James Movie (2022):
James is a Kannada action drama film written and directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by Kishore Pathikonda under the banner of Kishore Productions. The film score and soundtrack are composed by V. Harikrishna and Charan Raj, respectively.
It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priya Anand. James was theatrically release on 17 March 2022 on the occasion of Puneeth Rajkumar’s birthday. The film was considered as a fitting tribute to Puneeth Rajkumar by the audience and became a blockbuster at the box office and broke the record for the biggest opening day collections for any Kannada film by grossing around ₹28 crore to ₹32 crore on the first day.
On the 4th day of its release, it also recorded the highest single day footfalls for a Kannada movie. The film grossed ₹100 crores within 4 days of release and became the third 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.
James Movie Information:
| Movie Name | James |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action Drama |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Release Date | 17 March 2022 |
| Running Time | 2hr 29min |
| Starring | Puneeth Rajkumar Priya Anand Srikanth |
| Directed by | Chethan Kumar |
| Written by | Chethan Kumar |
| Produced by | Kishore Pathikonda |
| Cinematography by | Swamy J. Gowda |
| Edited by | Deepu S. Kumar |
| Music by | Songs: Charan Raj Score: V. Harikrishna |
| Production Company | Kishore Productions |
| Distributed by | N/A |
| Budget | ₹50–70 crore |
| Box Office Collection | ₹215 crore |
James Movie Trailer:
James Movie Storyline (Plot/Synopsis):
James also called Santhosh Kumar, who works as a manager in a security company and finds himself up against the big bad guys.
James Movie Cast and Characters:
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Santhosh Kumar/James (voiceover by Shiva Rajkumar)
- Priya Anand as Nisha Gayakwad
- Anu Prabhakar as Vijay Gayakwad’s wife
- Srikanth as Vijay Gayakwad
- R. Sarathkumar as Joseph Antony
- Madhusudhan Rao as Jayadev Gakaywad, Vijay Gayakwad’s father
- Mukesh Rishi as Rathanlal, supporter of Joseph Antony
- Aditya Menon as Prathap Aras, associate of Vijay Gayakwad
- Rangayana Raghu as Rakesh Kumar Pirangi, Santhosh’s colleague
- Avinash as Higher army officer of Santosh
- Sadhu Kokila as Santhosh’s assistant
- Tilak Shekar as Jagan, ATS officer
- Gajapade Harsha as ACP Amar,
- Chikkanna as Madan, chief editor of Janadani newspaper
- Shine Shetty as Ekanth, IAS officer
- Suchendra Prasad as Jessie’s father
- Padmaja Rao as Mary, Jessie’s mother
- Ketan Karande as gang member of Joseph Antony’s mafia syndicate
- Mohan Juneja as a rich person in hospital
- Girish as a fake rich person
- Prasanna Baagin as Rathanlal’s son
- Vajragiri as Rathanlal’s son
- John Kokken as John, Joseph’s brother
- Taarak Ponnappa as Peter, Joseph’s brother
- Yash Shetty as Robin, Joseph’s brother
- Vajrang Shetty as Prathap Aras’ Son
- Kavya Shastry as Jagan’s wife
- Hamsa as Amar’s wife
- Nayana Gowda as Madan’s wife
- Sameeksha as Jessie, Ekanth’s fiancée
- Shivamani as Joseph’s associate
- Anil as Vijay Gaikwad’s associate
- Krishna Hebbale as a police officer
- K S Shreedhar as orphanage head
- Amit as Santhosh’s associate in the agency
- Baby Aradhya Chandra as Amar’s daughter
- Master Anoop as Jagan’s son
- Govindegowda as marriage broker
- Swapna as Dechamma
- Sillilalli Anand as the guy at ashram
- All Ok as the rich kid at the bar
- Dattanna as Chowdhury (cameo)
- Kriti Sanon as herself (cameo appearance)
- Shiva Rajkumar in a cameo appearance as Anandraj, a soldier
- Raghavendra Rajkumar in a cameo appearance as Santhosh’s orphanage head
James Movie Soundtrack:
Charan Raj composed the music for the film. Vijeth Krishna composed “Bolo Bolo James”.
