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{{Infobox film
| name = Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
| image = Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release date poster
| native_name =
| director = [[Raj B. Shetty]]
| producer = Ravi Rai Kalasa<br/>Vachan Shetty
| writer = Raj B. Shetty
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = [[Raj B. Shetty]]<br/>[[Rishab Shetty]]
| narrator = [[Gopalkrishna Deshpande]]
| music = [[Midhun Mukundan]]
| cinematography = Praveen Shriyan
| editing = Praveen Shriyan
| studio = [[Raj B. Shetty|Lighter Buddha Films]]<br/>Coffee Gang Studios
| distributor = [[KRG Studios]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2021|11|19|ref1=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/trailer-raj-shetty-s-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana-promises-gripping-crime-drama-156671 |title=Trailer of Raj Shetty's Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana promises gripping crime drama |work=The News Minute |date=19 October 2021 |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 151 minutes
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget = ₹1.80 crores <ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/su-from-so-raj-b-shetty-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-budget-of-his-hit-film-ottplay-101754651750945.html</ref><ref>https://www.cinemaexpress.com/kannada/news/2025/Aug/07/raj-b-shetty-clarifies-on-speculations-about-su-from-so-budget</ref>
}}
'''''Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana''''' ({{translation|One [[Vahana|mount]]s [[Garuda]], One mounts [[Nandi (mythology)|Vrishabha]]}}) is a 2021 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[neo-noir]] [[gangster film]] written and directed by actor-director [[Raj B. Shetty]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/the-first-look-of-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana-is-out/articleshow/74135294.cms |title=The first look of Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana is out |newspaper=The Times of India |date=14 February 2020 |accessdate=14 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/mar/11/tiger-dance-plays-important-element-in-raj-b-shettys-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana-2115014.html |title=Tiger dance plays important element in Raj B Shetty's Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana |date=11 March 2020 |work=The Indian Express |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/feb/17/director-raj-b-shetty-gives-final-touches-to-his-gangster-drama-2104325.html |title=Director Raj B Shetty gives final touches to his gangster drama |date=17 February 2020 |work=The Indian Express |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> The film is produced by Ravi Rai Kalasa and Vachan Shetty, under the Lighter Buddha Films banner. The film features Raj B. Shetty<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana-makers-unveil-a-new-motion-poster-of-raj-b-shettys-next/articleshow/74613721.cms |title='Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana': Makers unveil a new motion poster of Raj B Shetty's next |newspaper=The Times of India |date=13 March 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> and [[Rishab Shetty]] in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemaexpress.com/article/stories/director-raj-b-shetty-is-all-set-to-wrap-up-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana/17062 |title=Raj B Shetty and Rishab Shetty join hands for gangster film |publisher=Cinema Express |accessdate=17 February 2020}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/raj-b-shetty-s-film-rishab-shetty-gets-title-118515 |title=Raj B Shetty's film with Rishab Shetty gets title |date=19 February 2020 |publisher=The News Minute |accessdate=19 February 2020}}</ref> The music was scored by [[Midhun Mukundan]]. Both editing and cinematography were done by Praveen Shriyan. It was presented by [[Rakshit Shetty]]'s [[Paramvah Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/oct/05/rakshit-shetty-to-present-raj-b-shettys-directorial-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana-2367604.html |title=rakshit shetty to present Raj B Shetty's directorial Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana |date=5 October 2021 |work=The Indian Express |accessdate=5 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/rakshit-shetty-to-present-raj-b-shettys-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahana/articleshow/86751198.cms |title=Rakshit shetty to present Raj B Shetty's Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana |newspaper=The Times of India |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/apr/26/i-dont-want-a-direct-ott-release-for-garuda-gamana-vrishabha-vahanaraj-b-shetty-2294756.html |title=I don't want a direct OTT Release for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana - Raj B Shetty |date=26 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |accessdate=26 April 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==
Brahmaiah is a well behaved and mild mannered cop, who gets transferred to [[Mangaladevi]], the coastal and cultural town of modern-day [[Mangalore]], which is also troubled by [[gang violence]] perpetrated by the gangster duo, Shiva and Hari. While everyone knows that Hari was born and brought up in Mangaladevi, no one knows about Shiva's origins. He was discovered in a bag, found in a well near Hari's home. When the villagers opened the bag, they found a 12-year old Shiva with his neck cut and scars all over his body. Shiva was later taken to the hospital, where he survived and recovered. He spent some time begging in the streets of Mangalore until he was found and taken in by Hari's mother. Hari and Shiva grew up to be best friends and brothers for life.

