Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda

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Undoo Hoda Kondoo Hoda
Directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
Written byNagathihalli Chandrashekar
Produced byK. B. Swamyshankar
G. Kumaraswamy
Shivaram Krista
Starring Anant Nag
Tara
Anjali Sudhakar
Maanu
Tennis Krishna
Cinematography S. Ramachandra
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by Vijaya Bhaskar
Production
company
Padmamba Combines
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget12 lakh [1]

Undoo Hoda Kondoo Hoda is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language satirical film written and directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, [2] making his debut in film direction. The film stars Anant Nag, Tara and Anjali Sudhakar, whilst M. S. Umesh, Tennis Krishna, Vijay Kashi and Maanu feature in other prominent roles. [3] The film was produced under the Padmamba Combines banner.

Contents

The film's plot deals with a "cow" inspector played by Anant Nag who comes to a village from city and plays his tricks on the innocent minds of the villagers and wins over them by cheating. The sequence that unfolds later are shown in a comical way. Nagathihalli won the Best Story Award at the 1991–92 Karnataka State Film Awards. [4]

Cast

Production

The film was Nagathihalli Chandrashekar's debut as a director. He was encouraged to direct films by Anant Nag after he was impressed with Chandrashekar's screenplay in their earlier collaboration, Udbhava (1990). For Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda, Chandrashekar into screenplay a short story he wrote based on an incident that occurred in his village. It was a story of a man who pretended to be a cow inspector and cheated people by robbing them off their money by building false dreams. Chandrashekar added, "The irony of the story is that in a place where there is no drinking water, the protagonist spreads dreams of a land overflowing with milk, butter, ghee." The film was shot in a village outside Shimoga in Karnataka. Many stage actors were used in the film by Chandrashekar, including Karibasavaiah. [1]

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar. Lyrics for the soundtrack except one track was written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. A poem of K. S. Narasimhaswamy was included in the soundtrack.

Undoo Hoda Kondoo Hoda
Soundtrack album by
Released1991 (1991)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Sangeetha
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nakka Haage Natisabeda" K. S. Narasimhaswamy Vani Jairam, Rajkumar Bharathi 
2."Bandano Bandano Bhagyava Thandano" Nagathihalli Chandrashekar B. R. Chaya, Vishnu 
3."Lolalotte Ee Baduku"Nagathihalli Chandrashekar S. P. Balasubrahmanyam  
4."Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda"Nagathihalli ChandrashekarVani Jairam 

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