Gurkha

<p>Bahadur Babu is an aspiring cop, but gets rejected as he is branded unfit and is unable to clear the physical fitness tests. He joins a security agency owned by Kavariman. Later he gets posted as a security officer in a mall. A gang of ex-servicemen headed by Thyagu, plans an elaborate antisocial scheme and ultimately stages a takeover of the mall where Bahadur Babu works. Based on the scheme, the people who are lured into visiting the cinema under the false pretense of getting free tickets and shopping vouchers, including Bahadur Babu’s love interest Margaret, are held as hostages. In the end, it is up to Bahadur Babu to save the people and become a real hero. The first look poster of the film was unveiled by actor on 15 September 2018. The film was produced by Kishore Thallur under 4 Monkeys Studios. The filmmakers hired Elyssa Erhardt, a Canadian model who earlier played a small acting role in , as the lead actress after auditioning several non-Indian actresses. The film also prominently features a dog. Filming began in December 2018, and by early February 2019. The director Sam Anton noted that he was inspired by the American films (1988) and (2009). The soundtrack was composed by Raj Aryan. Srivatsan S for gave the film negative review, saying, “Most of takes place inside a mall, where a group of people, along with Margot, is held hostage by self-proclaimed terrorists. How appropriate, I wondered, for the actual hostages are the ones sitting inside the theatre.” Thinkal Menon for wrote, “The film belongs to the leave-your-brain-at-home category, and may appeal to those who don’t mind logical issues and predictability”. Gopinath Rajendran of appreciated Sam Anton’s direction and Yogi Babu’s performance. The first look poster, which portrays Yogi Babu dressed as a , elicited controversies among social media users related to racism and stereotypical portrayal of the Gurkha community. Sam Anton denied he had racist intentions, revealing that he had once been saved by a Gurkha during a house robbery, and added that the film actually glorifies such people.</p>