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{{Infobox film
| name = Kavaludaari
| image = kavaludaari.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Hemanth M Rao]]
| producer = Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar
| writer = [[Hemanth Rao]]
| starring = {{Plainlist |
* [[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]]
* [[Anant Nag]]
* [[Achyuth Kumar]]
* [[Suman Ranganathan]]
* [[Roshni Prakash]]
* [[Sulile Kumar]]
* Sampath
* Sidhaartha Maadhyamika
}}
| music = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| cinematography = Advaitha Gurumurthy
| editing = Jagadeesh N.
| studio = [[PRK Productions]]
| distributor = Sri Vajreshwari Combines
| released = {{film date|2019|04|12}}
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget = {{INR}}2.8 crore
| gross = {{Estimation}}{{INR}}6.83 crore
}}
'''''Kavaludaari''''' ({{translation|Crossroads}}) is a 2019 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[neo-noir]] [[crime]] [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Hemanth Rao]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hemanth-raos-next-titled-as-kavalu-daari/articleshow/59140206.cms|title=Hemanth Rao's next titled as Kavalu Daari|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> presented by [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] and produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar of [[PRK Productions]].<ref name=":0" /> Kavaludaari will be the first feature film presentation from the production house. The film stars [[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/jun/14/rishi-as-police-officer-in-thrilling-kavalu-daari-1616752.html|title=Rishi as police officer in thrilling Kavalu Daari|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> [[Anant Nag]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ananth-nag-is-a-reclusive-retired-inspector-in-his-next/articleshow/61220612.cms|title=Ananth Nag is a reclusive retired inspector in his next|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/oct/26/anant-nags-cop-portrayal-leaves-kavalu-daari-set-speechless-1683169.html|title=Anant Nag's cop portrayal leaves 'Kavalu Daari' set speechless|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> [[Achyuth Kumar]], [[Suman Ranganathan|Suman Ranganath]], and [[Roshni Prakash]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/sep/18/roshini-prakashs-innocence-wins-her-lead-role-in-kavalu-daari-1658744.html|title=Roshini Prakash's innocence wins her lead role in Kavalu Daari|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> in the lead roles, while [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]], [[Sulile Kumar]], Sampath, and Sidhaartha Maadhyamika<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/sidhartha-maadhyamika-puts-on-15-kgs-for-his-role-in-kavalu-daari/articleshow/61892316.cms|title=Sidhartha Maadhyamika puts on 15 kgs for his role in Kavalu Daari|website=The Times of India|date=3 December 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> play supporting roles. The music and background score for the film is composed by [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]] with cinematography by Advaitha Gurumoorthy and editing by Jagadeesh. The film released on 12 April 2019.

[[Puneeth Rajkumar]] had revealed that the movie is being remade in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.<ref>{{citation|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/interview-will-act-in-my-home-production-shortly/articleshow/69847613.cms|title=Puneeth Rajkumar: Will act in my home production shortly|date=2019-01-19|work=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/apr/29/kavaludaari-remake-rights-see-high-demand-in-south-and-bwood-1970335.html|title=Kavaludaari remake rights see high demand in south and Bollywood|website=The New Indian Express |date=29 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/apr/29/kavaludaari-remake-rights-see-high-demand-11290.html|title=Kavaludaari remake rights see high demand|website=[[Cinema Express]] |date=29 April 2019 }}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Kabadadaari]]'' starring [[Sibi Sathyaraj|Sibiraj]]<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/oct/23/sibiraj-nandita-swetha-film-titled-kabadadaari-15090.html|title=Sibiraj, Nandita Swetha film titled Kabadadaari|date=2019-10-23|work=Cinema Express}}</ref> and in Telugu as ''[[Kapatadhaari]]'' starring [[Sumanth]]; both versions star [[Nandita Swetha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/sumanth-begins-shoot-for-kavaludaari-remake/articleshow/71855227.cms|title=Sumanth begins shoot for 'Kavaludaari' remake|website=The Times of India |date=November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kabadadaari-be-made-tamil-telugu-bilingual-112199|title='Kabadadaari' to be made as a Tamil-Telugu bilingual|date=12 November 2019}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[Sub-Inspector|SI]] K. S. Shyam is a sincere traffic cop, whose real interest lies in handling crime-related cases. One day, he accidentally comes across the skeletal remains of a three-member family, and he decides to pursue his interest despite warning from his senior officer. However, his plans hit roadblock when he gets to know that the remains are four-decades old. The forensic reports show that there are signs of struggle on the bodies, so it most likely was a murder. His encounter with Kumar, a small-time journalist who is equally interested in the case, helps him unfold many mysteries. He finds out that the dead family's head is Suresh, the boss of an archaeology department. He worked with Sampath to uncover jewels from the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], and was the same day, Sampath was mysteriously killed.

