Siddhu (film)

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Siddhu
Siddu (film cover).jpg
Directed byMahesh Sukhadare
Written byB. A. Madhu (dialogue)
Screenplay byMahesh Sukhadare
Story byB. A. Madhu
Starring Murali
Deepu
CinematographyRamesh Babu
Edited byP. R. Sounder Rajan
Music by R. P. Patnaik
Release date
  • 22 July 2005 (2005-07-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Siddhu is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Mahesh Sukhadhare and starring Murali and Deepu. The film was a box office failure. [1] The film is inspired by the German film Run Lola Run (1998).[ citation needed ]

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Cast

Production

Murali signed the film before completing his previous film Yashwanth (2003). [2] S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Prakash Raj were initially considered to act in the film. [3]

Murali did all the stunts himself. [4] The first schedule was shot in Bangalore. [3] A month later, a chase sequence was also shot in Bangalore. [4] Hindi actor Akhilendra Mishra stars in the film. [5] In the climax, Deepu carries a bag containing 1000-rupee notes amounting up to three crore rupees. The makers of the film received backlash since the 1000-rupee note was worth only 2 rupees in the black market.[ citation needed ]

Soundtrack

The music is composed by R. P. Patnaik.

Track listing [6]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nee Sheetala" Kaviraj Sonu Nigam 4:20
2."Surya Thampu"Kaviraj Rajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal 5:11
3."Nachu Nachu"Kaviraj Shankar Mahadevan, Chaitra H. G. 4:33
4."O My Love"K. Mahesh Sukhadare Madhu Balakrishnan 4:40
5."Katiko Katiko"K. Mahesh Sukhadare Sukhwinder Singh, Chaitra H. G.5:25
6."Sisya Sisya"Ram NarayanR. P. Patnaik, Sonu Kakkar 4:12
Total length:28:21

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "For Murali fans, this is good stuff. For others, still very well presented fare". [7] A critic from Viggy wrote that "In a nutshell, Siddu is a film that doesn't test your patience for sure and lives up to the expectations". [8]

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