Vaamana
{{Short description|2025 Indian Kannada-language action film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Vaamana poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Shankar Raman. S
| writer = Shankar Raman. S
| producer = Chethan Kumar Gowda
| starring = {{plainlist|* Dhanveer Gowda
| cinematography = Mahendra Simha
| editing = Suresh Arumugam
| music = B. Ajaneesh Loknath
| studio = Equinox Global Entertainment
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|2025|4|10|df=yes}}
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
| runtime =
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Vaamana is a 2025 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Shankar Raman S and produced by Chethan Kumar Gowda under Equinox Global Entertainments. The film stars Dhanveer Gowda and Reeshma Nanaiah in the lead roles. The soundtrack is composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, while the cinematography and editing was handled by Mahendra Simha and Suresh Arumugam.
Plot
{{No plot |date=April 2025}}
Cast
- Dhanveer Gowda as Guna
- Reeshma Nanaiah as Nandini{{cite news|title=ನೀರಿನಂಥ ಹೀರೋಗೆ ಹಾಲಿನಂಥ ನಾಯಕಿ! 'ವಾಮನ' ಚಿತ್ರದ ಧನ್ವೀರ್, ರೀಷ್ಮಾ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು ರಿವೀಲ್|url=https://vijayavani.net/kannada-movie-vamana-characters-look-revealed|date=1 August 2023|accessdate=13 August 2023|newspaper=Vijayavaani|archive-date=13 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813093943/https://www.vijayavani.net/kannada-movie-vamana-characters-look-revealed|url-status=live}}
- Sampath Raj as Papanna
- Adithya Menon as Karamlal
- Achyuth Kumar
- Tara
- Avinash
- Petrol Prasanna
Release
Initially, the film was scheduled to be released in September 2023,{{cite news|title=Vaamana movie shooting is completed. Film is hit screens in September|url=https://kannadaprabha.com/cinema/news/2023/aug/08/vaamana-is-aiming-for-a-mid-september-release-499901.html|date=8 August 2023|accessdate=12 August 2023|author=Manjula VN|newspaper=Kannadaprabha|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810234554/https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/news/2023/aug/08/vaamana-is-aiming-for-a-mid-september-release-499901.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=A. |first1=Sharadhaa |title=Vaamana is aiming for a mid-September release |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/kannada/news/2023/Aug/08/vaamana-is-aiming-for-a-mid-september-release-46372.html |work=Cinema Express |date=10 August 2023 |language=en}} but it was delayed and was theatrically released on 10 April 2025.{{cite news |last1=A. |first1=Sharadhaa |title=Dhanveerrah's Vaamana gets a release date |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/kannada/2025/Feb/27/dhanveerrahs-vaamana-gets-a-release-date-2 |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 February 2025 |language=en}}
Reception
Sridevi S. of The Times of India rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, "Vamana is a high-octane action drama, narrated with a non-linear screenplay, which does more harm than good. The film comes together only in the last 30 minutes as it stitches all the pieces together, but one has to sit through a lot of conflicts and confusion to reach till the peak moment."{{cite news |title=Vaamana Movie Review : Vaamana review: Dhanveerraah's mass moment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/vaamana/movie-review/120229724.cms |work=The Times of India |date=12 April 2025}} A. Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express wrote, "Director Shankar Raman avoids formulaic beats and crafts a story where action serves emotion, set in world that is gritty, morally complex, and far more grounded than typical mass cinema".{{cite news |last1=A. |first1=Sharadhaa |title=Vamana Movie Review: Dhanveerrah embraces mass heroism in an actioner without commercial trappings |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/kannada/2025/Apr/12/vamana-movie-review-dhanveerrah-embraces-mass-heroism-in-an-actioner-without-commercial-trappings |work=The New Indian Express |date=6 April 2025 |language=en}}
References
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External links
{{IMDb title|21810074}}