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Bindaas (2008 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Bindaas' is a Kannada language romantic action comedy film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and Produced by M.Chandrashekar. Puneeth Rajkumar played the male lead while Hansika Motwani played the female lead, marking her Kannada debut and only Kannada film to date. The film was released on 15 February 2008 The film was dubbed in Telugu as 'Pandugadu' , in Hindi as 'Be Happy Bindaas' and in Bhojpuri as 'Baazi'. It was also reported to have been dubbed in Malayalam. The movie was remade in Bhojpuri in 2012 as 'Hero' - the first Kannada movie to be remade in Bhojpuri.
Plot
Bangalore City is under threat from a terror attacks orchestrated by most wanted don Saleem Bhai. Karnataka State Police Department appoints ACP Vikram Rathod to nab Saleem Bhai and bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Shiva is a former pickpocketer, who is caught by the police for selling black-ticket and creating feud at the movie theatre. He meets Vikram Rathod where Shiva ask Vikram Rathod for a job in 48 hours. Shiva sees Preeti, an artist at a mall and falls for her, who rejects him but later softens up and falls for Shiva.
One day Vikram Rathod ask Shiva to infiltrate Saleem Bhai's gang as an informer under the pseudonym 'Bindaas Shivu'. Shiva infiltrates the gang and joins Saleem Bhai's trusted man D and his gang. He eliminates Saleem Bhai's gang under Vikram Rathod's orders. In a midst of shootout, Preeti sees Shiva, who mistakes him to be a gangster and breakups with him. It is revealed that Preeti is actually Vikram Rathod's daughter and learnt that she was in love in Shiva, which enrages him. Due to political pressure to catch Saleem Bhai, Vikram Rathod formulates a plan and places Shiva as an informer to make the police department believe that he is the informer, but makes Preeti believe that he is a gangster.
Meanwhile, After a dense shootout between D and his gang, Shiva captures Saleem Bhai and brings him to Vikram Rathod where he learns that Preeti is Vikram Rathod's daughter. Vikram Rathod holds Shiva at gunpoint, revealing his entire plan to frame him. Shiva escapes with Saleem Bhai and kidnaps Preethi where he reveals of her father's treachery. D, along with his gang free Saleem Bhai and a shootout ensues where Shiva manages to kill D and his henchmen, including Saleem Bhai. Enraged about losing his promotion to DCP. Vikram Rathod tries to shoot Shiva, but after seeing Preeti makes Vikram Rathod realizes his mistakes. Thus, Shiva and Preeti reunite in the end.
Cast
* Puneeth Rajkumar as Shiva aka Shivu
* Hansika Motwani as Preethi
* Nassar as ACP Vikram Rathod, Preethi's father
* Suman as Saleem Bhai
* Rahul Dev as D
* Komal as Shiva's friend
* Vanitha Vasu
* Dattanna as Priest
* Prithviraj
* Suman Ranganathan as an item number 'Kallu Mama'
Soundtrack
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Gurukiran composed the film score and the soundtrack, lyrics for which was penned by Kaviraj and V. Nagendra Prasad. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks. It was released on 2 January 2008 in Bangalore.
Reception
R. G. Vijayasarathy of 'Rediff.com' wrote that "In fact, 'Bindaas' is clearly Puneet Raj Kumar's film all the way".
References
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