Psycho is a motion picture filmed in the Kannada language

Kannada language

Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

 and created by producer

Film producer

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 Gurudutt under 4D Creations. The film was directed by V. Devadutta, featuring music performed by Raghu Dixit

The Raghu Dixit Project

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.

Psycho introduced several debutantes to the Kannada film

Cinema of Karnataka

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 industry. The lead pair of Dhanush

Dhanush

Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja , better known by his stage name Dhanush , is an Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist, working in the Tamil film industry...

 and Ankita star as "the psycho" and Pavana, respectively. The film also features character actor

Character actor

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s such as Padmaja Rao, TN Srinivasamurthy (Balu) and RG Vijayasarathy.

The movie's score was created with Raghu Dixit. This film was his first outing as a music director

Music director

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. He also appears in the music video for the song, "Mahadeshwara".

Currently, the film is being dubbed into Telugu

Telugu language

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, under the title Chudava Preyasi.

Plot

The plot revolves around an unnamed young man who prefers a lonely life. He stalks a television anchor named Pavana, who slowly becomes aware of her stalker. She discovers that the young man is very possessive and turns violent whenever somebody misbehaves. He communicates with her via cellphone, although the number changes after each call. Pavana considers meeting with him to propose, but decides not to after receiving startling information about him and his background.

Cast

• Dhanush
  Dhanush
  Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja , better known by his stage name Dhanush , is an Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist, working in the Tamil film industry...
  
  
• Ankita
  Ankita
  Ankita is a female first name used in India. Ankita means one with auspicious marks or engraving in Sanskrit. In Hindi, Tamil and other Indian languages, this word is taken as such with the same meaning....
  
  
• Padmaja Rao
• TN Srinivasamurthy (Balu)
• RG Vijayasarathy

Music

The musical score was composed by Raghu Dixit, the front man of the Raghu Dixit Project.

• Ee Tanuvu Ninnade (Raghu Dixit)
• Ninna Poojege Bande Mahadeshwara (Raghu Dixit, Haricharan)
• Beladingalante Minuguta (Haricharan, Saindhavi)
• Mussanje Rangalli (Saindhavi)
• Eno Ide (Raghu Dixit)
• Preetiya Manashantiya (Raghu Dixit)
• Psycho Theme (Raghu Dixit)

Critical reception

The film, although not financially successful, was critically acclaimed.