Poojari

Not to be confused with Pujari.

Poojari (transl. Priest) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Sharan and starring Adi Lokesh (in his lead debut) and Neethashree.

Poojari
Directed by	Sharan
Written by	Keshav Adhithya (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Sharan
Story by	Sharan
Produced by	Mohan Kumar Mallikarjun Sharan
Starring	Adi Lokesh Neethashree
Cinematography	S. Chandrashekar
Edited by	Baby Nagaraj
Music by	Abhimann Roy
Production company	Friends Movies
Release date	January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Adi Lokesh as Poojari
• Neethashree as Priya
• Rangayana Raghu
• Shobaraj
• Ramesh Bhat
• Avinash
• Tulasi
• Chitra Shenoy
• Prathap

Production

Adi Lokesh previously starred in Jogi (2005) and made his lead debut with this film.^[1] Director Sharan did not let Adi Lokesh dub for himself.^[1] The song "Kannale Nanna Chitra Baredanu" was shot in Bangkok.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Abhimann Roy,^[2] and the lyrics were written by Sharan Kumar Kabbur, Kantharaj S, Prashanth and Srinivas. The songs became popular.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Akka Pakka"	Abhimann Roy, Chaitra H. G.	3:58
2.	"Ilibyada Maga"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Badri Prasad	4:59
3.	"Janma Kotta Thayi"	Vijay Kumar	4:11
4.	"Kannalle"	Divya Raghavan, Chaitra H. G.	5:04
5.	"Kannalle (instrumental)"	—	5:02
6.	"Kele Thangaali"	Abhimann Roy	5:04
7.	"Muddu Muddaada"	Udit Narayan, H. Divya	5:01
8.	"Poojaari"	Abhimann Roy, Inchara, H. Divya, Kantha	4:21
Total length:			37:40

Release

The film was released alongside Arasu (2007) on Republic Day and was a box office failure despite having a large opening.^{[citation needed]} After the film's failure, Adi Lokesh decided to concentrate back on villain roles.^[1]

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka.com rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "The film is mass oriented and it attracted the mass audience. [...] Neeta looks glamorous in the song sequences".^[3] The film was a box office failure.^[4][1]