Rugged is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Mahesh Gowda and produced by Arun Kumar A. The film stars Vinod Prabhakar and Chaitra Reddy. The film's caption is "Neenu Malagisiruva Goriyolage Nanninu Jeevathavagiddene". This Movie was launched in November 2017
The project marks the first in the combination of Mahesh Gowda, Vinod Prabhakar and producer Arun Kumar A.
Vinod Prabhakar shed weight for the film.
A critic from The Times of India rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "Rugged is for die-hard commercial film watchers".