<p class="title">Made by a team of engineers, it features Pawan Kumar, director of Lucia and U-Turn, in the role of a hacker. Rapid digitisation and the advent of e-commerce is what triggered the Kannada film 'Gultoo'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bengaluru, with its pool of tech-savvy people, plays a central role in the film, as it does in cyber crime. First time director Janardhan Chikkanna says he wanted his debut to be a crime thriller. "My research helped me dig out facts and figures to build the story," he says.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lead actor Naveen is also a newcomer. He was Janardhan's classmate when they were studying engineering. Pawan Kumar, famous as the director of Lucia and U-Turn, plays a techie called Phaneesh Nandimath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is named after a classmate who was good at hacking. I took his help to finetune the technical aspects. Naming the character after him was a surprise I had saved for him," says Janardhan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naveen and Janardhan used to make documentaries in college. Naveen dropped out to pursue his passion for filmmaking. Sonu Gowda, who plays an instructor at a computer training institute, has at least two shades to her character.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In the first half you see her controlled in her actions and movements. She undergoes a huge transformation in the second part," says Janardhan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naveen and Sonu form the lead pair. The movie also features Avinash, who essays the role of an investigating officer. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Gultoo is written and directed by Janardhan Chikkanna, co-written by Avinash Lakshmaiah and produced by Prashanth Reddy and Devaraj Ramanna.<br /><br /></p>.<p class="bodytext">What actors say</p>.<p class="bodytext">PAWAN KUMAR: "I could easily connect with my character as I would have become a<br />software professional had I not entered the film industry. I read extensively about social networking sites and privacy."</p>.<p class="bodytext">SONU GOWDA: "I am not a student of engineering. I am from a commerce background.<br />Initially, it was a little difficult to understand the technicalities that went into my character."</p>.<p class="bodytext">AVINASH: "This film is made by a group of enterprising youngsters who have put their <br />experience into it. The screenplay and narration are powerful."</p>.<p class="bodytext">What title means: Rearrange the word 'Gultoo' and it reads 'logout,' a computer term.</p>
<p class="title">Made by a team of engineers, it features Pawan Kumar, director of Lucia and U-Turn, in the role of a hacker. Rapid digitisation and the advent of e-commerce is what triggered the Kannada film 'Gultoo'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bengaluru, with its pool of tech-savvy people, plays a central role in the film, as it does in cyber crime. First time director Janardhan Chikkanna says he wanted his debut to be a crime thriller. "My research helped me dig out facts and figures to build the story," he says.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lead actor Naveen is also a newcomer. He was Janardhan's classmate when they were studying engineering. Pawan Kumar, famous as the director of Lucia and U-Turn, plays a techie called Phaneesh Nandimath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is named after a classmate who was good at hacking. I took his help to finetune the technical aspects. Naming the character after him was a surprise I had saved for him," says Janardhan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naveen and Janardhan used to make documentaries in college. Naveen dropped out to pursue his passion for filmmaking. Sonu Gowda, who plays an instructor at a computer training institute, has at least two shades to her character.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In the first half you see her controlled in her actions and movements. She undergoes a huge transformation in the second part," says Janardhan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naveen and Sonu form the lead pair. The movie also features Avinash, who essays the role of an investigating officer. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Gultoo is written and directed by Janardhan Chikkanna, co-written by Avinash Lakshmaiah and produced by Prashanth Reddy and Devaraj Ramanna.<br /><br /></p>.<p class="bodytext">What actors say</p>.<p class="bodytext">PAWAN KUMAR: "I could easily connect with my character as I would have become a<br />software professional had I not entered the film industry. I read extensively about social networking sites and privacy."</p>.<p class="bodytext">SONU GOWDA: "I am not a student of engineering. I am from a commerce background.<br />Initially, it was a little difficult to understand the technicalities that went into my character."</p>.<p class="bodytext">AVINASH: "This film is made by a group of enterprising youngsters who have put their <br />experience into it. The screenplay and narration are powerful."</p>.<p class="bodytext">What title means: Rearrange the word 'Gultoo' and it reads 'logout,' a computer term.</p>