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Sagar
Directed by	M. D. Sridhar
Screenplay by	M. D. Shridhar
Story by	K. S. Kumar
Produced by	Ramu
Starring	Prajwal Devaraj Haripriya Radhika Pandit Sanjjanaa
Cinematography	A. V. Krishna Kumar
Edited by	P. R. Soundar Raj
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Ramu Enterprises
Distributed by	Ramu Films
Release date	10 August 2012 (2012-08-10)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Sagar (Kannada: ಸಾಗರ್) is a 2012 Kannada-language romantic action drama film directed by M. D. Sridhar and produced by Ramu. A remake of Chukkallo Chandrudu, the film stars Prajwal Devaraj, alongside Radhika Pandit, Sanjjanaa, Haripriya, Dev Gill, Sharath Lohithaswa, Avinash Yelandur, Vinaya Prasad and Adi Lokesh. The music was composed by Gurukiran, while cinematography and editing were handled by A. V. Krishna Kumar and P. R. Soundar Raj. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Ek Aur Mr. Sherdil.

Plot

Sagar is the son of an aristocratic industrialist Rajasekhara Murthy, who arrives home after completing his studies in Australia. Rajasekhara fixes his marriage with Priyanka. Sagar and Priyanka decides to prevent the marriage, where Sagar tells his problem to Jennifer who sends her friend Kajal's photo to wrongly portray her as his lover only to create confusion within the family.

Kajal arrives in the house and soon bonds with the family members. However, Kajal leaves the house and is captured by the goons sent by Rajasekhara's rival Sampath, but Sagar saves Kajal and brings her home, where he reveals the truth. Kajal reveals that she is the daughter of Rajasekhara's friend Dr. Janaradhan. Kajal was actually stalked by an international drug baron named Sonu Bhai, who actually killed her parents after they refused to get Kajal married to him.

Kajal soon escaped to Bangalore and decided to act as Sagar's girlfriend, but later tried to leave as Sonu had arrived in Bangalore and was tracking her again with Sampath's help. Rajasekhara, Sagar and his family decides to protect Kajal. During a factory inauguration, Kajal is kidnapped again by Sampath and his son who soon gets killed by Sonu. Sagar tracks down Sonu's location and brutally thrashes him. In the aftermath, Sagar and Kajal finally reunite.

Cast

• Prajwal Devaraj as Sagar
• Radhika Pandit as Kajal
• Sanjjanaa Galrani as Jennifer
• Haripriya as Priyanka
• Dev Gill as Sonu
• Vinaya Prasad
• Avinash as Rajashekara Murthy
• Sharath Lohitashwa
• Sangeetha
• Ganesh Rao Kesarkar
• Suresh Anchan
• Adi Lokesh
• Kaddipudi Chandru

Soundtrack

Gurukiran has composed the songs to the lyrics of Kaviraj. The Audio has been distributed by Anand Audio.

Reception

The Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "The director makes the narration interesting by bringing in a family sentimental track and ending the story with an excellent fighting sequence for the front benchers. It could have been trimmed by at least 20 minutes to make it compact." B S Srivani from Deccan Herald concluded it as a "A frothy entertainer at its best". India Today wrote "While the fights and three songs are good, the inclusion of some unnecessary sequences in the second half drags the film. Even the story does not offer any freshness, but the production values makes the film much attractive. The comedy portions in the film are weak, but the song picturisations are a strong attraction of the film".

Notes

1. Although the film is a remake, K. S. Kumar is still credited for the story.

References

1. "Kannada Friday: 'Sagar' and '12 AM Madhyarathri'". IBN Live – via News18.
2. "SAGAR MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 16 May 2016.
3. "Sagar". Deccan Herald. 10 August 2012.
4. "Sagar movie review". India Today. 16 August 2012.

External links

• Sagar at IMDb

• 2012 films
• 2010s Kannada-language films
• Films scored by Gurukiran
• Films directed by M. D. Sridhar
• Kannada remakes of Telugu films
• 2010s Indian films