On the same day, Suresh was found with a bloodstained shirt, so Shyam realized that Suresh killed Sampath. The arrival of Mutthanna, a retired cop, who investigated the case decades ago, and actress Madhuri into the plot, makes things complex for Shyam. Kumar tells Shyam that Madhuri is related to the case, so Shyam goes to ask her questions. But, it proves unsuccessful. Mutthanna decides to help Shyam by giving him information from what he investigated. He reveals that Suresh actually didn't kill Sampath and that the blood on Suresh's shirt was from a wounded person whom Suresh had saved. Who killed Sampath, and how the family died still remains a mystery. Madhuri was also killed later. When Mutthanna and Shyam went to investigate her house, they see a picture of Madhuri wearing a necklace from the Vijayanagara Empire excavation.

They see a goon who breaks into the house. Shyam and Mutthanna chase after him. When they follow the goon, it leads them to a resort. In a park near the resort, Mutthanna recognizes a place where the car was originally burnt. Inside the resort, a political leader is giving a speech, and Shyam gets a call from Kumar to meet him. Kumar tells him that before Madhuri was an actress, she used to be a dancer who danced for gangsters. One person had a deep connection with Madhuri, who was Mailur Srinivas Rao, the upcoming [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|CM of Karnataka]]. Meanwhile, Mutthanna discovers that the resort belongs to Mailur. Shyam goes to inspect Mailur's old home to find more evidence. He finds holy Christian objects hidden in a high shelf. This confuses Shyam because Mailur is a Hindu. He tells Mutthanna, who goes to Mailur's campaign. He notices that Mailur looks like Fernandez, Suresh's old driver.

In front of the crowd, he shouts "Fernandez" to which Mailur looks awkwardly at Mutthanna. He gets scared and tells his goons to abduct him. Mutthanna tells Shyam everything, and then he is taken. Mailur explains to Mutthanna that he found out that Suresh was holding a treasure worth 80 lakhs in his department, so he kills Sampath. And, just to make sure he gets away with the money, he plans to kill Suresh too. He tells Bablu about his plan, but he doesn't tell him about Sampath. He tells Bablu to put sleeping pills in the family's food, so they can make a run. But, what Bablu doesn't know that the pills are poisoned. The whole family dies, and Bablu threatens to tell the police about what Fernandez did. However, the bag containing the pills had Bablu's fingerprints, so he would also get in trouble.

Fernandez takes their dead bodies in his car, buries them, and burns the car. He takes the jewelry and becomes rich. To make sure no one got suspicious, he changed his identity into Mailur Srinivas Rao. After that, Mailur has his goons kill Mutthanna. Shyam arrives and is too late to save Mutthanna, who soon dies. Before he dies, Mutthanna tells Shyam what Mailur did. He gets mad and kills Mailur's goons. He eventually finds out that Kumar is actually Bablu. He goes to inquire this to Kumar, but Kumar's daughter arrives, forcing Shyam to leave. After this, he goes to Mailur to threaten him, but he actually goes there to work for Mailur, who tells him to kill Bablu/Kumar. On a car ride, he stops his car and shoots Kumar, but not before recording him telling everything about Mailur and Madhuri.

