [...] Congrats for the convincing job done by Ramesh and Team".^[3]

Regarding the Telugu dubbed version Hero No. 1, Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "Sudeep does not look like a debut-making hero. He plays his role with ease".^[1]

Awards

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Filmfare Awards South 1 N/A
Totals
Awards won	1
Nominations	N/A

Filmfare Awards South :-

• Best Music Director – Kannada(2002) - Gurukiran