Josh () (also known as Jhossh) is a 2009 Indian Kannada language romantic film directed and written by Shivamani. Produced by Sanjay Babu under SVP pictures, the film mainly stars debutants Rakesh Adiga, Poorna and Nithya Menen 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 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.
Cast
Rakesh Adiga as Rakesh a.k.a. Rocky
Poorna as Meena
Nithya Menen as Meera
Vishnu Prasanna as Rocky's friend
Akshay as Akshay, Rocky's friend
Alok Babu as Rocky's friend
Amith as Rocky's friend
Robot Ganesh as College rowdy
Sharan as PE teacher
Dwarakish
Sihi Kahi Chandru
Tulasi Shivamani as Sharadamma
Achyuth Kumar as Rakesh's father
Srinivas Prabhu as Meena's father
Harish Davangere
Shivaji Rao Jadhav
Sneha Acharya
Chethana
Jagannath Chandrashekhar
Ganesh Rao Kesarkar
M. S. Rajashekhar
Kuri Prakash
Sudha Belawadi as Meena's mother
Srinath
Shashidhar Kote
Chidanand M. S
Karibasavaiah as Akshay's father
Bhaskar Surya
Tabla Nani
Chidanand
Soundtrack
All the songs are composed by Vardhan teaming up with the director and producer for the first time with Shivamani. The songs were well received.
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".