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Ugramm () is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Prashanth Neel in his directorial debut, and produced by his brother Pradeep Neel. It stars Sriimurali and Hariprriya in the lead roles, with Tilak Shekar, Avinash Yelandur, Atul Kulkarni, and Jai Jagadish in supporting roles. The music was composed by Ravi Basrur. Bhuvan Gowda serves as the main cinematographer with Ravi Varman as a guest cinematographer, marking his debut in Kannada cinema.
Ugramm completed a run of 125 days in select theatres in Karnataka. A sequel titled Ugramm Veeram was announced by Sriimurali in July 2014, but was later shelved. The film was remade in Odia language as Agastya (2016) and in Marathi language as Raanti (2024). Its storyline was later adapted into by Prashanth Neel, though it was not a direct remake.
While working with Shivarudra Lingaiah, Prabhakar stops a ship coming from Dubai, which contains smuggled goods belonging to Shivarudra Lingaiah. Prabhakar loads 90% of the smuggled goods onto another ship and sells it to a third party. Afterwards, Prabhakar escapes to Australia, along with Nithya, to start a new life. Shivarudra Lingaiah gets arrested based on a tip-off by Prabhakar. However, Shivarudra Lingaiah continues his activities from the prison through his son Dheeraj.
2014: Shivarudra Lingaiah is now an MLA candidate, who along with Dheeraj, is waiting to exact vengeance from Prabhakar. A grown-up Nithya arrives in Bangalore to visit her late mother's grave in Talagavara. Nithya is kidnapped by Dheeraj's gang on the way, but she is rescued by Agastya, an automobile mechanic. Agastya takes her to his house for safeguarding as advised by Prabhakar's family-friend Vishwa.
Meanwhile, a cat-and-mouse game ensues between Shivarudra Lingaiah and Agastya, where Agastya manages to save Nithya again. Nithya, who has fallen for Agastya, learns from Vishwa about his dark past in Mughor, a region ruled by a blood-thirsty syndicate. Agastya's old promise to his friend Bala had pushed Agastya to enter the crime syndicate. Within just a few years, Agastya managed to capture the entire region for Bala, against all odds. This earned him fearful respect and notoriety. However, Agastya's skirmish with Bala's younger brother Maara led to Maara's death. Agastya had exiled himself, respecting his mother's vow to live a life free of violence.
Dheeraj kills Shivarudra Lingaiah, deeming him weak, and captures Nithya and relocates to Mughor, under orders from Mughor's crime syndicate to seek vengeance on Agastya. Agastya returns to Mughor, where he faces the entire Mughor criminal fraternity. Agastya kills Dheeraj and saves Nithya again. Though still holding a grudge against Agastya for Maara's death, Bala allows them to leave as a show of friendship towards Agastya. Agastya leaves Mughor and reciprocate the love towards Nithya.
Reviewing the soundtrack album, Kavya Christopher of The Times of India wrote, "Apart from the title track – Ugramm Veeram – which rightfully captures the essence of the title, translating to aggression, the rest of the numbers take you into a romantic journey of dream sequences that many stories try to rely on to bring in some breathing space in an otherwise adrenaline-packed plot."
| 4th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Film | Inkfinite Pictures | ||
| Best Director | Prashanth Neel | |||
| Best Actor | Sriimurali | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Thilak Shekar | |||
| Best Debut Producer | Inkfinite Pictures | |||
| Best Debut Director | Prashanth Neel | |||
| 62nd Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | Inkfinite Pictures | ||
| Best Director | Prashanth Neel | |||
| Best Actor | Srimurali | |||
| Best Actress | Haripriya | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Thilak Shekar | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Padmaja Rao | |||
| Best Music Director | Ravi Basrur | |||
| Best Playback Singer - Female | Anuradha Bhat ("Chanchana Chanchana") | |||
The 2023 film directed by Neel was a retelling of the story, which he did not perceive as a remake. He made significant changes to the story to suit Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran, who were re-enacting Sriimurali and Tilak Shekar's roles. Neel expressed that Ugramm always held a special place in his heart and wanted to do justice to its story. Following the pan-Indian success of , Neel saw the new markets opened by KGF as an opportunity to not let his "best stories languish on YouTube". He wanted " Ugramm to reach the heights of KGF" and emphasized that "scaling up Ugramm to create Salaar was solely about enhancing the storytelling."
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