Kumar reveals that when he went to interview Madhuri, he accidentally knocks her to the floor and kills her. After killing Kumar, Shyam goes to Mailur's swearing ceremony and tells him that he killed Kumar. But, it turns out that Shyam lied, and that he didn't kill Kumar. Kumar disguises himself and serves milk to Mailur, which is actually poisoned and Mailur dies on the spot. When Shyam and Kumar drive in the car, Kumar reveals that he drank the remaining poison because he felt guilty. The recording Kumar made becomes viral and everyone learns about Mailur and his past sins. Because of his work on this case, Shyam gets promoted as [[Police Inspector|Inspector]] in the crime branch. It is revealed that the man who Suresh saved all those years ago was actually Shyam's dad which made him take interest in this case.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]] as [[Sub-Inspector|SI]] K. S. Shyam, Bangalore City Traffic Police
* [[Anant Nag]] as Muthanna, a retired police inspector
* [[Achyuth Kumar]] as Kumar, Editor of Lockup News/Bablu
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] as Madhuri, actress
* [[Roshni Prakash]]<ref name=":1" /> as Priya, the daughter of Kumar
* [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as Laxman, Editor in Chief of TV7
* [[Sulile Kumar]] as Lokesh
* Sampath Maitreya as Mailuru Srinivasa Rao/Fernandes
* Sidhaartha Maadhyamika<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-realistic-actor/article25036076.ece|title=Why Kannada actor Sidhaartha believes in living his on-screen characters|last=R|first=Shilpa Sebastian|date=2018-09-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> as Mr. Gurudas Naidu
* Samanvitha Shetty as Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Naidu<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/oct/01/hemanth-ropes-samanvita-shetty-siri-ravikumar-for-kavalu-daari-1665349.html|title=Hemanth ropes Samanvita Shetty, Siri Ravikumar for Kavalu Daari|date=2017-10-02|work=New Indian Express}}</ref>
* Bharath Gowda as Bablu/Young age Kumar
* [[Siri Ravikumar]] as Geetha Muttanna
* Sharmila S. Karthik as Thimmakka
* Kiran Kumar as Sebastian
* Hanumanthegowda as K. Ganapathy
* Ramesh Pandit as Chalapathy
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Kavaludaari
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| alt =
| released = 2019
| recorded = 2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length =
| label = PRK Audio
| producer = Charan Raj
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Jeerjimbe]]
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Kavaludaari
| year = 2019
| next_title = [[Avane Srimannarayana]]
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Singles
| name = Kavaludaari
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Nigooda Nigooda
| single1date = Mar 05, 2019
| single2 = Ide Dina
| single2date = Mar 11, 2019
| single3 = Samshaya
| single3date=Mar 18, 2019
}}
}}
The music is composed by [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/apr/04/trailer-of-rishi-starrer-kavaludaari-to-be-out-today-1960076|title=Trailer of Rishi-starrer Kavaludaari to be out today|date=2019-04-04|work=New Indian Express}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Songs===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Nigooda Nigooda
| extra1 = [[Sanjith Hegde]]
| length1 = 04:40
| lyrics1 = Nagarjun Sharma

| title2 = Samshaya
| extra2 = [[Aditi Sagar]]
| length2 = 02:42
| lyrics2 = Dhananjay Ranjan

| title3 = Ide Dina
| extra3 = Siddhant Sundar
| length3 = 04:34
| lyrics3 = Dhananjay Ranjan

| title4 = Khali Khali
| extra4 = Sharanya Gopinath
| length4 = 02:29
| lyrics4 = Dhananjay Ranjan

| title5 = Kavaludaari Title Song
| extra5 = [[Puneeth Rajkumar]]
| length5 = 02:49
| lyrics5 = Kiran Kaverappa
}}

