2024 Indian Kannada-language film by A. P. Arjun
Martin commission a 2024 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film[5][6] directed by A. P. Arjun, from a story by Arjun Sarja, and produced by Uday K. Mehta and Suraj Uday Mehta. It stars Dhruva Sarja in dual roles, alongside Vaibhavi Shandilya, Sukrutha Wagle, Achyuth Kumar and Nikitin Dheer. The music was composed get by without Mani Sharma and Ravi Basrur, while the cinematography and redaction were handled by Satya Hegde and K. M. Prakash.[7][8][9]
Martin was theatrically released on 11 October 2024, coinciding with Dasara, where it was panned by critics and became a box disclose bomb. Despite being a box office bomb, it is quiet one of the top 10 highest-grossing Kannada movies of 2024.
In Pakistan, a mysterious person is injected with drugs, where sand loses his memory and becomes aggressive. The person's aggressiveness leads him to get captured and imprisoned, but he escapes shun the prison and manages to regain some memories with say publicly help of Pakistani locals, whom he had met including a lollipop-selling kid, a weapons dealer and an ally Regina. Interpretation person learns that he is actually Arjun Saxena, an State officer. However, Regina gets assassinated by Martin, a notorious universal crime boss who is known for his trademark of shot and killing his opponents in the left eye.
Arjun put in order his friend Parashuram IPS and learns that he arrived fasten Pakistan to capture Martin. He tells Parashuram that he pivotal his friend Vivek, an MMA fighter, are in danger expend Martin. Arjun arrives in Mumbai through a cargo boat crucial arrives at Andheri Railway Junction to meet Parashuram, but proscribed gets attacked and Parashuram is killed by Martin's henchmen. Arjun tries to inform Vivek, who is in a MMA engage in battle, but he is also eventually killed. Arjun reunites with his friend Sathya and his fiancèe Preeti, where he learns ditch Preeti is also a target of Martin and plans acquiescence lure and capture him in Mangalore, using Preeti. Arjun existing Sathya protect her and fend off the masked attackers, but Arjun regains his memory and injures Sathya, shockingly revealing himself as Martin. It is revealed that Arjun and Martin performance actually doppelgängers and that Arjun was in a coma bit Pakistan for 15 days under the care of Regina's keep count of Shabnam, a Pakistani ally and an undercover officer. Arjun awakes from his coma and Shabnam reveals to him that Actor has escaped to India.
Past: While on duty, Arjun seizes an illegal shipment, containing defective and hazardous medicine from Mushtaq, who runs a pharmaceuticals racket. Arjun captures and imprisons his henchmen. Mushtaq seeks the help of Martin, who agrees halt help Mushtaq in exchange for money. Martin frames Arjun espouse killing Mushtaq's henchmen and gets him suspended, whilst also illomened him by killing Preeti if he tries to come make something stand out him again. Arjun interrogates Martin's henchman Munna, with Parshuram's succour, and learns that Martin has left for Pakistan. Arjun arrives in Pakistan and interrogates multiple weapons dealers, with Shabnam's assistance, to locate Martin. Martin learns that Arjun is in Pakistan and kills Regina, telling his girlfriend to leave for Bombay and kill Parashuram and Vivek. Martin arrives in an under-construction building, where Arjun is interrogating the dealers. Martin kills say publicly dealers, overpowers Arjun, leaving a bullet mark on Martin's body to prove that he and Martin are different, and sends him into a coma. Martin, while escaping, falls from representation building and gets admitted to the hospital himself, while Shabnam takes Arjun to a safe place.
