Kabaddi is a 2009 Kannada film directed by Narendra Babu. Produced by G K Ravi, K Raju, G Kishor Kumar, Anup Gowda, N Asha and D V Rajendra Prasad under the banner of Khandaya haagu Vistara and has music by Hamsalekha. The film stars Praveen and Priyanka in the lead roles.

Plot

Set in the backdrop of a village the film revolves around ‘Kabaddi’ game and ‘Love’ aspect between Praveen and Priya that faces lot of problems. A coolie working in rice mill Praveen not educated enough is spotted by Kabaddi coach Beeresh (Kishore). He is given essential training and Praveen is sent to village head's house to learn English from Priya. In the process of learning English Praveen and Priya fall in love that is not liked by everyone. The love affair becomes very strong and all forces are used to keep Praveen away from the village. Priya objects insult to Praveen in the house but it becomes inevitable for Praveen to leave the village. After three years Praveen is back in his village for the upkeep of the prestige of his village. For the Mandya Blues team he is the key player but Praveen faces another problem. His friends are rounded off by police on a murder charge. Rs.5 lakh is need as security bond that is served a gambler because he loves to gamble in the game of ‘Kabaddi’. The play this time in the national level is in the absence of coach Beeresh. Praveen win the game and also the love. Thanks to the final scoring made by BC Ramesh the national player in ‘Kabbaddi’.

Reviews

Praveen in his first attempt is very goo.Since he is also state level Kabaddi player the role has been diligently handled. Priyanka has done a very well in debut.The dubbing artist to Priyanka role gives full life to the role. Kishore as a coach is superb again. Avinash shines in a small presence as usual.

This movie got mostly positive reviews from the media.

Kannada film 'Kabaddi' has been adjudged the best film for 2008-09 by the Karnataka government appointed committee.

Kabaddi also won an award for best Dialogues for 2008-09 by the Karnataka government appointed committee.

Soundtrack

The great master of Kannada cinema in music Hamsalekha

Hamsalekha

Hamsalekha is a music director and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He also writes screenplays and dialogues for movies. He has composed music for over 300 feature films and has written lyrics for 300-odd feature films. He has also composed for Tamil and Telugu films...

has given a musical treat.

Song title	Singers
Jhallanta Kaadutaalivalu	Hariharan
Toltede	Shankar Mahadevan, Lakshmi Narayan
Mutte Mutte	Chitra KS, Karthik
Bombe Maanava	Kavita Set, Harsha
Preethi Maadiro	Shreya Goshal, Kunal Ganjawala

Box office

It was a box office dud when released in spite of getting positive reviews from media and film critics.