Vishnuvardhana (film)

Vishnuvardhana is a 2011 Kannada comedy thriller film starring Sudeep, Bhavana 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 Kannada film actor Dr. Vishnuvardhan who was a friend of Dwarakish's. The film's music was composed by V. Harikrishna. The film was released on 8 December 2011.[1] The film was officially remade in Bengali in 2014 as Bachchan.[2] The movie was reported to be inspired by the 2009 South Korean movie Handphone which the director had vehemently denied.[2]

Vishnuvardhana
Vishnuvardhana Poster
Directed byP. Kumar
Produced byDwarakish
Written byAnil Kumar

Mrugashira Shrikanth

Kalidas (Dialogues)
Screenplay byP. Kumar, Kalidas, Shrikanth
Story byP. Kumar
StarringSudeep
Bhavana
Priyamani
Sonu Sood
Dwarakish
Arun Sagar
Music byV. Harikrishna
CinematographyRajarathnam
Edited byGautham Raju
Production
company
Dwarkish Studios
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 8 December 2011 (2011-12-08) (India)
Running time
169 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

Vishnuvardhana (Sudeep) Steals the phone of a Local goon Aadishesha (Sonu Sood). He takes his dealing money in the name of him. Adishesha tries to search him. Vishnu fools him and scolds every time. He befriends Bharathi (Bhavana Menon) and likes her and impressed her father (Dwarakish). Dr. Surya Prakash (Jayaram Karthik) would marry her, he angered on him.

Meera (Priyamani), wife of Adishesha requested Vishnu to kill aadhi. But Vishnu questions her and she reaveales that he cheated her. Vishnuvardhan stays in adhishesha's home and finally and reavels himself and kills him.

Cast
  • Sudeep as Vishnuvardhana
  • Bhavana as Bharathi
  • Priyamani as Meera
  • Sonu Sood as Adhishesha
  • Dwarakish as Colonel
  • Arun Sagar as Nimbehannu aka Shastri
  • J. Karthik as Dr. Surya Prakash
  • Neenasam Ashwath as Adhishesha's brother
  • Karisubbu as Puttayya, Laundry Owner & Vishnuvardhana's father
  • Ravi Chethan as Police Inspector
  • Muni as District Commissioner of Police
  • Taranga vishwa
  • Ravi Varma
  • Pon Kumaran as Vahaab in Special Appearance
  • M. N. Suresh
  • Mandeep Rai as Blind Person & Telephone Booth Owner
  • Mysore Ramanand as Marriage Broker
  • Aarthi as Valli
  • Sangeeta as Bharathi's sister

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
IMDb
Times of India

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.[3] 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.[4] The Times of India gave four stars and praised the performance of Sudeep

Release and box office

The movie was released in around 140 theatres all over Karnataka.[5] The satellite rights of the film were sold for ₹20 million (US$280,000) to Udaya TV.[6] The distributor, Kumar MN, said that the collection was ₹80 million (US$1.1 million) in one week. The collection made by the movie had crossed ₹150 million (US$2.1 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.[7] Finally the movie was declared a blockbuster hit of the year and collected over ₹360 million (US$5.0 million).

The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Mr. Mobile 2 by Goldmines Telefilms in 2016 with Sudeep's voice dubbed by Amar Babaria.[8]

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.[9][10]

Remake

The movie was remade in Bengali as Bachchan starring Jeet, Aindrita Ray, Payel Sarkar, Kanchan Mullick and Mukul Dev in lead role.

Soundtrack
Only Vishnuvardhana
Soundtrack album by
V. Harikrishna
Released1 December 2011 (2011-12-01)
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length22:42

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.[11] 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.[12]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."One Two Three Vishnuvardhana"V. Nagendra PrasadNaveen Madhav4:39
2."Maaya Maaya"KavirajV. Harikrishna4:07
3."Nam Routealli"Yogaraj BhatVijay Prakash, Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Bhat5:30
4."Yedeyolage"V. Nagendra PrasadTippu, Sowmya Raoh4:29
5."Yarappana Gantu"Yogaraj BhatLakshmi Vijay4:29
Total length:22:42

Awards and nominations
Totals
Awards won 7 + N/A
Nominations 20 + N/A

59th Filmfare Awards South :-

1st South Indian International Movie Awards :-

  • Best Debut Director – Kannada – Winner – P. Kumar[14]
  • Best Film – Kannada – Nominated – B.S. Dwarakish[15]
  • Best Actor (Female) – Kannada – Nominated – Bhavana[15]
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Kannada – Nominated – Arun Sagar[15]
  • Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada – Nominated – Sonu Sood[15]
  • Best Cinematographer – Kannada – Nominated – Rajarathnam[15]
  • Best Playback Singer (Female) – Kannada – Nominated – Sowmya Raoh for the song "Yedeyolage Guitaru"[15]

4th Suvarna Film Awards :-

Sandalwood Star Awards :-

  • Best Film – Nominated[18]
  • Best Actor – Nominated – Sudeep[19]
  • Best Director – Nominated – P. Kumar[20]
  • Best Debut Director – Winner – P. Kumar[20]
  • Best Comedian – Nominated – Arun Sagar[21]
  • Best Actor in a Negative Role – Nominated – Sonu Sood[21]
  • Best Screenplay – Nominated – P. Kumar[22]
  • Best Supporting Actress – Winner – Priyamani[23]
  • Best Dialogue – Nominated – Kalidasa, Srikanth, Ramesh Kamal[24]
  • Best Stunt Director – Nominated – Ravi Varma, Ganesh[25]
  • Best Choreographer – Winner – Harsha[25]
  • Best Art Director – Nominated – Mohan Pandit, Mohan Kere, Anand[26]

Bangalore Times Film Awards :-

  • Best Actor – Winner – Sudeep[27]
  • Best Film – Nominated[28]
  • Best Actor in a Negative Role Male – Nominated – Sonu Sood[28]
  • Best Actor in a Negative Role Female – Nominated – Priyamani[28]

1st Kannada International Music Awards (KiMA) :-

  • Best Playback Singer (Female) – Nominated – Lakshmi Vijay for the song "Yaarappana Gante Aagli"[29]
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