Jhossh


Josh is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Shivamani. Produced by Sanjay Babu under SVP pictures, the film mainly stars debutant Rakesh Adiga, Shamna Kasim and Nithya, whilst Akshay, Vishnu Prasanna, Dwarakish, Achyuth Kumar, Tulasi Shivamani and Sihi Kahi Chandru feature in supporting roles. The music is composed by Vardhan, making his debut.
The film was released on 10 April 2009 across Karnataka and went on to become one of the highest grossers at the box-collection for the year. The film had a run over a hundred days at cinema halls. The film was remade in Telugu and Tamil as Keratam and Yuvan, respectively.

Plot

Rakesh "Rocky" is the son of an honest government employee, who has seven friends and lives a happy life. Rocky and his friends complete their PUC and join the college. As they grew up, Siddhu develops feelings towards Meena. Rocky clashes with a senior student called "Robo" due to Robo teasing and harassing Meena. During a fight with Robo, Meena and Rocky's parents learn about their feelings.
The friends warn Rocky to forget his love and concentrate on career, but Rocky ignores it. They desert him and Meena also listens to her parents and decides to concentrate on studies and becomes a doctor. At this juncture, Rocky's father retires and agrees to shed the money as bribe to get a government job to Rocky. However, Rocky fails to turn up to the interview and loses the job. Rocky harshly behaves with his father, which leads Rocky to be thrown out of the house.
Rocky falls in love with Meera and proposes to her, but Meera rejects him, and Rocky realizes his mistake for abandoning his career as his love is infatuation. Rocky learns that his friends have become best achievers and are invited to their college function. Rocky arrives at the stage and tells the speech about not to become like him and also promises his parents that he will take care of them. The friends reconcile with Rocky and encourage him to achieve something in life.

Cast

All the songs are composed by Vardhan. The song "Jothe Jotheyali" was reused from Geetha. Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog! wrote that "Jhossh isn't one of the better soundtracks in Kannada this year - far from it. But, there is a fairly new sound - a la Telugu - that composer Vardhan ushers with the songs that is refreshing".

Reception

A critic from Sify opined that "Student and parents should watch this film without fail". R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com wrote that "Jhossh is a technically brilliant film with absolutely top class performances and good narration. This is film that needs to be encouraged". A critic from The Times of India wrote that "It is a must-see for teenagers, with the director excellently combining ragging, drag-racing, fighting, love, hatred, sentiment and family problems with a lively message". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "It is to Shivamani's credit that his choice of actors and ability to extract work has succeeded. Jhossh is a film parents would want to take their children along". Vijayasarathy writing for IANS wrote that "Jhossh is certainly one of the best original films released in recent days. It is certainly a benchmark for youth oriented films in Kannada. The film has all the elements to attract a large audience".

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipient / NomineeResult
2008–092008–09 [Karnataka State Film Awards|Karnataka State Film Awards]Second Best FilmS. Sanjay BabuWon
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting Actor - Kannada|Best Supporting Actor]Achyuth Kumarrowspan="2" Won
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting Actress - Kannada|Best Supporting Actress]Tulasi Shivamani-
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Film - Kannada|Best Film]Jhosshrowspan="5" Nomitated
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthFilmfare [Award for Best Director - Kannada|Best Director]Shivamani-
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting ActorSharan-
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting ActressNithya Menen-
200957th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Lyricist - Kannada|Best Lyricist]Kaviraj-
2010Suvarna Film AwardsBest DirectorShivamanirowspan="3" Won
2010Suvarna Film AwardsBest FilmJosh-
2010Suvarna Film AwardsBest Debut ActorRakesh Adiga-