Kidi (film)

Kidi (lit. 'Spark') is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film starring Bhuvan Chandra, Pallavi Gowda, Danny Kuttappa and Ugrham Manju. It was directed by S. Raghu and produced by Master's Choice Creations. It is a remake of the 2016 Malayalam-language film Kali.^[1]

Kidi
Directed by	S. Raghu
Story by	Rajesh Gopinathan
Produced by	T. Nagraj B. T. Mallikarjunaiah Dhananjay R.
Starring	Bhuvan Chandra Pallavi Gowda Danny Kuttappa
Cinematography	Benaka Raju
Edited by	Vishwa
Music by	Emil Mohammed
Production company	Master's Choice creations
Distributed by	Mysore Talkies (Jack Manjunath)
Release date	6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Bhuvan (R Bhuvan Chandra), a man with anger management issues, tries to control his temper for the sake of his wife, Nandhini(Pallavi Gowda). However, things take a turn when they drive on a highway one night.

Cast

• Bhuvan Chandra as Bhuvan
• Pallavi Gowda as Nandini
• Danny Kuttappa as Chuli
• Manmohan Roy as Shetty
• Ugramm Manju as Nagaanna
• Pavan K as Pavan
• Dakshaya as Young Bhuvan

Music

The music is composed by Emil Mohammad, and the soundtrack was released on 3 June 2017 by Anand Audio.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ondu Manavi"	Kaviraj (lyricist)	Karthik (singer)	5:10
2.	"Preethi Inda"	Lokesh J	Anuradha Bhat, Anirudh	4:40
3.	"Enee Kavana"	K. Kalyan	Sangeetha Ravindranath	5:10
4.	"Kidi Theme"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Chandan Shetty	3:20

Reception

A critic from Firstpost wrote that "A remake doesn’t work with an extra song (shot in Thailand), or giving more muscles to the hero. It works in keeping its aesthetics intact. Raghu’s Kidi fails to do that. Furthermore, the leads don’t recreate the magic of togetherness that Dulquer Salmaan and Sai Pallavi did".^[2] Critics from Indiaglitz and Chitraloka gave a more positive review.^[3][4][5]