Honeymoon Express (2006 film)

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Honeymoon Express
Directed byNagendra Magadi Pandu
Produced byS. V. Babu
Starring
Music by R. P. Patnaik
Release date
  • 16 June 2006 (2006-06-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Honeymoon Express is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by Nagendra Magadi Pandu and starring Jaggesh, S. Narayan, Santhoshi and Deepu. [1] [2] The film's script was reportedly inspired by a Marathi story. [3]

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Cast

Production

The film was shot at the Ramoji Film City and Bangalore. A song was shot on National Highway 44. [6] A scene with Rangayana Raghu was shot at the Bangalore Heart Hospital. [7]

Release and reception

The film released on 16 June 2006. [8]

R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Honeymoon Express ends up as a disappointing product mainly because of a poor script, despite the presence of some top talented artists in the Kannada film industry". [9] A critic from Rediff.com gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five stars and said that "Honeymoon Express is a wasted effort because of a weak script and haphazard narration". [10] A critic from Filmibeat said that "this [film] is engaging in the first half and intricacy in the second half makes the proceedings very interesting. The misconception is the concept of the second half sends the audience in peels of laughter". [11] A critic from Indiaglitz rated the film 8 out of 10 and said that "Jaggesh and Narayan are at ease" and called them the "perfect duo". [12]

Box office

The film had a good opening with several days of houseful shows in Belgaum and Mysore. [13] The film also ran well in Bangalore. [14] Despite starting of well, collections started to decline. [15] After the success of this film, the director went on to make another comedy film titled Tenali Rama (2006) with several of the same cast and crew members. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "ಹನಿಮೂನ್‌ ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಪ್ರೆಸ್‌ : ತುಟಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ತುಂಟ ಕಿರುನಗೆ". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). 25 January 2003 – via Filmibeat.
  2. ↑ "ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಮಾಲ್". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada).
  3. ↑ R. G. Vijayasarathy. "Comedy time for Kannada cinema". Nowrunning.
  4. ↑ Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana (28 July 2010). "Saurav's acid test in Nee Bandu Nintaga". Rediff.com .
  5. ↑ "A balancing act". Deccan Herald . 14 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Honeymoon Express Preview". IndiaGlitz.
  7. ↑ "Honeymoon cancellation stalled". IndiaGlitz. 28 February 2006.
  8. ↑ "Go to Honeymoon this Friday". IndiaGlitz. 14 June 2006.
  9. ↑ R. G. Vijayasarathy (20 March 2006). "Honeymoon Express Review". IANS – via Nowrunning.
  10. ↑ RG Vijayasarathy (19 June 2006). "Honeymoon Express: Sad comedy!". Rediff.com .
  11. ↑ "Honeymoon Express review". Filmibeat .
  12. ↑ "Honeymoon Express Review". IndiaGlitz. 17 June 2006.
  13. ↑ "Honeymoon in full bloom". IndiaGlitz. 22 July 2006.
  14. ↑ "Sevanthi scores a century". The Hindustan Times . 24 August 2006.
  15. ↑ R. G. Vijayasarathy (27 June 2006). "Darshan's 'Datta' the top Kannada film". Nowrunning.
  16. ↑ R. G. Vijayasarathy (11 December 2006). "Tenali Rama disappoints". Rediff.com .
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