Jigarthanda (transl. Cold-hearted) is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language action comedy film directed by Shiva Ganesh, written by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Kichcha Creations and SRV Productions. It is a remake of Subbaraj's 2014 Tamil film of same name which itself was inspired by the 2006 South Korean movie A Dirty Carnival. It stars Rahul Salanke and Samyukta Hornad along with P. Ravi Shankar, Chikkanna, Dharma, K. Manju, Guruprasad, Sadhu Kokila and Veena Sundar in supporting roles. Arjun Janya composed the film's score and soundtrack. It was released on 24 June 2016.
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Cast
Rahul Salanke as Rahul, an aspiring film director
P. Ravi Shankar as Assault Arumuga, a dreaded gangster
Samyukta Hornad as Lakshmi
Chikkanna as Raahul's friend
K. Manju as himself, a film producer
Sadhu Kokila as acting trainer
H. G. Dattatreya
Dharma as Police Inspector
Veena Sundar
Rakshit Shetty as himself, cameo appearance
Production
Sudeepa was the original choice for the role that was eventually played by Ravishankar.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Arjun Janya.