Buddhivantha
| Buddhivantha | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Kannada | ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ |
| Directed by | Ramnath Rigvedhi |
| Produced by |
SV Rajendra Singh Babu A Mohan |
| Written by | K.Balachander |
| Starring |
Upendra Pooja Gandhi Natanya Singh Brindha Parekh Suman Ranganath Saloni Aswani |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
Release dates | 26 September 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹4.5 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹15 crore[1] |
Buddhivantha (English: Intelligent) (also known as Buddhimanthudu in Telugu) is a 2008 Kannada language film starring Upendra and Pooja gandhi in the lead role. It was directed by Ramnath Rigvedhi. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Naan Avanillai which was itself based on the 1962 Marathi film To Mee Navhech (English: I Am Not Him), written by Pralhad K. Atre and acted by Prabhakar Panshikar.[2]
The film was released on 26 September 2008. The film was supposed to be released on Upendra's birthday, 18 September 2008, but because of the delay in censor certification, the release date got postponed to 26 September 2008.[3] It became the highest grossing Kannada film of 2008 and turned out to be a much bigger hit than the original Naan Avanillai.
Cast
- Upendra as Panchamrutha/Joseph Fernandez/Zakir Hussain/Vijay Mittal/Samarasimha Reddy/Sri Sri Sri Bhagavan Ranjaneesh Swamy/Shyam Prasad
- Pooja Gandhi as Pooja, a law student
- Brinda Parekh as Rekha Mithal
- Saloni Aswani as Shanthi (Bangaaru)
- Natanya Singh as Rani (Radhe)
- Suman Ranganath as Monika, an industrialist
- Lakshmi as a Judge, mother of Pooja
- Sridhar as David Fernandez, brother of Joseph Fernandez
- Dharma as Rekha's brother
- Chidanand as Johnny Walker
- Bank Janardhan as Police Constable
- Hema Chaudhary as Chandrabai, Rani's mother
Critical response
Now running.com giving 3 out of 5 and writing "Upendra sparkles as an actor. Pooja Gandhi's performance is good. Veteran actors Lakshmi, Dharma, Sridhar, and Hema Chowdhary are all impressive in their respective roles".[4]
Box office
Karnataka
The film was the highest grossing Kannada film of 2008,[5] by collecting more than ₹150 million at the box office.[1] It completed 100 days screening in more than 25 centres all over Karnataka.[6]
Andhra Pradesh
The Telugu version of the film was released as Budhimanthudu in Andhra Pradesh. It completed 50 days of run and did decent business at the box office across Andhra Pradesh.
Music
The Soundtrack of Buddhivantha got an amazing response upon its audio release and turned out to be one of the best selling albums of the year. The official soundtrack contains seven songs composed by Vijay Antony with the lyrics primarily penned by Kaviraj and Upendra. The audio of the film was released on 18 June 2008, three months before the release of the film. The album was released by Times Music.
| Buddhivantha | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Vijay Antony | |
| Released |
18 June 2008 (CD release) |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 34:39 |
| Label |
Junglee Music |
| Producer | S V Rajendra Singh Babu, A Mohan |
| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Naan Avanalla" | Vijay Antony, Vinay, Charulatha Mani, Maaya, Megha | 05:07 | Kaviraj |
| "Raa Raa Raa Raaja" | Jayadevan, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran | 05:36 | Kaviraj |
| "Chitranna Chitranna" | Vijay Antony, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran | 04:50 | Upendra |
| "Harinanda Harinanda" | Prasanna, Maaya, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran | 05:14 | Kaviraj |
| "Ravivarmana" | Hariharan, Kaushik, Vinaya | 04:24 | R. N. Jayagopal |
| "Nee Nanage Beku" | Krish, Megha | 04:40 | Kaviraj |
| "Chitranna Chitranna" (remix) | Upendra, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran | 04:48 | Upendra |
References
- 1 2 3 "2008– Top 5 films at the box-office". Sify. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ "Buddivantha is a remake!". Sify. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
- ↑ "Buddhivanta' fails Uppi on his B'day!". MSN. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ↑ http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/5255/kannada/buddhivantha/1827/review.htm
- ↑ "Kannada cinema 2008 – 20 out of 118 win". IndiaGlitz. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ "'Budhivantha' 100 days". IndiaGlitz. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2012.