Buddhivantha

Buddhivantha
Film poster
Kannada ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ
Telugu బుద్ధిమంతుడు
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 date
 26 September 2008
Country India
Language Kannada
Budget ₹4.5 crore[1]
Box office ₹15 crore[1]

Buddhivantha (English: Genius; also known as Buddhimanthudu in Telugu) is a 2008 Kannada language film starring Upendra and Pooja Gandhi in the lead roles. 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 He), written by Pralhad K. Atre and acted by Prabhakar Panshikar.[2]

The film was released on 26 September 2008. It was supposed to be released on Upendra's birthday, 18 September 2008, but because of the delay in censor certification, the date was 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. It went on to complete over a 100-day theatrical run in the main centers of Karnataka.[4]

Synopsis

An intelligent story, the movie begins with Panchamrutha (Upendra) standing in the court facing charges of cheating four beautiful women and the public prosecutor (Siddaraj Kalyankar) heaping more and more charges against him. Panchamrutha who speaks in typical Mangalorean Kannada denies having any links with these beautiful women and also argues his case to prove that he is innocent. Much to the dismay of the girls, police department and PP, the judgement goes in favor of Panchamrutha and the judge (Lakshmi), who is the mother of Pooja (Pooja Gandhi) and sets him free.

Panchamrutha again ends up in the court due to cheating the beautiful daughter of the judge herself. The lawmakers are bent upon getting him convicted and they rope in his brother but then the smart man that he is, Panchamrutha gives his logic and again he emerges successful. The girls (Pooja, Brinda, Suman Ranganathan, Saloni and Nathanya) are helpless but then the time for truth comes. Apparently, Panchamrutha is the man who donned the roles of Zakir Hussain, Samarasimha Reddy, Ashok Mittal, Shyamprasad, and Rajneesh. All this he does with only one mission - to teach these arrogant and haughty women a lesson and cut them down to size. There is a very strong flashback connected to it that leads to the death of his sister in law and that's when the peace loving Panchamrutha became a skilled con man for greedy women. His flashback leads him to cheat girls, but he would not cheat any, he would be taught the reality of four girls except Pooja.

Zakir Hussain (Upendra) gets together with Pooja (Pooja Gandhi) and the pair walk away happily, leaving the audience to assume they live happily ever after.

Cast

Pooja Gandhi, the film's female lead

Critical response

Now running.com gave the film a 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Upendra sparkles as an actor. Pooja Gandhi's performance is good, but it is Suman Ranganathan who makes a big impact. Veteran actors Lakshmi, Dharma, Sridhar, and Hema Chowdhary are all impressive in their respective roles."[5]

Box office

Karnataka

The film was the highest grossing Kannada film of 2008,[6] by collecting more than ₹150 million at the box office.[1] It completed 100 days screening in more than 25 centres all over Karnataka.[7]

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.

Sound track

The soundtrack of Buddhivantha received 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
SongSinger(s)DurationLyrics
"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. 1 2 3 "2008– Top 5 films at the box-office". Sify. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Buddivantha is a remake!". Sify. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "Buddhivanta' fails Uppi on his B'day!". MSN. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  4. ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/2008-top-5-films-at-the-box-office-imagegallery-kannada-jdwmUxcjhcisi.html
  5. ↑ http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/5255/kannada/buddhivantha/1827/review.htm
  6. ↑ "Kannada cinema 2008 – 20 out of 118 win". IndiaGlitz. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "'Budhivantha' 100 days". IndiaGlitz. 5 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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