Bindaas (transl. Independent) is a Kannada-language action comedy film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by M. Chandrashekar under Udayachandra Productions. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar, alongside Hansika Motwani (in her Kannada debut), Nassar, Suman and Rahul Dev. The soundtrack and score was composed by Gurukiran, while the cinematography and editing were handled by H. C. Venu and T. Shashikumar respectively.
| Bindaas | |
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| Directed by | D. Rajendra Babu |
| Screenplay by | D. Rajendra Babu |
| Dialogues by | Malavalli Saikrishna |
| Story by | Janardhana Maharshi |
| Produced by | M. Chandrashekar |
| Starring | Puneeth Rajkumar Hansika Motwani |
| Cinematography | H. C. Venu |
| Edited by | T. Shashikumar |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | Udayachandra Productions |
| Distributed by | Jayanna Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Bindaas was released on 15 February 2008 and became a box office success.[1] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Pandugadu, in Hindi as Be Happy Bindaas and in Bhojpuri as Baazi. It was also reported to have been dubbed in Malayalam.[2] Despite being dubbed in Bhojpuri, it was remade as Hero, making it the first Kannada film to be remade in that language.[3]
Plot
editShiva, a happy-go-lucky guy in Bangalore, is called by ACP Vikram Rathod. Vikram tells Shiva about Saleem Bhai, a notorious crime boss, and asks him to infiltrate Saleem's gang as a police informer. Shiva accepts and joins the gang of D, Saleem's trusted henchman. Shiva eliminates Saleem's gang under Vikram's orders and also catches Saleem's mole in the police department. Shiva's girlfriend Preethi sees Shiva at a shootout, where she mistakes him as a gangster in a shootout and breakup with him. After capturing and bringing Saleem, Shiva is held at gunpoint by Vikram, who reveals that Preeti is his daughter. Vikram reveals that he was enraged about Shiva and Preethi's relationship earlier and wanted to separate them. Due to political pressure to nab Saleem, Vikram made Shiva as the informer in order to make Preeti believe that Shiva was a gangster. After revealing this, Vikram is about to shoot Shiva, but Shiva escapes with Saleem and kidnaps Preeti, who reveals about her father's treachery. D arrives at Shiva's hideout and frees Saleem. A shootout ensues in which Shiva kills D and Saleem. In the aftermath, Preethi happily reunites with Shiva.
Cast
edit- Puneeth Rajkumar as Shiva
- Hansika Motwani as Preethi
- Nassar as ACP Vikram Rathod, Preethi's father
- Suman as Saleem Bhai
- Rahul Dev as D
- Komal as Shiva's friend
- Ramesh Bhat as SI
- Dattanna as a priest
- Vanitha Vasu
- Prithviraj
- Suman Ranganathan in a cameo appearance in the song "Kallu Mama"
Soundtrack
edit| Bindaas | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by | |||||
| Released | 2 January 2008 | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 22:39 | ||||
| Label | Anand Audio | ||||
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Gurukiran composed the film score and soundtrack, while the lyrics were penned by Kaviraj and V. Nagendra Prasad. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks and was released on 2 January 2008 in Bangalore.[4][5] The song "Thara Thara Onthara" samples the post-chorus of "My Number One".
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gubbachi Goodinalli" | Kaviraj | Udit Narayan, Sowmya Raoh | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Bengalooru Mangalooru" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Puneeth Rajkumar | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Kallu Mama" | Kaviraj | Gurukiran, Sonu Kakkar | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Nalle Nalle" | Kaviraj | Karthik, Mathangi | 4:48 |
| 5. | "Thara Thara Onthara" | Kaviraj | Shaan | 4:50 |
| Total length: | 22:39 | |||
Reception
editCritical response
editThe Times of India wrote "The director has stuck to the old formula of five songs, a couple of dishum dishum sequences combined with soppy sentimentality."[6] India Forums wrote "Bindaas is a passable entertainer, but the action flick could have done with punchy dialogues from Malavalli Sai Krishna."[7] RGV of Nowrunning wrote "Bindaas may be lapped up by ardent Puneet Rajkumar fans, but in totality it lacks the elements of a good action entertainer."[8] R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff praised Puneeth Rajkumar's performance, "superbly executed fights", cinematography and music, but criticized its script and dialogues.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Bindaas' Puneet on a roll".
- ^ " Prithvi to Malayalam to Malayalam - Kannada News". 26 February 2010.
- ^ "Hero Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Hero by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Bindaas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes. January 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Bindaas audio released". filmibeat.com. 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Bindaas Movie Review". The Times of India.
- ^ "'Bindaas' - an action flick that lacks punch". India Forums.
- ^ "Bindaas Kannada Movie Review". Nowrunning.
- ^ "Bindaas: Puneet's show all the way". Rediff.
External links
edit- Bindaas at IMDb
- Official website (archived)