===Original Motion Picture Soundtrack===
{{Infobox album
| name = Kavaludaari - Music From the Motion Picture
| type = Film score
| artist = [[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
| alt =
| caption =
| released = 9 May 2019
| recorded = 2018
| venue = [[Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]]
| studio ={{plainlist|*2 Bar Q studio, Chennai.
*Audiokraft, Bangalore.
*Cadence Studio, Bangalore.
*Balaji Digi Studio, Bangalore.
*Akash Audio, Bangalore.}}
| genre = [[Film score|Feature film score]]
| length = 46:58
| label = PRK Audio
| producer = Charan Raj
| next_year =
}}

The [[Film score|background score]] of the film was appreciated by both audiences and critics alike. Following that, the original [[soundtrack]] was released on 9 May 2019 in [[YouTube]] and all other platforms.

{{track listing
| headline =
| total_length = 46:58
| title1 = Naidu's Intro
| length1 = 01:42
| title2 = Shyam's Intro
| length2 = 02:12
| title3= Kavaludaari Title
| length3 = 02:48
| title4 = Bones
| length4 = 03:16
| title5= Muthanna's Promise
| length5 = 01:33
| title6 = Naidu's Truth
| length6 = 02:13
| title7 = Muthanna's Past
| length7 = 03:10
| title8 = The Suspects
| length8 = 0:47
| title9 = Shyam & Priya
| length9 = 02:08
| title10 = The Chase
| length10 = 03:39
| title11 = Burning Tree
| length11 = 03:28
| title12 = Politicians and Their Lies
| length12 = 01:12
| title13 = Man Behind the Mask
| length13 = 03:21
| title14 = Encounter 1
| length14 = 03:00
| title15 = Trip Down Memory Lane
| length15 = 03:12
| title16 = Encounter 2
| length16 = 02:49
| title17 = Hope
| length17 = 01:16
| title18 = Half Truths
| length18 = 01:51
| title19 = Khak the Dirt
| length19 = 03:33
| title20 = Countdown
| length20 = 02:44
| title21 = Kumar's Abyss
| length21 = 02:41
| title22 = Circle of Life
| length22 = 02:11
}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Award !!Category !!Recipient !!Result !!Ref
|-
! [[Bengaluru International Film Festival|12th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2020]]
|Best Film in Kannada Cinema
| Hemanth Rao<br/>PRK Productions
|{{won}}
|<ref name="BIFFES">{{Cite web|url=https://biffes.in/awards-asian-cinema.php|title=Awards :: Bengaluru International Film Festival - BIFFES|website=biffes.in|access-date=5 October 2021|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125073608/https://biffes.in/awards-asian-cinema.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=4|Critics’ Choice Film Awards 2020
|Best Film
|[[PRK Productions]]
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/critics-choice-film-awards-2020-complete-nominations-list-6295588/|title=Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020: Complete nominations list|date=11 March 2020|website=The Indian Express|access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/critics-choice-film-awards-2020-complete-winners-list-6336210/|title=Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020: Complete winners list|date=28 Mar 2020|website=The Indian Express|access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
|Best Director
|[[Hemanth M Rao]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actor
|[[Rishi (Kannada actor)|Rishi]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Writing
|Hemanth M Rao
|{{nom}}
|-
!rowspan=4|[[9th South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|Best Director
|Hemanth M Rao
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://siima.in/2019-nominations.php |title=The 9th South Indian International Movie Awards Nominations for 2019 |website=[[South Indian International Movie Awards]] |access-date=24 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828223640/https://siima.in/2019-nominations.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.ibtimes.co.in/siima-2021-check-out-full-winners-list-840868|title=SIIMA 2020: Check Out Full Winners' List |website=ibtimes|access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Best Actor
|Rishi
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Debut Producer
|PRK Productions
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Music Director
|[[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|7109900}}

{{Hemanth M Rao}}
{{PRK Productions}}

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[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
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