Vishnuvardhana (film)
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Duration | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 8 December 2011 (2011-12-08) (India) Writer Pon Kumaran (story), Kalidas (dialogue), Srikanth (dialogue), Ramesh Kamal (dialogue) Songs One Two Three Vishnuvardhana Cast (Vishnu aka Vishnuvardhana), (Bharathi), (Meera), (Adhishesha), Dwarakeesh (Colonel (Bharathi's father)), (Shasthri) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vishnuvardhana official promo mov
Vishnuvardhana is a 2011 Kannada comedy thriller film starring Sudeep, Bhavana Menon and Priyamani. The film was directed and written by P. Kumar, in his debut, and produced by actor Dwarakish. The film is supposedly a tribute to south superstar, Kannada Matinee idol Dr. Vishnuvardhan who was a friend of Dwarakish. The film's music was composed by V. Harikrishna. The film was released on 8 December 2011. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Mr. Mobile 2. The film was officially remade in Bengali as Bachchan. The movie was reported to be inspired by the 2009 South Korean movie Handphone which the director had vehemently denied.
Contents
- Vishnuvardhana official promo mov
- Cast
- Reception
- Release and box office
- Title controversy
- Remake
- Soundtrack
- Awards and nominations
- References
Cast
Reception
The Bangalore Mirror gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half stars. It also lauded the first-time director P. Kumar and praised the screenplay. It added that the movie had all the ingredients of a commercial success. The Chitraloka website said it was a comedy thriller and lauded the film, saying it had a terrific script which sustains the interest of audience added to these plus-point powerful performances by Sudeep and Priyamani. The Times of India gave four stars and praised the performance of Ravi Teja.
Release and box office
The movie was released in around 140 theatres all over Karnataka. The satellite rights of the film were sold for ₹20 million (US$310,000). The distributor, Kumar MN, said that the collection was ₹60 million (US$940,000) in one week. The collection made by the movie had crossed ₹120 million (US$1.9 million) before the completion of second week. It was mostly the huge fan following of Vishnuvardhan who had watched the film initially, but was later followed by the Sudeep fans and Vishnuvardhan fans together, pouring in to watch the film repeatedly. Finally the movie was declared a blockbuster hit of the year and collected over ₹160 million (US$2.5 million).
Title controversy
Since the movie went into production with the title Vishnuvardhana, there was a strong opposition against the usage of the title by some groups. This opposition was led by Dr. Vishnuvardhan's wife, actress Dr. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan. Dwarakish, along with his associate producer Yogish, struggled hard to fight the accusations. Finally, the title was changed to Veera Vishnuvardhana and was later changed again to Only Vishnuvardhana.
Remake
The movie was remade in Bengali as Bachchan starring Jeet, Aindrita Ray, Payel Sarkar, Kanchan Mullick and Mukul Dev in lead role.
Soundtrack
V. Harikrishna composed five songs along with the background score for this film. The audio was formally released on 1 December 2011 and on a private radio station, the songs were released on the same day. The lyrics are penned by lyricists such as Nagendra Prasad, Kaviraj and Yogaraj Bhat. Ashwini Media works took up the audio distribution rights for 3.6 million rupees.
Awards and nominations
59th Filmfare Awards South :-
1st South Indian International Movie Awards :-
4th Suvarna Film Awards :-
Sandalwood Star Awards :-
Bangalore Times Film Awards :-
1st Kannada International Music Awards (KiMA) :-
References
Vishnuvardhana (film) WikipediaVishnuvardhana (film) IMDb Vishnuvardhana (film) themoviedb.org