Everyone assumed that Shiva was severely abused during his childhood. While he was hospitalised after being found, he used to scream as if he was dying whenever a nurse or female doctor approached him. He was completely desensitized to violence and had [[Anger management|anger management issues]]. Though Shiva was mostly unreactive when he himself was harmed, if somebody threatened to harm his loved ones or people close to him, he erupted like a [[volcano]] and was capable of unspeakable things. Hari profited tremendously from Shiva's fury as Shiva's protection made Hari untouchable. Even in adulthood, Shiva remains unsophisticated and a man of few words, while Hari becomes a suave power player and the most feared gangster in town. He runs the gangs and the police are in his pocket.

Hari eventually joins hands with a senior gangster and businessman, Raviraj, just for the sake of his growth. Shiva is dejected as he feels sidelined by Hari, who now reveres Raviraj. Unable to express himself, Shiva starts beating up people needlessly. Hari distances himself from Shiva, whose violent nature can be a double-edged sword. Eventually, a small problem emerges between Raviraj's brother-in-law and Hari, to which Shiva reacts violently. This leads to Hari further distancing himself from Shiva and Raviraj's gang plots to kill Shiva, as a result. Brahmaiah, who initially wanted a transfer from Mangaladevi due to the violent town, has newfound courage when he is threatened by Hari and Shiva indirectly, and humiliated by an [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], who wants Hari and Shiva to be destroyed.

Brahmaiah is aided by a police driver, who agrees to be a double agent for him as well as Hari-Shiva gangs. He plays Hari and Shiva's sides against each other to further destroy Hari and Shiva. When Brahmaiah learns of Raviraj's gang's plan to kill Shiva, he passes on the information to Shiva's friends, that Hari has sent people to kill Shiva. Shiva is saved by his friends in the nick of time, but the information that Hari sent people to kill him deeply troubles Shiva. Unbeknownst to Shiva, the same night, Shiva's friends leave to kill Hari in revenge and one of them is killed by Hari. Hari now thinks that Shiva sent people to kill Hari, and openly threatens that he will kill Shiva and have a [[victory lap]] around the town. Shiva, though taken aback, threatens him back.

Shiva kills Raviraj's brother-in-law in retaliation for the loss of his gang member. This causes Hari to plot with Raviraj to kill Shiva. Eventually, Hari has a hitman shoot and kill Shiva while he is playing [[cricket]] with his friends. When Hari is out on his victory lap around town, the teenage boys who used to play cricket with Shiva and had witnessed his shooting, follow Hari and kill him with his own knife. The [[epilogue]] shows the childhood forms of Hari and Shiva burying their respective adult forms.

==Cast==
* [[Raj B. Shetty]] as Shiva
** Harshadeep as young Shiva
* [[Rishab Shetty]] as Hari
** Chinthan as young Hari
* [[Gopalkrishna Deshpande]] as [[Sub Inspector|S.I.]] Brahmaiyya
* Anil Uppala as Pili Prakasha
* V.J. Vineeth as Shreeshanth, Pili Prakasha's nephew.
* Jyothish Shetty as Raviraj
* Deepak Rai Paanaaje as Shekhara
* Shanil Guru as Karunakar, Police driver
* [[Prakash Thuminad]] as Ramanath
* [[J. P. Thuminad]] as Avinash
* Arpith Adyar as Avinash's friend
* Yathish Baikampady as Emmekere Dayananda
* Sachin Anchan
* Saumesh
* R.J. Arpith Indravadan

== Symbolism ==
Garuda Gamana refers to ''[[Vishnu]]'' (or Hari) who travels on ''[[Garuda]]''. Vrishaba Vahana refers to ''[[Shiva]]'', who has ''[[Nandi (mythology)|Nandi]]'' as his [[Vahana]]. Thus the title refers to both Vishnu and Shiva, along with their mounts, while the narrator's character of Brahmaiyya represents Brahma of the divine [[Trimurti|Hindu Trinity]].

