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'Vishnuvardhana' is a 2011 Indian Kannada language comedy thriller film starring Sudeepa Bhavana Menon and Priyamani directed by P. Kumar, in his debut, and produced by Dwarakish.The film's music was composed by V. Harikrishna. The film was released on 8 December 2011.[http://www.desitara.com/blogs/movieskannada-veeravishnuvardhanakannadamovie/tag/sudeep-veera-vishnuvardhana-kannada-movie-review/ sudeep veera vishnuvardhana Kannada movie review | Veera Vishnuvardhana Kannada Movie] The film was officially remade in Bengali in 2014 as 'Bachchan'. The movie was reported to have been inspired by the 2009 Korean movie 'Handphone'. 5 years later, it was dubbed in Hindi as 'Mr. Mobile 2'.

Plot



Vishnuvardhana is the son of laundry owner Puttayya, who is a big fan of Dr.Vishnuvardhan and spends time with his astrologer friend Nimbehannu aka Shastri. He dreams of earning money and become rich in life, but not through hard work. One day, while delivering clothes to the colonel's house, He meets the colonel's daughter Bharathi and falls in love with her, but learns that she wants to marry a doctor and is set out to meet Dr.Suryaprakash. Vishnu and Shastri arrive at the 'Mallige Hospital' where the meeting is to be held. He makes Bharathi fall for him by pretending to be a doctor.

Meanwhile, Vishnu gets into a tussle with a local goon, but the tussle is interrupted by Vishnu's constable uncle, who takes them to the police station where Vishnu learns that they work for a dreaded crime boss named Adishesha. Adishesha intervence, allowing the henchmen to leave and demands the identity of the person, but he lies to him that he left and withdrew the complaint. When Adishesha leaves, his Blackberry phone accidentally drops from his pocket where Vishnu retrieves it. After taking the phone, Adishesha's colleague Wahab tells Vishnu (assuming that Adishesha is talking) that the contract of killing a man named Gulchand at 'Mallige Hospital' is done. Wahab ask about the location which he has to handover the money of 5 crores. Seizing the opportunity, Vishnu calls them to a nightclub where he gets the money and safely puts it in a bike locker.

A cat-mouse game between Adishesha (who finds that his phone is stolen by someone) and Vishnu in which Vishnu manages to hid his identity. Adishesha takes the help of a ACP to find the phone and the culprit who relucants, but agrees when Adishesha reveals about the secret video of ACP which he recorded on the phone. The ACP tries to catch Vishnu, but to no avail. Later, Vishnu and Shastri meets a girl named Meera, who knows about Vishnu and his game with Adishesha. Meera tells Vishnu that he should kill Adishesha within 24 hours or she will reveal his identity to Adishesha, to which he obliges. Meanwhile, Dr. Suryaprakash gives a contract to kill Vishnu as he ruined his meeting with Bharathi by pretending to be a doctor, to which he agrees. Later, Vishnu and Shastri decide to keep the phone secretly as the henchmen tried to attack his father where Vishnu learns about contract given by Suryaprakash to kill him. Vishnu meets Meera again in Adishesha's house, who is actually Adishesha's wife and gives him another 24 hours to finish him.

Vishnu reveals about his real identity to Bharathi and Colonel, who forgives him when Vishnu saved Bharathi's sister from a miscarriage. Vishnu pretends to know the culprit's face and stays in Adishesha's house. Vishnu confronts Meera to reveal the truth. Meera reveals that she loved Adishesha and left her family to be with him, but he cheated and drugged her with soporific as the ACP made a deal with Adishesha about his exoneration from the cases, in exchange for having sex with Meera. The ACP have sex with Meera, which is secretly recorded by Adishesha. When Meera witnessed Vishnu stealing Adishesha's phone, she decided to use Vishnu as a 'weapon' to avenge her injustice. After learning her past, Vishnu obligies and decide to help her. He blackmails the ACP to kill Adishesha or the video will be telecasted in the news channels, The ACP tries to kill Adhishesha, but is thrashed by the former, who learnt his plan from the culprit (Vishnu himself) and tries to kill him, but gets a call from the phone booth's owner, revealing that the culprit was caught on the security camera's footage.

