Gooli

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Gooli | image = Gooli.jpg | caption = | director = P. N. Sathya | producer = Ramu | writer = | narrator = | starring = Sudeepa<br />Mamta Mohandas | music = Anoop Seelin | cinematography = | editing = Munraj | studio = Ramu Enterprises | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|03|21|}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Kannada | budget = | gross = }} '''''Gooli''''' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action film, directed by P. N. Sathya. It stars Sudeep, Mamta Mohandas (her Kannada debut) in lead roles. The film is produced by Ramu under the banner ''Ramu Enterprises'' and music is by Anoop Seelin. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Sabse Bada Mawali'' in 2009 and into Tamil as ''Korukkupettai Kooli'' in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/movies/korukkupettai-kooli.html|title = Korukkupettai Kooli (2012) }}</ref>

== Plot == Gooli (Sudeep) is an uneducated, rude youngster as well as a deadly, merciless, cruel rowdy with whom a girl named Ramya (Mamta) accidentally falls in love by seeing his pure and unadulterated heart. Ramya continues to keep in touch with Gooli despite opposition from her family, and although Gooli tries to keep Ramya at a distance, he finds he has also fallen in love with her. They marry but separate shortly afterwards. Later, Gooli hears shocking news about the apparent death of Ramya; however, she is not dead but in a mental asylum due to severe brain damage.

== Cast == * Sudeep as Gooli * Mamta Mohandas as Ramya * Kishore as ACP Devaraj * Lakshman Rao as Ramya's elder brother * Bhavya * Rajashekhar * Yethiraaj as Gooli's sidekick * P. N. Sathya as Seena * Rekha V. Kumar

==Production== This film marks the second collaboration of actor Sudeep with producer Ramu after Kiccha(2003) and also director P. N. Sathya's only collaboration with Sudeepa. Debutant Anoop Seelin is the music director replacing director's regular collaborator Sadhu Kokila. Actress Mamta Mohandas made her debut in Kannada Cinema with this film.

== Soundtrack == The film's soundtrack was composed by Anoop Seelin, replacing director P. N. Sathya's regular collaborator Sadhu Kokila. {{Infobox album | name = Gooli | type = Soundtrack | artist = Anoop Seelin | cover = | alt = | caption = Soundtrack cover | released = 2008 | recorded = 2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = Feature film soundtrack | length = | label = T-Series | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = '''Eddelu Manjunatha''' | next_year = 2009 }}

{{Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = | title1 = Kaddu Kaddu | length1 = 5:01 | lyrics1 = | extra1 = Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra | title2 = Summ Sumne Yako | length2 = 4:51 | lyrics2 = | extra2 = Karthik, Nanditha | title3 = Jeevana Hudukutha | length3 = 5:12 | lyrics3 = | extra3 = Hariharan | title4 = Dealige Dealu | extra4 = Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chithra, P. Sathya | length4 = 5:04 | lyrics4 = | title5 = Gooli | extra5 = Rajesh Krishnan | length5 = 4:46 | lyrics5 = }}

== Reception == A critic from ''Rediff.com'' wrote that "''Gooli'' is a great watch for Sudeep's fans who were waiting to see him in an action film for a long time. As for the others, they better start believing that the Sudeep-Sathya combination rocks".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/21gooli.htm | title=Gooli is Sudeep's show, all the way |work=Rediff.com}}</ref> A critic from ''Sify'' wrote that the film "is not the run of the mill gangster film that you see these days in Kannada".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.sify.com/movies/gooli-review-kannada-pclw7offdghhc.html|title=Gooli|work=Sify|date=24 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829061556/https://m.sify.com/movies/gooli-review-kannada-pclw7offdghhc.html|archive-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> A critic from ''Deccan Herald'' wrote that "Watch out for Sudeep's excellent acting and engrossing story".<ref>{{cite news|title=Gooli |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/content/Mar222008/movies2008032158732.asp |work=Deccan Herald |date=22 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406020129/http://archive.deccanherald.com/content/Mar222008/movies2008032158732.asp |archivedate=6 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|2914898|Gooli}}

Category:2008 films Category:Films scored by Anoop Seelin Category:2008 action drama films Category:Indian action drama films Category:2008 romantic drama films Category:Indian romantic action films Category:2008 Kannada-language films Category:Indian gangster films Category:Indian romantic drama films Category:2000s romantic action films Category:Kannada-language action drama films