Software Ganda

Software Ganda (transl. Software husband)^[1] is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy drama film directed and co-produced by Venkatesh. The film features Jaggesh and Nikita Thukral in the lead roles besides Sakshi Agarwal and Srinath in other pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Veer Samarth while the cinematography is by Nagesh Acharya.

Software Ganda
Promotional poster
ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ವರ್ ಗಂಡ
Directed by	Venkatesh
Produced by	Venkatesh Ramappa Sampath Kumar
Starring	Jaggesh Nikita Thukral Sakshi Agarwal
Cinematography	Nagesh Acharya
Music by	Veer Samarth
Production company	Sri Marikamba Films
Release date	5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film was released on 5 December 2014 worldwide. The film is a remake of the 2012 Malayalam film My Boss, which itself was inspired from the 2009 American film The Proposal.^[2]

Premise

Manu, a software engineer, faces difficulty working under Priya, his short-tempered NRI boss. Priya is forced to leave India due to visa issues and she decides to marry Manu for her selfish needs.

Cast

• Jaggesh as Manu
• Nikita Thukral as Priya S Rao
• Srinath as Manu's father
• Sakshi Agarwal as Nancy
• Kuri Prathap as Venu, Manu's coworker
• Ruthu as Priya's friend
• Jayalakshmi as Manu's grandmother
• Master Manjunath
• Achyuth Kumar as Vishwanath, Chairman at Citra Infotech
• Srinivas Prabhu as Srinivasan, FRRO

Production

Ravichandran, Puneeth Rajkumar and Sudeep graced the film's launch.^[3] The final schedule of the film shoot was shot at Hebbal, Bengaluru on 27 March 2014 and the shoot continued in Thirthahalli for five to six days.^[4]

Soundtrack

The film score and soundtrack has been composed by Veer Samarth and the audio has been brought out by Anand Audio label.^[5] The lyrics are written by Dr. Nagendra Prasad and Hrudaya Shiva. An Atlanta-based singer, Rekha Pallath, made her debut in playback singing with this film.^[6] The audio launch took place in Bengaluru in August 2014.^[7]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kuditha Beda"	Hrudaya Shiva	Vijay Prakash	04:34
2.	"Sorry Very Sorry"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Chetan Gandharva, Rekha Pallath	04:28
3.	"Saniha Saniha"	Hrudaya Shiva	Rajesh Krishnan, Lakshmi Nataraj	04:10
4.	"Pyategintha"	Hrudaya Shiva	Rajesh Krishnan, Shamitha Malnad	03:44
Total length:				16:56

Release

The film was released on 5 December 2014 alongside Ka and Baanaadi.^[1]

Critical reception

GS Kumar of The Times of India rated the film three out of five stars and wrote, "An all-out entertainer, Software Ganda offers a generous dose of laughter. Jaggesh shines all through the movie with his superlative performance".^[8] A critic from Sify gave the film the same rating and wrote, "Over all, the movie is entertaining and worth watching once for the humorous dialogues".^[2]

Home media

The satellite rights for the film was sold for ₹1.6 crore to a leading television channel.^[9]

Controversy

Before the release of the film, Jaggesh disassociated himself from the film as he felt that the film fell in the wrong hands and that the producers were not promoting the film.^[10]