Roberrt
Roberrt is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language musical action thriller film written and directed by Tharun Sudhir and produced by Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda under the banner of Umapathy Films. The film stars Darshan, Vinod Prabhakar, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan, debutante Asha Bhat, Devaraj and P. Ravi Shankar. V. Harikrishna and Arjun Janya composed the soundtrack. Cinematography and editing are performed by Sudhakar S Raj and KM Prakash respectively. The film was theatrically released on 11 March 2021. Roberrt opened to mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, production values, action sequences and songs but criticism was directed towards  the cliched characterizations, writing and runtime. It went to become the fifth highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of its release and as of April 2022, it is the highest-grossing film of Darshan’s career. Plot. Raghava lives in Lucknow with his son Arjun and is the head cook in a Brahmin's caterers where he helps his caterer's daughter Amrutha in a catering job and soon falls for him for his honesty. Meanwhile, Balaram Tripathi, an ex-minister vows vengeance on Raghav because of two reasons: Balaram had planned an assassination attempt on ministeral candidate Omkar  Shukla after he was humiliated in a wrestling betting, but was saved by Raghava. Tripathi had arranged his son's marriage with the Central minister's daughter for political gain but was ruined by Raghava and Arjun. Tripathi kidnaps Raghava and tells his henchman to finish him off and Arjun (who was asleep in his home), who is held at gunpoint. Raghava violently finishes all of them and Tripathi. Kishan seeks the help of crime boss Sarkar to kill Raghava and dispatches men to finish him. But Raghava kills them without anyone's knowledge. Sarkar is astonished to see Raghava  and reveals that Raghava is actually Roberrt and Arjun is not his son. Meanwhile, Amrutha also confronts Raghava about his past. Few years ago in Mangalore, Roberrt and Raghava are friends/brothers, who actually work for Sarkar's elder brother Nanabhai, who were separated from each other due to jealousy. Roberrt helps Raghava and Thanu express their love for each other to their parents, who declines but later accepts their relationship. They get married and have a son Arjun. Meanwhile, Roberrt and Raghava discover Nana's son Cherry indulging in Human Traffickling and they kill him despite Nana's requests . While celebrating Arjun's birthday, Nana's gang get attacked by unknown forces and Thanu is killed in crossfire. Depressed about Thanu's death and worried about Arjun's future. Raghava becomes approver to police by divulging Nana's crimes to the police commissioner. Raghava finds that Nana planned the encounter and arrives at Roberrt's den where he believes Roberrt to be behind Nana's plan, the two indulge in a fight. However Nana arrives along with Sarkar, who reveals that it was their plan all along and also divulges that Nana was the main mastermind behind the Human  Traffickling and Cherry was following his others. Nana kills Thanu's parents and throws a dead Raghava, Roberrt and an infant Arjun into a ship container where they drown it in the sea. Roberrt and Arjun survives and escape the drowned container. Raghava makes Roberrt to take a vow that him that he will raise Arjun in non-violent manner. Through Sarkar, Nana arrives in Lucknow where he traps Amrutha's father Vishwanath Bhat in a food poisoning case and also Roberrt in Tripathi's murder case. He calls Roberrt and divulges that they kidnapped Arjun and tells him to  finish the matter once and for all. Raghava arrives and finishes Nana, Kishan and Sarkar without Arjun's knowledge where they are killed in Ram Navami event. Production. Production of the film began with the working title D53. Producers of "Hebbuli" and "Ondalla Eradalla", Umapathy Films, announced that they would collaborate with Darshan under the direction of Tharun Kishore Sudhir, in whose debut movie "Chowka" (2017), Darshan had made a special appearance as "Robert". Principal photography began in June 2019. The first theme poster was released by the production house on 6 November 2018, while the title of the movie  was announced as "Roberrt" on 25 December 2018 on Christmas. The second theme poster of the movie was released on 5 June 2019 on the eve of Ramzan festival. Coinciding with the announcement of the title, a theme poster was also released on 25 December 2018. The poster saw Darshan as the incarnation of Hanuman with Rama on his shoulder. Mehreen Pirzada was initially selected as the heroine of the movie but opted out due to dates issue. The shooting of the movie had been undergoing confidentially with mobile phones reportedly banned at the shoot locations. Director Tharun Sudhir had  revealed that Darshan would be portraying in the movie. Soundtrack. The film's songs are composed by Arjun Janya. This marks the fourth collaboration of Janya and Darshan after "Chakravarthy", "Tarak" and "Odeya". The rerecording of the movie is by V. Harikrishna. Kannada Telugu Release. "Roberrt" was released on 11 March 2021 along with Telugu dubbed version by the same name, on an eve of Maha Shivaratri in 1200 theatres worldwide. It was originally scheduled for a release in April 2020, The film was delayed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The film was released on  about 1600 screens, including 650 in Karnataka and about 350 in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, 300 in rest of India and 300 in overseas. It was also dubbed in Hindi under the same title by RKD Studios. Home media. The digital rights of the film was bagged by Amazon Prime Video. It was released for streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 25, in five languages - Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. The satellite rights of the Kannada and Hindi versions of the film, were taken by Udaya TV and Colors Cineplex. For the first time ever, the Kannada version  was telecasted on November 4, at 6:30 P.M. Reception. Critical reception. Sunayana Suresh, in her review for The Times of India, rated 4/5 and stated, "Darshan and Tharun Kishore Sudhir teaming up for the first time together for a full fledged film. The film, which releases almost a year after its original release date, manages to live up to that and ends up being more than just a mass action entertainer and has enough to cater to the family audience too." Y Maheswara Reddy of Bangalore Mirror rated 4/5 and stated, "Roberrt bilingual (Kannada and Telugu) movie has all the  ingredients required to entertain mass audiences, especially the hard-core fans of Challenging Star Darshan. Though this movie was scheduled to be released in April 2020, it got postponed due to the pandemic. However, it has succeeded in meeting the expectation of movie buffs." A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express rated 4/5 and stated, "Darshan-starrer 'Roberrt' is anything but a typical action fare from the Challenging Star. The actor, who is known for his mass appeal, also delivers an all-round performance that establishes his class credentials too." Box office. "Roberrt" on the first day of its release  collected 17.24 crore in Karnataka and 3.12 crore in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. However, it was reported that there were speculations that the makers were spreading inflated numbers to create hype around the movie. The movie was reported to have collected Rs. 78.36 crore in 8 days. It completed 25 days at theatres until they were shut due to the second wave of COVID-19.