James is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by Kishore Pathikonda under Kishore Productions.[6][7] The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar in his posthumous film, alongside an ensemble cast of R. Sarathkumar, Srikanth, Priya Anand, Anu Prabhakar, Madhusudhan Rao, Mukesh Rishi, Adithya Menon, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila, Chikkanna and John Kokken.[8] The film also marks the second collaboration between Puneeth Rajkumar, Priya Anand and Sarathkumar after Raajakumara.[9][10] The score and soundtrack were composed by V. Harikrishna and Charan Raj, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Swamy. J. Gowda and Deepu. S. Kumar.[11]
James was theatrically released on 17 March 2022 on the occasion of Puneeth Rajkumar's birthday.[12][13][14][15][16] The film grossed ₹100 crore within 4 days of release and became the second highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of release, whilst also becoming the fastest Kannada film to gross ₹100 crores at the box office at that time only to be surpassed by K.G.F: Chapter 2 in less than a month.[17][18][19][20] It was also the second Kannada film to gross ₹100 crore in Karnataka with the first being K.G.F: Chapter 1.[21]
In India, the crime syndicate is divided into three groups: Golden Horse owned by Joseph Anthony, who is operating in Miami; Scorpion owned by Rathanlal, operating in West Bengal; Gayakwad, owned by Jayadev Gayakwad, Jayadev's son Vijay Gayakwad and Vijay's friend Pratap Aras, operating in Bangalore. Vijay is embroiled in a life-threatening situation when unknown assailants sent by Joseph killed Jayadev. Joseph had learned from an informer that Vijay was behind the death of his brothers John, Peter, and Robin and had also sent his son Vicky into a coma.
After realizing that his family is also in danger, Vijay and Pratap appoints Santhosh Kumar, the manager of J-Wings security agency, as his bodyguard due to his skills and tactics in handling his assignments. Santhosh helps Vijay in his business dealings, while also having Rathanlal and his sons killed when they tries to conquer Gayakwad. Vijay requests Santhosh to protect his sister Nisha Gayakwad, who has returned to India after completing her medical studies from Singapore. After an attack, Santhosh and Nisha escape to a village in Madikeri, where Nisha falls for Santhosh. Nisha requests Vijay to accept their relationship, Though reluctant at first, Vijay accepts. At the party, Vijay announces his decision to hand over his business dealings to Nisha, who also introduces Santhosh.
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