100

<p>Vishnu is an honest officer, who is living with his family- his mother, younger sister Hima and wife Anagha where he is also involved in benami dealings. Vishnu’s boss asks him to tap the phone calls of a few senior officers and politicians to track their illegal activities. Vishnu learns that the politician’s wives and other woman, including Anagha are having an affair with Harsha, who is a sociopath and , who seduces woman to fall for him and blackmails them for money. Vishnu confronts Harsha, who blackmails him by hacking Vishnu’s and downloaded the that Vishnu has collected so far. It is revealed that Vishnu was involved in the dealings, in order to construct a hospital for the poor. Harsha leaks the call of in order to get Vishnu into trouble. However, Vishnu is instead congratulated by his boss for publicly removing the DGP from competing. When the scandal escalates, The higher-ups in the department decide to frame Vishnu as the to save their name. Meanwhile, Vishnu plants bugs at his house where he learns that Hima was having an affair with Harsha, not Anagha. Hima met Harsha in . When he called her to sleep with him, she learnt about his true nature and blocks his phone number, but was blackmailing by calling her from different numbers. Hima confronts Harsha and tries to have with her, but escapes and she learnt that he made a on her and is torturing her since. Realizing that his higher-ups are framing him, Vishnu blackmails his higher-ups with their audio recordings that he is heading to kill Harsha and the charges against him should be dropped. The higher-ups follow Vishnu’s orders where Vishnu kidnaps Harsha and kills him at his . Vishnu returns to work and decide to expose many cyber criminals, who are targeting women for their personal benefits. The film is produced by M Ramesh Reddy and Uma under Suraj Productions. Akash Shrivatsa worked as an editor for this film. Music is composed by Ravi Basrur. was released on 19 November 2021 and received positive reviews from critics. A. Sharaadha of wrote “The timing of this film is noteworthy considering digital crime is on the rise. 100 is an attempt at sensitising audiences about the crime”. Jagadish Angadi of gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote “Ramesh Aravind’s ‘100’, a masterfully crafted cyber crime drama, proves this. The seasoned artiste brings in his experience to craft a near-perfect suspense thriller. It’s hard to find faults in the film as it shines in all departments”. Madiri of gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote “Ramesh Aravind has balanced direction and playing the lead role well.” Sunayana Suresh of gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “100 has a pertinent message that deals with how social media has taken over most lives. This can be a good choice for a family movie outing for this weekend”.</p>