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{{Short description|2024 Kannada-language comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bachelor Party
| image = Bachelor Party.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Abhijit Mahesh
| producer = G. S. Gupta [[Rakshit Shetty]],

Rajesh S Konanur, Sourabh A K (Executive Producers)
| writer = Abhijit Mahesh
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
| label1= Dialogues by
| data1 = Abhijit Mahesh Veeresh Shivamurthy Ganesh Vasishta
}}
| starring = [[Diganth Manchale]] [[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]] [[Achyuth Kumar]] [[Siri Ravikumar]] Achara Kirk
| cinematography = [[Arvind S Kashyap|Arvind S. Kashyap]]
| editing = Abhishek M.
| music = Arjun Ramu
| studio = [[Paramvah Studios]]
| distributor =
| runtime = 145 minutes
| released = {{Film date|2024|01|26|df=yes}}
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
| gross = ₹1.58 crores <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/box-office/kannada/yuva-box-office-collection-yuva-rajkumars-debut-venture-yuva-crosses-the-10-crore-mark-at-the-boxoffice-article-109265540/amp |title=Yuva Box Office Collection: Yuva Rajkumar's Debut Venture Yuva Crosses the 10 Crore Mark at the BoxOffice |date=13 April 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''''Bachelor Party''''' is a 2024 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[comedy film]] written and directed by Abhijit Mahesh and produced by [[Rakshit Shetty]] under [[Paramvah Studios]]. It stars [[Diganth Manchale]], [[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]] and [[Achyuth Kumar]] in the lead roles.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/kannada/news/2023/dec/14/bachelor-party-to-delveinto-life-after-college-50355.html |title=Bachelor Party to delve into life after college |date=14 December 2024 |newspaper=[[Cinema Express]] |access-date=26 December 2023 |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226024835/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/kannada/news/2023/dec/14/bachelor-party-to-delveinto-life-after-college-50355.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The music was composed by Arjun Ramu, while the cinematography and editing were handled by [[Arvind S Kashyap]] and Abhishek M.<ref>{{cite news |title=ಕಿರಿಕ್ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ ಆಯ್ತು, ಈಗ ಬ್ಯಾಚುಲರ್ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ: 7 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಬಳಿಕ ರಕ್ಷಿತ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಟೀಂನಿಂದ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ ಹೊಸ ಸಿನಿಮಾ! |url=https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/news/2023/dec/14/bachelor-party-to-delve-into-life-after-college-508217.html |date=14 December 2023 |newspaper=[[Kannada Prabha]] |archive-date=26 December 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226023819/https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/news/2023/dec/14/bachelor-party-to-delve-into-life-after-college-508217.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Bachelor Party'' was theatrically released on 26 January 2024, coinciding with [[Republic Day]] to mixed reviews from critics.

== Plot ==
Santosh, a software engineer, lives an unhappy life without any promotion from his office due to his female colleague and constant nagging from his obnoxious wife Sandhya. Santhosh secretly attends his friend Ashok's [[bachelor party]], where he meets his trouble-making childhood friend Madhav alias "Maddy" and his [[Physical education|PT]] teacher Ashwath Narayan. The party begins and all of them ends up drunk.

The next morning, Santhosh, along with Maddy and Ashwath, finds himself in [[Bangkok]] and soon learns that he is the one who took Maddy and Ashwath to Bangkok in a drunken state. The trio roam around Bangkok and have a happy trip, but Santhosh is in for a shock as he learns that Sandhya is having an affair with another person and she has arrived in Bangkok for a trip. The trio sets out to embark on a journey to find Sandhya.

However, they are unknowingly captured by Prakash Anna as he assumed the trio are [[Indian Police Service|Indian police officers]] because of Maddy (Maddy introduced himself, Santhosh and Ashwath as police officers to find Sandhya at the hotel), but Prakash lets them go and secretly sends stickers, which actually contains "Blue Sky", a costly drug in Bangkok, to deliver it to his brother-in-law Mahabala. A misadventure ensues for the trio and Maddy meets and falls for Achara, a single mother, and also meets her son Navin.

The trio gives the bag to Mahabala's assistant and leaves. However, Mahabala finds jackfruits instead of stickers missing as Maddy gave the stickers to Navin in order to make him happy. Mahabala captures Prakash and the trio, when they try to meet Sandhya at her friend's wedding, and demands to find Navin and retrieve the stickers.

