Pogaru

Pogaru is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Nanda Kishore and produced by B. K. Gangadhar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja and Rashmika Mandanna with Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Pavitra Lokesh, and Raghavendra Rajkumar in supporting roles, and Sampath Raj, Dhananjay, Kai Greene, Morgan Aste, and Dharma as antagonists.

Chandan Shetty and Gummineni Vijay composed the soundtrack while V. Harikrishna composed the background score. Cinematography and editing were done by Vijay Milton and Mahesh S, respectively. The film was planned as a Kannada and Telugu bilingual, but the Telugu version was later dropped and a dubbed version was released in both Telugu and Tamil. The film’s Tamil dubbed version is titled as Semma Thimiru. It was later dubbed into Hindi under the same title  Pogaru  by RKD Studios.

Plot
A young Shiva loses his father, who was killed by JB, as his father became a witness to JB's crimes. Shiva is unaware of his father's death and learns about his mother Lakshmi's second marriage with Executive Officer Ramakrishna from his dying grandmother, who makes Shiva promise that he will take care of Lakshmi. He agrees and asks Lakshmi to come with him without Ramakrishna and his daughter (Shiva's sister). Lakshmi disagrees which leads Shiva to become a rogue. Years later, he becomes a notorious rogue, who hates Ramakrishna and his daughter for snatching Lakshmi away from him. Shiva meets a teacher named Geetha and falls for her good nature.

JB decides to grab the colony but is opposed by Ramakrishna. JB's son, Daali, takes Shiva's help. Shiva agrees and gets Ramakrishna arrested. He also takes his sister to Daali's hideout, but thrashes Daali and his henchmen as he realizes his sister's affection. Shiva's sister is injured in the fight and is taken to the hospital. Lakshmi berates Shiva and tells him to never show his face again. Shiva talks about his difficulties to Lord Hanuman, and Geetha also realizes her mistake and reconciles with Shiva. Daali goes into a coma which makes JB enraged and kidnaps the colony's kids to burn them alive. Shiva saves them and defeats JB's bodyguards and burns JB alive. Shiva reunites with his family and changes his ways.

Music
Chandan Shetty composed the songs for the movie, and the audio was released on 14 February 2021 in Davangere with ex-CM Siddaramaiah as Chief guest.

Kannada (Pogaru)

Tamil (Sema Thimiru)

Telugu (Pogaru)

Release
The film was scheduled to be released on 24 March 2020, but was postponed amid the COVID-19 lockdown in India. It was released on 19 February 2021,in Kannada, along with dubbed versions in Telugu and Tamil(titled Semma Thimiru). It was also dubbed in Hindi by RKD Studios on YouTube on 25 April 2021.

Box office
The film opened with 100% occupancy and collected ₹25 crores in two days. On its success meet, the producer announced that the movie collected ₹45 crores in six days. The film was a failure in Tamil and Telugu versions but a commercial success in Kannada.