# Jhossh

Jhossh is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Shivamani. Produced by Sanjay Babu under SVP pictures, the film mainly stars debutant Rakesh Adiga, Shamna Kasim and Nithya, whilst Akshay, Vishnu Prasanna, Dwarakish, Achyuth Kumar, Tulasi Shivamani and Sihi Kahi Chandru feature in supporting roles. The music is composed by Vardhan, making his debut.
The film was released on 10 April 2009 across Karnataka and went on to become one of the highest grossers at the box-collection for the year. The film had a run over a hundred days at cinema halls. The film was remade in Telugu and Tamil as Keratam and Yuvan, respectively.

## Plot

Rakesh "Rocky" is the son of an honest government employee, who has seven friends and lives a happy life. Rocky and his friends complete their PUC and join the college. As they grew up, Siddhu develops feelings towards Meena. Rocky clashes with a senior student called "Robo" due to Robo teasing and harassing Meena. During a fight with Robo, Meena and Rocky's parents learn about their feelings.
The friends warn Rocky to forget his love and concentrate on career, but Rocky ignores it. They desert him and Meena also listens to her parents and decides to concentrate on studies and becomes a doctor. At this juncture, Rocky's father retires and agrees to shed the money as bribe to get a government job to Rocky. However, Rocky fails to turn up to the interview and loses the job. Rocky harshly behaves with his father, which leads Rocky to be thrown out of the house.
Rocky falls in love with Meera and proposes to her, but Meera rejects him, and Rocky realizes his mistake for abandoning his career as his love is infatuation. Rocky learns that his friends have become best achievers and are invited to their college function. Rocky arrives at the stage and tells the speech about not to become like him and also promises his parents that he will take care of them. The friends reconcile with Rocky and encourage him to achieve something in life.

## Cast

* Rakesh Adiga as Rakesh a.k.a. Rocky
* Poorna as Meena
* Nithya as Meera
* Vishnu Prasanna as Vishnu
* Akshay as Akshay
* Alok Babu as Alok
* Amith as Rocky's friend
* Robo Ganesh as Robo
* Sharan as PT teacher
* Sihi Kahi Chandru as College principal
* Tulasi Shivamani as Sharadamma
* Achyuth Kumar as Rakesh's father
* Srinivas Prabhu as Meena's father
* Shivaji Rao Jadhav as Barber
* Sudha Belawadi as Meena's mother
* Srinath as Meera's father
* Chidanand M. S. as Social Studies lecturer
* Karibasavaiah as Akshay's father
* Tabla Nani as Nani

## Soundtrack

All the songs are composed by Vardhan. The song "Jothe Jotheyali" was reused from Geetha (1981). Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog! wrote that "Jhossh isn't one of the better soundtracks in Kannada this year - far from it. But, there is a fairly new sound - a la Telugu - that composer Vardhan ushers with the songs that is refreshing".

## Reception

A critic from Sify opined that "Student and parents should watch this film without fail". R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com wrote that "Jhossh is a technically brilliant film with absolutely top class performances and good narration. This is film that needs to be encouraged". A critic from The Times of India wrote that "It is a must-see for teenagers, with the director excellently combining ragging, drag-racing, fighting, love, hatred, sentiment and family problems with a lively message". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "It is to Shivamani's credit that his choice of actors and ability to extract work has succeeded. Jhossh is a film parents would want to take their children along". Vijayasarathy writing for IANS wrote that "Jhossh is certainly one of the best original films released in recent days. It is certainly a benchmark for youth oriented films in Kannada. The film has all the elements to attract a large audience".

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations :
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient / Nominee | Result |
| 2008–09 | Karnataka State Film Awards | Second Best Film | S. Sanjay Babu | Won |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Supporting Actor | Achyuth Kumar | Won |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Supporting Actress | Tulasi Shivamani | Won |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | Jhossh | Nominated |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Director | Shivamani | Nominated |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Supporting Actor | Sharan | Nominated |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Supporting Actress | Nithya Menen | Nominated |
| 2009 | 57th Filmfare Awards South | Best Lyricist | Kaviraj | Nominated |
| 2010 | Suvarna Film Awards | Best Director | Shivamani | Won |
| 2010 | Suvarna Film Awards | Best Film | Josh | Won |
| 2010 | Suvarna Film Awards | Best Debut Actor | Rakesh Adiga | Won |