Heegu Unte

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Heegu Unte
Directed by Madan Patel
Written byMadan Patel
Produced byMadan Patel
StarringMadan Patel
Jai Akash
CinematographyR. D. Ravi
Edited byJ. G. Krishna
Music byAdi (Mahesh Patel)
Production
company
Media International
Release date
  • 24 October 2008 (2008-10-24) [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Heegu Unte is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Madan Patel and starring himself and Jai Akash.

Contents

Plot

The film is about the problems faced by women in the garment industry. [1]

Cast

Release and reception

The film was released on 24 October 2008 coinciding with Sangama to negative reviews. [1]

A critic from Bangalore Mirror rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that "It is doubtful if the audience will watch this film even at gunpoint. They will either doze off or run away disregarding the gun pointed by Madan Patel, who is the film’s leading man, director, script writer and a host of other things combined". [2] R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Heegu Unte is a film that should be avoided at any cost". [3]

Controversy

Madan Patel pointed his gun at a senior news photographer KN Nageshkumar for badmouthing the film and Nageshkumar subsequently filed a police complaint. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Sangama' on 24 October". Indiaglitz. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Heegu Unte: Nonsense". Bangalore Mirror . 25 October 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (28 October 2008). "'Heegu Unte' fails on all counts". IANS . Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024– via India Forums.
  4. ↑ "Film director patches up with photojournalist". Bangalore Mirror . 31 October 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Badmouth a film, face a gun!". Bangalore Mirror. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "PISTOLS AND WAR OF WORDS: CONTROVERSIES IN 2008". Chitratara.com. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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