Adishesha, along with Vishnu and ACP finds Meera's face is caught in the footage and Adishesha leaves to confront Meera. After Adishesha and the ACP leave, Vishnu calls Meera and tells her to escape from the house. Meera escapes, but is caught by Adishesha and ask about the culprit, to which she denies telling him. Meera sees Vishnu admist the crowd and screams not to arrive. While searching for the culprit (Vishnu). Vishnu reveals his identity to Adishesha and the two engage in hand-to-hand combat where Vishnu defeats and is about to kill him. The ACP having deduced Vishnu's identity forces him to hand over the phone, but Vishnu makes a deal with ACP to shoot Adishesha in exchange for the phone and a Mexican standoff ensues where Vishnu escapes from the standoff, whereas Adishesha and the ACP get killed. Thus, Vishnu reconciles with Shastri, thus ending all the troubles.

Cast



* Sudeepa as Vishnuvardhana

* Priyamani as Meera

* Sonu Sood as Adhishesha

* Bhavana as Bharathi

* 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

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* Aarthi as Valli

* Sangeeta as Bharathi's sister

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 Sudeepa and Priyamani. The Times of India gave four stars and praised the performance of Sudeepa.

Release and box office



The movie was released in around 140 theatres all over Karnataka.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140809221704/http://www.sify.com/movies/vishnuvardhana-in-140-theatres-news-kannada-lmirs9achbg.html 'Vishnuvardhana' in 140 theatres] The satellite rights of the film were sold for to Udaya TV. The distributor, Kumar MN, said that the collection was in one week. It was mostly the huge fan following of Vishnuvardhan who had watched the film initially, but was later followed by the Sudeepa fans and Vishnuvardhan fans together, pouring in to watch the film repeatedly.[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2011/vishnuvardhana-box-office-collections-141211.html Vishnuvardhana Movie Collections | Actor Sudeep | Dwarakish | Kannada Box Office] The film was later dubbed into Hindi as 'Mr. Mobile 2' by Goldmines Telefilms in 2016 with Sudeep's voice dubbed by Amar Babaria.

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 'Vishnuvardhana'.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130306015659/http://www.sify.com/movies/sudeeps-vishnuvardhana-in-trouble-news-kannada-kkfqsjebihc.html Sudeep's 'Vishnuvardhana' in trouble][http://www.mangaloreheadlines.com/show-contents.php?id=7784 Loading]

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.[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74866.html IndiaGlitz "Only Vishnuvardhana" in 120 theatres Tamil Movie News] 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111207042734/http://www.sify.com/movies/ov-audio-a-success-news-kannada-lmflgzfejfh.html OV audio a success]

Awards and nominations



'59th Filmfare Awards South :-'

*Best Director Kannada 'Nominated' P. Kumar

'1st South Indian International Movie Awards :-'

*Best Debut Director Kannada 'Winner' P. Kumar

*Best Film Kannada 'Nominated' B.S. Dwarakish

*Best Actor (Female) Kannada 'Nominated' Bhavana

*Best Actor in a Supporting Role Kannada 'Nominated' Arun Sagar

*Best Actor in a Negative Role Kannada 'Nominated' Sonu Sood

*Best Cinematographer Kannada 'Nominated' Rajarathnam

*Best Playback Singer (Female) Kannada 'Nominated' Sowmya Raoh for the song "Yedeyolage Guitaru"

'4th Suvarna Film Awards :-'

*Best Actor 'Winner' Sudeepa

*Best Choreographer 'Winner' Harsha

'Sandalwood Star Awards :-'

*Best Film 'Nominated'

*Best Actor 'Nominated' Sudeepa

*Best Director 'Nominated' P. Kumar

*Best Debut Director 'Winner' P. Kumar

*Best Comedian 'Nominated' Arun Sagar

*Best Actor in a Negative Role 'Nominated' Sonu Sood

*Best Screenplay 'Nominated' P. Kumar

*Best Supporting Actress 'Winner' Priyamani

*Best Dialogue 'Nominated' Kalidasa, Srikanth, Ramesh Kamal

*Best Stunt Director 'Nominated' Ravi Varma, Ganesh

*Best Choreographer 'Winner' Harsha

*Best Art Director 'Nominated' Mohan Pandit, Mohan Kere, Anand

'Bangalore Times Film Awards :-'

*Best Actor 'Winner' Sudeepa

*Best Film 'Nominated'

*Best Actor in a Negative Role Male 'Nominated' Sonu Sood

*Best Actor in a Negative Role Female 'Nominated' Priyamani

'1st Kannada International Music Awards (KiMA) :-'

*Best Playback Singer (Female) 'Nominated' Lakshmi Vijay for the song "Yaarappana Gante Aagli" click on "Best Playback Singer (Female)"

References




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