Punda (film)

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Punda
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Directed bySivashangkar Mohan
Written byH. Vasudev
Based on Polladhavan (Tamil) by Vetrimaaran
Produced byiniyan apoorva Swamy
Suresh Chowdhary
Starring Yogesh
Meghana Raj
Sharath Lohitashwa
CinematographyShekar Chandra
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music by G.V.Prakash Kumar
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 June 2010 (2010-06-18)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Punda (English:Naughty) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language action drama film directed Sivashangkar Mohan. The film stars Yogesh and Meghana Raj, [1] making her Kannada Debut, in prominent roles. The film is presented by R. B. Choudary's Super Good Films and the music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Polladhavan starred Dhanush and Divya Spandana the lead roles. [2]

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Plot

Yogi, an unemployed man, buys a Bajaj Pulsar bike and ultimately gets attached to it. However, Yogi's bike gets stolen by thief, who works for a goon Bhoja's brother Shiva. Yogi hands over the culprit to the police, but couldn't find his bike. Yogi clashes with Shiva, who actually stole his bike and is transporting drugs in it. How does Yogi save his family from Shiva and retrieve his bike forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar except wherever noted. All of the songs except for "Pakkadmane Hudugana" were reused from the original.

Song TitleSinger(s)Lyrics
"Omomme Edurade" Kunal Ganjawala, NandiniV. Nagendra Prasad
"Ishtu Sanna Bottlenalli"Hemanth Kumar Kaviraj
"Pakkadmane Hudugana" (composed by Mathews Manu) Kailash Kher, UshaMathews Manu
"Yaako Dil" Shamitha Malnad, Mohammed AslamV. Nagendra Prasad
"Naa Mangalooru Meenu" Suchitra V. Nagendra Prasad

Reception

A critic from  The Times of India scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "H Vasu could have done a better job with a better narration which seems loose in the first half. [3] Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of Rediff scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Punda is a time pass watch for Yogish's fans who haven't seen  Polladhavan ". [4] BSS from  Deccan Herald wrote "In the end, “Punda” will definitely endear himself to Yogesh fans". [5] A critic from  Bangalore Mirror wrote  "The credit for Punda being a good watch should go to the original makers. Despite some blood sport, Punda is worth a watch". [6]

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References

  1. "Meghna's anxious about Punda". The Times of India . 13 June 2010.
  2. "Punda to hit silver screen today". The New Indian Express . 18 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022.
  3. "PUNDA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India . 14 May 2016.
  4. "Punda is timepass". Rediff.com . 21 June 2010.
  5. "Punda". Deccan Herald . 18 June 2010.
  6. "Punda: Worth it". Bangalore Mirror . 18 June 2018.