Ganapa

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Ganapa
Directed byPrabhu Srinivas
Written byPrabhu Srinivas
Story byPrabhu Srinivas
Produced by
  • Paramesh
  • Premkumar
Starring
CinematographySrinivas Devamsam
Edited byJo Ni Harsha
Music byKaran B. Krupa
Production
company
P2 Productions
Distributed by Jayanna Films
Release date
  • 26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Ganapa is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language gangster film, written and directed by Prabhu Srinivas. It stars Santhosh Balaraj and Priyanka Thimmesh. The movie is based on incidents that took place in the Bangalore underworld [1] and shares a similar plot of 2003 Kannada film Kariya. [2] [3] [4] It has been dubbed by Pen Movies in Hindi as Daada Ka Vaada .

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Soundtrack

Ganapa
Soundtrack album by
Karan B.Krupa
Released2014
Recorded2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length18.38
Label Anand Audio

Music by Karan B. Krupa. Sonu Nigam sung the song "Muddagi Neenu", penned by Jayant Kaikini, that became one of the top ten Kannada songs of the year. [5] [6]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Muddagi Neenu" Jayant Kaikini Sonu Nigam 4:31
2."Hosadaada Kanasondu"Hrudaya Shiva Anuradha Bhat 4:31
3."Yaarivalu Yaarivalu"Chinmaya Vijay Prakash 5:24
4."Manglaarthi Madabyadri"Shivu Bhergi Chaitra H. G. 4:12

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