Benki Birugali (2013 film)

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Benki Birugali
Directed byS. K. Basheed
Written byS. K. Basheed
Starring Richard Rishi
S. K. Basheed
Namitha
Sandhya
Rishika Singh
Rekha Vedavyas
Bullet Prakash
Layendra
Monica
CinematographyK. S. Cheluvaraj
Music byM. M. Srilekha
Production
company
Release date
  • 26 April 2013 (2013-04-26)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Benki Birugali (Fire and Storm) is a 2013 Indian Kannada action comedy film directed and produced by S. K. Basheed. It was his debut in Kannada cinema as a lead actor. [1] The film also has Rishi, Kadhal Sandhya, Rekha, Monica, Banu Mehra, "Bullet" Prakash, Layendra and Janardhan. [2] K. S. Cheluvaraj was the cinematographer and M. M. Srilekha composed the music. The film was announced in January 2011. [3] It was shot at various locations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. [4]

Contents

Benki Birugali was released on 26 April 2013. [5] [6] The film was supposed to be originally a bilingual – Telugu and Kannada – however, the Telugu version [7] was not released. [4] The film released to negative reviews. [8]

Cast

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "It is the best example of how not to direct a movie". [8]

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