Hudugaata

Hudugaata
A Romantic Journey
Directed by	Sanjay. K
Produced by	B.G. Babu Reddy
Written by	Sanjay. K
Screenplay by	Sanjay. K
Starring	Golden Star Ganesh, Rekha Vedavyas, Avinash, Komal Kumar
Music by	Jassie Gift
Cinematography	Satya Hegde
Edited by	K M Prakash
Distributed by	Nitin productions
Release dates	8 June 2007
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	2.5 crore (US$400,000)

Hudugaata is a 2007 Kannada film directed by Sanjay K and produced by B.G. Babu Reddy under the Nitin productions banner. The film stars Golden Star Ganesh, Rekha Vedavyas and Avinash in pivotal roles. The soundtrack, composed by Jassie Gift, was launched on 27 May 2007. It was originally planned to be released on 1 June 2007, but the film released on 8 June 2007. It completed its 100 days run successfully. The film is a remake of the Hindi Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin which itself was a remake of the Hollywood movie It Happened One Night.

Plot

Hudugaata is a fun-filled story with light-hearted comedy throughout. Balu Mahendar (Ganesh) is a crime reporter at a popular newspaper. His division gets shifted to a sports reporter because of his hudugaata. He is sent to interview a sports personality in Kanyakumari. From here, the romantic journey starts. He meets the heroine who needs help in the bus. He promises to help her in return for an exclusive news item about her in his newspaper. Will the heroine be able to get what she needs? Will Balu Mahender complete his assigned job? Look out for a comedy edition of this story on the screen.

Review

Ganesh, the golden star of comedy, has done an excellent job. He retains his Mungaru Male style of dialogues in many scenes which makes people jump with whistles. Rekha has done a good job and looks pretty on screen. Avinash and Komal Kumar have done justice to their comedy roles. Evergreen Shobraj comes in to the frames for some action scenes with Ganesh and for some comedy.

Sanjay, even though this is his first movie as a director, makes no mistakes; he has performed extremely well and succeeds in making people laugh. Jassie Gift has given fantastic songs and enjoyable background music all through the movie. Songs are the major plus point.

Cast

• Ganesh ... Balu Mahendar
• Rekha Vedavyas ... Priya
• Komal Kumar
• Avinash
• Shobaraj
• Satyajit

Crew

• Director: Sanjay K
• Screenplay: Sanjay K
• Story: Sanjay K
• Dialogue: Malavalli Saikrishna
• Producer: B.G. Babu Reddy
• Music: Jassie Gift
• Art Director: Mohan B Kere
• Cinematographer: Satya Hegde
• Editing: K.M. Prakash
• Fights: Ravivarma
• Executive Producer: B.S. Murulidhar
• Associate Director: Bhaskar
• Assistant Directors: Vishwas Madisetty, Raghavendra Hedathale, Santosh Betageri, Prashanth
• Lyrics: Kaviraj, Jayanth Kaikini
• Editor: K.M. Prakash
• Choreography: Suresh, Raamu, Imran, Murali
• Stills: Harish
• Costume: Nagraj
• Make-Up: Prabhakar
• Production Manager: Shashidhar
• Team Co-ordinator: Anand Paalankar
• P.R.O: Vijay Kumar
• Web Publicity: Abhishek S N
• Poster Designs: Kumar
• Editing Studio: Skyline Creations
• Processing: Prasad Labs
• DTS Mixing: Balaji Studios
• Singers: Jassie Gift, Shaan, Vasundhara Das, Shreya Goshal, Naresh Iyer, Chitra, Alisha Cinai, Zubeen, Saindavi, Vijay Jesudas, Chethan
• Audio: Anand Audio
• Dubbing and Re-Recording: Akash Studios
• Media partner: BIG 92.7 FM Radio Channel

Box office

The movie was a much anticipated movie of 2007 because of previous success of lead star Ganesh. The movie received mixed to positive reviews from critics and received positive reviews from audience and was declared "super hit" at box office.

Soundtrack

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Home media

The movie was released on DVD with 5.1 channel surround sound and English subtitles and VCD.

References

External links

• Hudugaata at the Internet Movie Database