This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. At the 66th Filmfare Awards South, the film won two awards from five nominations, including the award for Best Film and Best Actor for Yash, respectively. At the 66th National Film Awards, the film won two awards for Best Action and Best Special Effects. The film performed well commercially and collected ₹250 crore in its entire theatrical run, breaking the record for the highest grossing Kannada film of all time. However, critics gave the film mixed reviews. The Kannada version of K.G.F: Chapter 1 was released on 20 December 2018 and the dubbed versions in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi released the next day, receiving positive response from audiences. Bhuvan Gowda handled the cinematography and Srikanth Gowda edited the film. The film's production was completed on 17 August 2018. Most of the film is set in the Kolar Gold Fields and was filmed in locales such as Kolar, Mysore, and parts of North Karnataka. Filming began two years later, on 15 January 2017. The film's development began in early 2015, after Neel finished writing the screenplay. Later, he poses as a slave-laborer in the Narachi Company (Kolar Gold Fields), aiming to assassinate a billionaire gold smuggler named Garuda, who is the son of Narachi's owner. The film focuses on Rocky, high-ranking assassin in Mumbai, who was born in poverty. The film was shot in Kannada on a budget of ₹80 crore, making it the most expensive Kannada-language film at its time of release. Simha, Achyuth Kumar, and Malavika Avinash appear in supporting roles. Anant Nag narrates the film, while Srinidhi Shetty, Vasishta N. The film features Yash as Rocky, in the lead role, while debutante Ramachandra Raju features as Garuda. It is the first installment in the two-part series, followed by K.G.F: Chapter 2. K.G.F: Chapter 1 is a 2018 Indian Kannada language period drama action film written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner of Hombale Films.

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