Googly (film)

Sharath (Yash)is a fun loving guy who seldom has any friends because of his freakish attitude. He hates girls but he likes love. He always lives his life as he wishes. One day he is selected to represent his college at the Global Business Seminar meet, as he is the topper of his university. As he enters the crowded auditorium he gets bored with the seminar and falls asleep. When his name is called upon, he is woken up by Swathi (Kriti Kharbanda) who is an MBBS student. Later he gives his hilarious speech and thanks Swathi for waking him up. By this meet, both of them become close friends and start to love each other.

Over a period of time, Sharath starts to suspect every act of Swathi. One day Swathi is injured, and things become more complicated when he misunderstands Swathi's friend to be her boyfriend at a hospital where she is undergoing treatment. As a result, Sharath gets annoyed and slaps Swathi. Unlike any guy who'll normally brood over his past girlfriend, Sharath takes this as a challenge and devotes his time to studies, and becomes a huge business tycoon within couple of years.

After few years, he realises his mistake of hurting Swathi and tries to reconcile with her by apologizing to her through a phone call on her birthday. He's hurt to hear that Swathi is getting engaged to someone and she never had such feeling for him. Later, he returns to India to attend his friend's wedding, and is surprised to see Swathi and he comes to know that they both are going to attend the same wedding. Upon further conversation with Swathi, he comes to know that Swathi had lied to him regarding her engagement to get rid of him because she didn't have the mental strength to be heartbroken again if Sharath would leave her for the second time after reconciliation. Thus, he tries to win her heart again. Swathi later decides to reciprocate it but on their way back home some goons, who were beaten up by Sharath for separating two lovers, attack him. After admitting Sharath in the hospital, Swathi donate blood for Sharath. In the hospital, Sharath's mother scolds Swathi and she leaves heartbreakingly without informing anybody. Sharath manages to find her in train station with the support of the media. When she replies she had lost her purse, mobile and ticket in the station then Sharath tells her that in spite of going through so much pain to find her she is lamenting over the loss of a silly thing in a hilarious manner. They reconcile and the movie ends with the couple united.

The soundtrack music for the film was composed by Joshua Sridhar and the background music for the film was scored by Anoop Seelin.[5] The lyrics for the soundtracks were penned by Jayant Kaikini, Yogaraj Bhat, Kaviraj and Pavan Wadeyar. The album consisting of six soundtracks was released on 3 June 2013, in Bangalore.[6]

Released on 19 July 2013, Googly, according to box office reports earned more than a crore on the first day and ₹45 million (US$630,000) within the first four days of its release.[10] According to the producer, the film collected ₹70 million (US$980,000) gross at the box office in its first week.[11] The film completed a 100-day run in theaters, and grossed ₹1 billion (equivalent to ₹1.4 billion or US$19 million in 2019) at the box office. Satellite rights were sold for ₹20 million (US$280,000).[12]

• Googly at IMDb