Only Vishnuvardhana

Vishnuvardhana
Vishnuvardhana Poster
Directed by	P. Kumar
Produced by	Dwarakish
Screenplay by	P. Kumar
Story by	P. Kumar
Starring	Sudeep Bhavana Menon Priyamani Sonu Sood Dwarakish Arun Sagar
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Cinematography	Rajarathnam
Editing by	Mohan Pandit
Studio	Dwarkish Studios
Release dates	December 8, 2011 (2011-12-08) (India)
Running time	169 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	7 crore (US$1.1 million)
Box office	16 crore (US$2.6 million) + 2 crore (US$320,000) {Satellite Rights}

Vishnuvardhana is a 2011 Kannada comedy thriller film starring Sudeep, Bhavana Menon and Priyamani in the lead roles . The film has been directed and written by P. Kumar and produced by veteran actor, Dwarakish. The film is supposedly a tribute to south super star, Kannada Matinee Idol Dr.Vishnuvardhan who was a friend of Dwarakish. V. Harikrishna has composed the music. The film released on 8 December 2011.^[1]

Cast

• Sudeep as Vishnuvardhan
• Bhavana Menon as Bharathi
• Priyamani as Meera
• Sonu Sood as Adhishesha
• Dwarakish as Colonel
• Arun Sagar as nimbehannu
• J. Karthik as Dr. Surya Prakash
• Neenasam Ashwath as Adhishesha's brother
• Karisubbu as ACP
• Ravi Chethan as Police Inspector
• Aarti as Valli
• Sangeetha as Bharathi's sister
• and others.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
IMDb
Times of India

Bangalore Mirror gave four and a half stars and said it will be one of the biggest hit ever in Kannada film industry. It also lauded the debutant director P.Kumar and praised its screenplay.It added that the movie had all the ingredients of a commercial entertainer.^[2] Chitraloka website said it is a comedy thriller.And lauded the film saying it has a terrific script which sustains the interest of audience added to these plus point powerful performances by Sudeep and Priyamani.^[3] The Times of India gave 4 stars and praised the performances of Sudeep^[4]

Release and Box Office

The movie got released in around 140 theatres all over Karnataka.^[5] The satellite rights of the film was sold for 2 crore (US$320,000)^[6]The distributor Kumar MN said that the collection is 6 crore (US$960,000) in 1 week. The collection made by the movie has crossed 12 crore (US$1.9 million) before the completion of second week. It is mostly the huge fan following of Vishnuvardhan who have watched the film initially and now it is followed by the Sudeep fans and Vishnuvardhan fans together pouring in to watch the film repeatedly.^[7] Finally movie declared blockbuster hit of the year collected over 16 crore (US$2.6 million).

Title Controversy

Ever since the movie went on floors with the title Vishnuvardhana, there was a strong opposition against the usage of the title by some of the 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 has been altered to Veera Vishnuvardhana and again changed to Only Vishnuvardhana.^[8][9]

Remake

The movie will be remade in Bengali as Bachchan starring Jeet, Aindrita Ray, Payel Sarkar in lead. And also in Telugu starring Raviteja in the lead^[10] The director of the movie is trying to remake the movie in Tamil as well^[11]

Soundtrack

V. Harikrishna has composed five songs along with the background score for this film. The audio was formally released on 1 December 2011 and a private radio station the songs were released on the same day.^[12] The lyrics are penned by lyricists such as Nagendra Prasad, Kaviraj and Yogaraj Bhat. Ashwini Media works has taken up the audio distribution rights for 36 lakh rupees.^[13]

Awards & Nominations

59th Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada - Nominated - P. Kumar ^[14]

1st South Indian International Movie Awards

• Best Debut Director - Kannada - Winner - P. Kumar ^[15]
• Best Film - Kannada - Nominated - B.S. Dwarakish ^[16]
• Best Actor (Female) - Kannada - Nominated - Bhavana ^[16]
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Kannada - Nominted - Arun Sagar ^[16]
• Best Actor in a Negetive Role - Kannada - Nominated - Sonu Sood ^[16]
• Best Cinematographer - Kannada - Nominated - Rajarathnam ^[16]
• Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kannada - Nominated - Sowmya Raoh for the song "Yedeyolage Guitaru" ^[16]

4th Suvarna Film Awards

• Suvarna Film Awards Best Actor - Winner - Sudeep

Bangalore Times Film Awards

• Best Actor - Winner - Sudeep ^[17]
• Best Film - Nominated ^[18]
• Best Actor in a Negetive Role Male - Nominated - Sonu Sood ^[18]
• Best Actor in a Negetive Role Female - Nominated - Priyamani ^[18]

References

External links

• Vishnuvardhana at the Internet Movie Database
• Vishnuvardhana at allmovie
• Vishnuvardhana Songs
• vishnuvardhana kannada movie review