Benki Birugali

Benki Birugali is a 2013 Indian Kannada action comedy film directed and produced by SK Basheed who is making his debut in Sandalwood as a hero.^[1] The film also has Rishi, Kadhal Sandhya, Rekha, Monica, Banu Mehra, ‘Bullet’ Prakash, Layendra and Janardhan.^[2] While KS Cheluvaraj is the cinematographer of the film, MM Srilekha has composed the music. The film was launched in January 2011.^[3] It was shot at various locations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.^[4]

Benki Birugali released on 26 April.^[5][6] The film was supposed to be originally a bilingual – Telugu and Kannada - however, the Telugu version Fire,^[7] will not be released.^[8]

Cast

• Rishi as Chandu
• SK Basheed as Daya
• Namitha as Mona
• Sandhya as Sandhya
• Rekha Vedavyas as Rekha
• Rishika Singh
• Bhanu Sri Mehra
• Saloni Aswani
• Bullet Prakash
• Layendra
• Bank Janardhan

Reception

G S Kumar from The Times of India rated it 2 stars and wrote "A poor show by SK Basheed who does not know how to direct or act§.^[9]

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