==Soundtrack==
[[Midhun Mukundan]] composed the background score for the film and the soundtracks. The lyrics for the soundtracks "Chandrachooda" and "Sojugada Soojumallige" were adopted from [[Purandara Dasa]]'s work and a popular folk song respectively - retaining the original titles. The album consists of 4 soundtracks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sojugada Sooju Mallige (Sounds of Isha) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWmcMsI5dks |publisher=Sounds of Isha |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3MHr14PEMcU4EGRAKsI8vq |publisher=Spotify |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Demon In Me
| length1 = 2:19
| lyrics1 = Manek D'Silva
| extra1 = Anjali Sankaran, Rakshita Rao
| title2 = Endo Bareda
| length2 = 3:55
| lyrics2 = Pavan Bhat
| extra2 = [[Vasuki Vaibhav]]
| title3 = Sojugada Soojumallige
| length3 = 2:47
| lyrics3 = [[Folk music|Janapada]]
| extra3 = [[Chaithra J Achar]], [[Midhun Mukundan]]
| title4 = Chandrachooda
| length4 = 2:52
| lyrics4 = [[Purandara Dasa]]
| extra4 = Siddhartha Belmannu
| total_length = 11:53
}}

==Legacy==
''Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana'' was included in the ''FC Gold list of films'' by ''[[Film Companion]]'', where it positively impacted Raj B. Shetty's career as everyone praised his acting skills.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Film Companion |author-link=Film Companion |user=FilmCompanion |number=1463017238009499648 |date=23 November 2021 |title=A thrilling yet beautiful tale of friendship, ego, jealousy & ambition, #RajBShetty's 'Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana' has made it to our #FCGold list. Congratulations to the cast & crew of #GarudaGamanaVrishabhaVahana! https://t.co/VGl3rdLqtJ |language=en |access-date=26 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123130432/https://twitter.com/FilmCompanion/status/1463017238009499648 |archive-date=23 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released on [[ZEE5]] and achieved more than 8 crore minutes of viewing within 3 days of its release on the OTT. It remained in the national top 10 movies for more than two weeks since its release on ZEE5.

The film also received praise from other prominent celebrities like [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Rana Daggubati]], [[Ajay Rao]], [[Nidhi Subbaiah]], [[Ramya]], [[Ram Gopal Varma]], [[Sudeepa]], [[Prashanth Neel]] and [[Shivarajkumar]] for the direction, story and technical aspects. [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]] bought the remake rights and planned to remake it in Tamil and Telugu.

==Awards and nominations==

{| class="wikitable sortable "
|-
! scope="col"|Award
! scope="col"|Category
! scope="col"|Recipient
! scope="col"|Result
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|rowspan="7"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
|Best Feature Film
|Lighter Buddha Films
|{{Nom}}
|Rowspan="7"|<ref>{{cite web |title=CCSSA Feature Film Nominations 2022 |url=https://ccssa.in/feature-film-nominations/}}</ref>
|-
|Best Director - Feature Film
|rowspan="3"|[[Raj B. Shetty]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Writing - Feature Film
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Actor - Feature Film
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actor - Feature Film
|[[Rishab Shetty]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Cinematography - Feature Film
|rowspan="2"|Praveen Shriyan
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Editing - Feature Film
|{{Nom}}
|-
|rowspan=8|[[10th South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Film – Kannada]]
|Lighter Buddha Films
|{{Won}}
|Rowspan="8"|<ref>{{cite web |title=SIIMA WINNER'S 2022 |url=https://siima.in/index.php/awards-2022/}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
|[[Raj B. Shetty]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actor
|[[Rishab Shetty]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|[[Gopalkrishna Deshpande]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actor in a Negative Role
|[[Raj B. Shetty]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Music Director
|[[Midhun Mukundan]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Cinematographer
|Praveen Shriyan
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Female Playback Singer
|[[Chaithra J Achar]] - "Sojugada Soojumallige"
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=4|[[67th Filmfare Awards South]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada|Best Film]]
|Ravi Rai Kalasa,<br/>Vachan Shetty
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2022/kannada/nominations |title=67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory |website=[[Filmfare]] |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada|Best Director]]
|rowspan=2|[[Raj B. Shetty]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada|Best Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Rishab Shetty]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|11953248}}

{{SIIMA Award for Best Film – Kannada}}
{{Paramvah Studios}}

[[Category:2021 films]]
[[Category:2021 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]

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