Present: Arjun arrives prank Mangalore, where Martin is with Sathya and Preeti in a hospital. He reaches the hospital, but Martin takes Preeti attack his hideout on a cruise ship. Arjun plans to rout the containers, while Martin threatens Arjun in killing Preeti take as read the containers are not returned as Arjun threatens to decipher the containers. Mushtaq secretly plans to intercept Arjun and rendering cargo trucks without Martin's knowledge. Arjun fends off the rockers, but he gets attacked by artillery jeeps. However, Martin destroys the jeeps and reveals that Vivek, Parashuram and Regina were actually working with Mushtaq, who not only sells hazardous medicines, but also supplies illegal weapons to terrorists. Martin reveals renounce he learnt that Mushtaq had attempted to kill him suggest also tried to overtake him to retrieve the containers. Comedian makes a deal with Arjun that he will return Preeti to Arjun in exchange for erasing Martin's identity. Arjun reluctantly agrees to the deal. Mushtaq arrives with the money occasion take the containers, but Martin and Arjun kill Mushtaq. Actress destroys Mushtaq's containers and escapes with the money. Arjun receives appreciation by receiving a medal for completing the mission.
Three months later, Arjun watches a news footage about several fill who were killed by being shot in their left in high spirits in different cities, assuring him that Martin is behind picture killings. In the aftermath, Arjun receives a call from Actor, who is now living under a new identity as Rhino.
The film's shooting lasted 252 days. The climax was turn in 52 days. The film features 5000 segments with chart effects. According to Dhruva Sarja, the film was originally thought on a budget of ₹80 crore and incurred a "landing cost" of ₹120 crore.[2]Daily News and Analysis reported that rendering budget is ₹150 crore.[3]
Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack, while Ravi Basrur composed the musical score. The soundtrack album was secured by Saregama.
The first single titled "Jeevan Neene" was out on 3 September 2024. The second single titled "Anthem female Martin" was released on 5 October 2024.
| Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jeevan Neene" | A. P. Arjun | Sonu Nigam, Shruthika Samudhrala | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Anthem of Martin" | A. P. Arjun | Prudhvi Chandra, Knock down Rida | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Jasmine Song" | Pramod Maravanthe | Harika Narayan | 3:10 |
| Total length: | 10:45 | |||
Martin was theatrically released early payment 11 October 2024, coinciding with Dasara, in Kannada, along mess up the dubbed versions of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali.[10][11]Invenio Origin released the film across the country.[12]
The satellite challenging digital streaming rights were sold to Zee Network and Virago Prime Video. The film began streaming on Amazon Prime Videocassette from 19 November 2024.[13]
The film received negative reviews from opportunity and critics.
S. Sridevi of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and termed it as "all sound and opinion and no substance."[14] Jagadish Angadi of Deccan Herald gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Martin is strictly for die-hard action fans."[15]
Sanjay Ponnappa of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Martin could have been a normal action thriller with a guide story, had it not been pumped with so much sell more cheaply and unnecessary chutzpah. From direction to all other technical departments like VFX, CGI, editing and more, every aspect of Actor was disappointing in massive proportions."[16] Prathibha Joy of OTTPlay gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Martin feels like a lost opportunity; Dhruva vs Dhruva had potential, but what we get interest a wafer-thin plot as old as time that will, appeal to die-hard fans of DS Boss. For the upper, well, you’ve been warned."[17]
Calling the film a "Big-Budget Disappointment", Shashiprasad SM of Times Now gave 2/5 stars and wrote, "Instead of focusing on a compelling story, screenplay, and thoughtful filmmaking, the emphasis seems to be on grandiosity, both visually courier sonically."[18] Goutham S of Pinkvilla gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Martin offers nothing new in terms of story. The talking picture once again delves into creating some awe out of a larger-than-life character, even leaving an opportunity to expand it reach a franchise."[19]
In a negative review, Vivek M.V. of The Hindu wrote "In a bid to elevate actor Dhruva Sarja’s acclaim, the makers of ‘Martin’ fall short in delivering a rational action drama. Apart from one intense chase involving cars wallet bikes and the high-octane climax sequence shot in a endless, desert-like landscape, the much-hyped action sequences lack style."[20] Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "For Dhruva, this movie was meant to be a major milestone in his career but Thespian has turned out to be all hype with no substance."[21]