Kicchu
{{Short description|2018 Indian Kannada-language film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kicchu
| image = Kicchu poster.jpg
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| caption = Release poster
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| director = Pradeep Raj
| writer =
| screenplay =
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| based_on = {{based on|Hotti Uriva Kichchinalli|Pradeep Raj}}
| producer = M. Anthony Pradeep
| starring = {{plainlist|*Dhruv Sharma
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| music = Arjun Janya
| studio = Indirajal Advertisement Solutions
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2018|5|4}}
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| country = India
| language = Kannada
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Kicchu (or Kichchu) is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language thriller drama film starring Dhruv Sharma, Suchendra Prasad, Abhinaya and Ragini Dwivedi. Actor Sudeepa appears in a guest role.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/sudeep-on-dhruva-sharmas-film-kichchu/articleshow/63999153.cms|title=I wish Kichchu brings all the accolades that Dhruva Sharma truly deserves: Sudeep - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2022-07-26|archive-date=2022-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131094210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/sudeep-on-dhruva-sharmas-film-kichchu/articleshow/63999153.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/letting-go-of-acting-offers-and-focusing-on-my-weight-loss-was-a-big-deal-ragini-dwivedi/articleshow/63465439.cms|title=Letting go of acting offers and focusing on my weight loss was a big deal: Ragini Dwivedi - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2022-07-26|archive-date=2022-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726185321/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/letting-go-of-acting-offers-and-focusing-on-my-weight-loss-was-a-big-deal-ragini-dwivedi/articleshow/63465439.cms|url-status=live}} The film is an adaptation of Pradeep Raj's novel Hotti Uriva Kichchinalli.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/money-woes-drove-kannada-actor-dhruv-sharma-to-suicide/story-K9hdNJ8U3sOYmy2atYUCDI.html|title=Money woes drove Kannada actor Dhruv Sharma to suicide?|date=2 August 2017|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726191925/https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/money-woes-drove-kannada-actor-dhruv-sharma-to-suicide/story-K9hdNJ8U3sOYmy2atYUCDI.html|url-status=live}} The film notably stars two speech and hearing impaired persons in the lead (Sharma and Abhinaya).{{Cite news|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/may/02/it-was-a-dream-to-act-with-dhruv-sharma-which-got-fulflled-with-kicchu-5814.html|title='It was a dream to act with Dhruv Sharma, and it got fulflled with Kicchu'|newspaper=Cinema Express|access-date=24 February 2022|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202080129/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/may/02/it-was-a-dream-to-act-with-dhruv-sharma-which-got-fulflled-with-kicchu-5814.html|url-status=live}} The film released a year after Dhruv Sharma's death.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/looking-back-at-dhruv-sharmas-films/articleshow/59860878.cms|title=Looking back at Dhruv Sharma's films|date=1 August 2017|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 October 2023|archive-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804162037/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/looking-back-at-dhruv-sharmas-films/articleshow/59860878.cms|url-status=live}}
Cast
- Dhruv Sharma as Suri
- Suchendra Prasad as Devanna
- Abhinaya
- Ragini Dwivedi
- P. Sai Kumar as Police officer
- Pradeep Raj
- Sudeepa in cameo role
Production
The film was shot in Malenadu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/dhruva-sharma-death-kannada-actors-last-movie-kichchu-will-create-history-india-736880|title=Dhruva Sharma death: Kannada actor's last movie Kichchu will create history in India|first=Shekhar H.|last=Hooli|date=2 August 2017|website=www.ibtimes.co.in|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525014157/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/dhruva-sharma-death-kannada-actors-last-movie-kichchu-will-create-history-india-736880|url-status=live}} Ragini Dwivedi played a deglam role for the first time in her career.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ragini-dwivedis-new-avataar/articleshow/52255362.cms|title=Ragini Dwivedi's new avataar - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2022-07-26|archive-date=2022-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726185321/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ragini-dwivedis-new-avataar/articleshow/52255362.cms|url-status=live}}
Music
The music for the film was composed by Arjun Janya.{{cite web |title=Kichchu - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kichchu/ZM6MJuuWaf4_ |website=JioSaavn |access-date=13 October 2023 |date=29 December 2017 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206000639/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kichchu/ZM6MJuuWaf4_ |url-status=live }}
{{Infobox album
| name = Kicchu
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Arjun Janya
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| released = 2018
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| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length = 18:13
| language = Kannada
| label = Anand Audio
| producer =
| chronology = Arjun Janya
| prev_title = Kannadakkaagi Ondannu Otti
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Ayogya
| next_year = 2018
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{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Mylekuntha Madesha
| length1 = 4:35
| lyrics1 = Ghouse Peer
| extra1 = Kailash Kher, Suchendra Prasad
| title2 = Ughey Ughey
| length2 = 5:02
| lyrics2 = Ghouse Peer
| extra2 = Vijay Prakash
| title3 = Spandana
| length3 = 3:40
| lyrics3 = Ghouse Peer
| extra3 = Shreya Ghoshal
| title4 = Vanadevi Preetiya
| length4 = 4:56
| lyrics4 = Ghouse Peer
| extra4 = Vijay Prakash
| total_length = 18:13
}}
Reception
A critic from The New Indian Express opined that "Kicchu gives an insight into deforestation, and its effects on people, but somehow, on the whole, a sensitive subject like this one seems to lack depth".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2018/may/05/kicchu-movie-review-lofty-message-in-a-stretched-film-1810267.html|title='Kicchu' movie review: Lofty message in a stretched film|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2022-07-26|archive-date=2022-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131135154/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2018/may/05/kicchu-movie-review-lofty-message-in-a-stretched-film-1810267.html|url-status=live}} Guruprasad D. M. of Deccan Herald wrote that "Even with good intentions, Kicchu is dull, cliched and too flat on emotions".{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/kicchu-review-good-intentions-flat-emotions-668254.html|title=Kicchu review: good intentions, flat on emotions|date=4 May 2018|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131111327/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/kicchu-review-good-intentions-flat-emotions-668254.html|url-status=live}} Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 and stated that "Kichchu might not be a drama that keeps you in the edge of your seat, but it has its heart set in the right place".{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/kichchu/movie-review/64026596.cms|title=Kichchu Movie Review {3/5}: Go ahead and watch the film|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Sunayana|last=Suresh|date=4 May 2018|accessdate=10 September 2022}}
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