Punda (English:Naughty) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language action drama film directed by Sivashangkar Mohan. It 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. It is a remake of the Tamil film Polladhavan which starred Dhanush and Divya Spandana in the lead roles.[2]

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

Plot

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

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Most of the film's songs are composed and scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The songs, except "Pakkadmane Hudugana", were reused from the original.

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

Reception

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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]

References

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  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.
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