Kranti (2023 film)

Kranti is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by V. Harikrishna. Produced by B. Suresha and Shylaja Nag, under Media House Studio. It stars Darshan and Rachita Ram in the lead roles alongside Ravichandran. The music of the film is composed by V. Harikrishna.

Kranti was theatrically released on 26 January 2023, coinciding with the Indian Republic Day holiday and received mixed to negative reviews from critics.

Plot
Kranti Rayanna is an NRI business magnate who is called by his master, Srikantaiah, to attend the 100th celebration of the government school; he studied in his childhood. Kranti returns home from Europe and meets a school teacher named Sadashivayya. Sadashivayya reveals to Kranti that his school along with various other 12,000 government schools is in trouble from Salatri, a shrewd businessman, who wants to privatise the government schools by issuing government order with the help of corrupt Education minister Vaman Rao and Narasappa, a gangster. After learning this, Kranti wages a revolution against Salatri, Vaman Rao, Narasappa. He thrashes Narasappa's son, Nanjappa, and forcefully closes the private schools to seek attention from the Chief Minister, who later holds a meeting with Kranti. At the meeting, Kranti makes an eye-opening speech about the necessity for government schools to provide free education in order to remove the parents' burden. The Chief Minister is convinced and issues orders to renovate government schools and not to privatize them. Later, Vaman Rao resigns himself from his position, while Salatri is arrested for his activities.

Production
The film was tentatively known as #D55. On 10 September 2021, its official title was unveiled as Kranti. The film was then launched on 15 October 2021.

Music
The music of the film is composed by V. Harikrishna. The first single titled "Dharani" was released on 10 December 2022. The second single "Bombe Bombe" was released on 18 December 2022. The third single "Pushpavati" was released on 25 December 2022.

Release
The film was theatrically released on 26 January 2023 coinciding with Republic Day of India. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Udaya TV for ₹12-13 crore and streaming rights to Amazon Prime Video for ₹17.5 crore. It was premiered on Amazon Prime Video from 23 February 2023.

Reception
The film was panned by the critics, with Deccan herald terming the movie "old-school and tiresome" and News Minute characterising it as "silly both in writing and in execution".

Box-Office
The film grossed over ₹33 crore at the box office in India.