Kannada
TheatreRamnath Rigvedhi is the director of the 2008 Kannada-language Indian film Buddhivantha. including Pooja Gandhi, Brinda Parekh, Saloni Aswani, Natanya Singh, and Suman Ranganathan as the female leads, with Upendra as the main part. The 2007 Tamil film Naan Avanillai, which was remade from the 1974 Tamil film Naan Avanillai, which itself was based on the 1962 Marathi play To Mee Navhech, authored by Pralhad K. Atre, is the model for the film. Vijay Antony is the composer of the music.
The movie came out on September 26, 2008. The original release date of September 18, 2008—Upendra’s birthday—was rescheduled to September 26, 2008 due to the hold-up in censor certification. It was a far greater hit than the first Naan Avanillai and ended up becoming the top grossing Kannada movie of 2008. It continued on to finish more than a hundred days of theatrical performances throughout Karnataka’s major cities.
Plot
The public prosecutor, Siddaraj Kalyankar, is leveling increasing numbers of accusations against Panchamrutha (Upendra), who is standing in court accused of defrauding four stunning women at the start of the story. Speaking in a distinctively Mangalorean Kannada, Panchamrutha disputes any relationship he may have had with these stunning women and makes an argument for his innocence. The verdict favors Panchamrutha and the judge (Lakshmi), who happens to be Pooja Gandhi’s mother, and releases him, much to the dismay of the girls, the police department, and PP.
Panchamrutha is the individual who, it seems, played Ashok Mittal, Rajneesh, Samarasimha Reddy, Zakir Hussain, and Shyamprasad. He accomplishes all of this with the sole intent of cutting these conceited and haughty women down to size. It’s tied to a powerful flashback that culminates in the death of his sister-in-law, marking the transformation of the once peaceful Panchamrutha into a cunning con artist for avaricious ladies. Though he would not cheat on any girls, his flashback causes him to do so. He would instead learn about the realities of four girls—Pooja excluded. After meeting Pooja, Zakir Hussain (Upendra) walks away from the scene beaming, leading the spectator to believe that they have a happily ever after.
Director | Ramnath Rugvedhi |
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Story | K. Balachander |
Screenplay | K. Balachander |
Dialogues | K. Balachander |
Cinematography | R. Giri |
Editor | Govardhan |
Music | Vijay Antony |
Producer | A. MohanRajendra Singh Babu |
Cast | Upendra Rao Pooja Gandhi Brinda ParekhSaloni AswaniYaragudipadi Venkata MahalakshmiHemant ChoudharySridharRaj KapoorSuman RanganathanNattasha Singh, Ambareesh Sarangi, Roopesh Jain, Rekha kumar, Jayaprakash reddy, Sri Gowri, G. K. Govinda Rao, Bank Janardhan, Siddaraj Kalyankar |
Release Type | Theatre |
Language | Kannada |
Production | |
Budget | 4.5 Crores |
Box Office | 15 Crores |
OTT Platform | Prime Video |