Various comedic events ensue in which Mahabala begins a shootout to finish his rival Marchello at the wedding. Maddy earns Achara's trust by saving Navin from the shootout. Mahabala finishes Marchello with unexpected help from Ashwath. Santhosh scolds Sandhya and breaks up with her. In the aftermath, Maddy marries Achara, Santhosh falls in love with Asha (who is revealed to be Santhosh's childhood crush) and Ashwath talks to his son after a long time.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Diganth Manchale]] as Santhosh
* [[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]] as Madhav aka "Maddy"
* [[Achyuth Kumar]] as [[Physical education|P.T.]] Master Ashwath Narayan
* [[Siri Ravikumar]] as Sandhya
* Balaji Manohar as Mahabala
* Achara Kirk as Achara
* [[Prakash Thuminad]] as Prakash Anna
* [[Pawan Kumar (director)|Pawan Kumar]] as Lobo Griffin
* Sowmya Jaganmurthy as Lobo's wife
* [[Shobaraj]] as Inspector KD Shobaraj
* Shwetha Srinivas as housekeeper Nagamma
* [[Sudha Belawadi]] as Ashwath Narayan's wife
* Jayalakshmi Patil as Sandhya's mother
* Gaana Bhat as Pratibha, Maddy's ex
* Nitin Krishnamurthy as Ashwath Narayan's son (special appearance)
* [[Jaby Koay]] as himself (special appearance)
* [[Guruprasad]] as [[TV]] [[Guru]] (special appearance)
* Abhijit Mahesh as Sandhya's boyfriend
* [[Aindrita Rai]] in special appearance
* [[Shine Shetty]] as Ashok (cameo appearance)
}}

==Production==
Initially [[Diganth]], [[Achyuth Kumar]] and [[Rishab Shetty]] were roped in to play the leading roles, but Rishab was replaced with [[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]], due to the latter's commitments for ''[[Kantara: Chapter 1]]''.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2022/dec/20/rishab-shetty-to-be-replaced-in-bachelor-party-2529775.html |title=Rishab Shetty to be replaced in 'Bachelor Party' |date=20 December 2022 |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/rishab-shetty-replaced-in-bachelor-party-as-he-is-busy-with-kantara-2-diganth-101669468227244.html |title=Rishab Shetty to be replaced in Bachelor Party as he is busy with Kantara 2, says Diganth: 'He is nowhere to be found' |date=26 November 2022 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227134138/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/rishab-shetty-replaced-in-bachelor-party-as-he-is-busy-with-kantara-2-diganth-101669468227244.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/actor-yogesh-replaces-rishab-shetty-in-bachelor-party/articleshow/96362997.cms |title=Actor Yogesh replaces Rishab Shetty in 'Bachelor Party' |date=20 December 2022 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=6 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906201759/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/actor-yogesh-replaces-rishab-shetty-in-bachelor-party/articleshow/96362997.cms |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Bachelor Party
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Arjun Ramu
| alt =
| released = 2024
| recorded = 2023
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 15:24
| label = Paramvah Music
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bachelor Party
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Warning Song
| single1date = 31 December 2023
}}
}}

Arjun Ramu composed the soundtrack and background score.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=1 January 2024 |title=The 'Warning Song' from the Bachelor Party is aimed at married men |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2024/Jan/01/the-warning-song-from-the-bachelor-party-is-aimed-at-married-men-2646577.html |access-date=25 January 2024 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125120042/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2024/Jan/01/the-warning-song-from-the-bachelor-party-is-aimed-at-married-men-2646577.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| headline = track listing
| total_length = 15:24
| title1 = Warning Song
| extra1 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Abhishek M R, Madhwesh Bharadwaj, Darshan Narayan, Narahari Achar
| title2 = The Uncle Song
| length2 = 03:28
| lyrics2 = Nagarjun Sharma
| extra2 = Praveen Biligiri, Abhishek M R, Madhwesh Bharadwaj, Vishak Nagalapura, Gagan Puranik
| title3 = Nenapirali
| length3 = 04:18
| lyrics3 = Chandrajith Beliyappa
| extra3 = Akshath Acharya, Abhishek M R, Madhwesh Bharadwaj, Darshan Narayan, Narahari Achar
| title4 = Paapa Santhosha
| length4 = 03:17
| lyrics4 = Veeresh Shivamurthy
| extra4 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Abhishek M R, Madhwesh Bharadwaj, Darshan Narayan, Narahari Achar
| length1 = 04:21
| lyrics1 = Abhijit Mahesh, Veeresh Shivamurthy
}}

==Release==

=== Theatrical ===
The film was released theatrically across Karnataka on 26 January 2024 coinciding [[Republic Day (India)|India's Republic day]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2023 |title=Rakshit Shetty's upcoming venture 'Bachelor Party' to be released in January 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/rakshit-shettys-upcoming-venture-bachelor-party-to-be-released-in-january-2024/articleshow/106331959.cms |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

=== Home media ===
The film's digital rights were picked up by [[Amazon Prime Video]] and was available for digital streaming from 4 March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bachelor Party OTT release date – Diganth and Loose Mada Yogi led comedy will stream on THIS platform |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/bachelor-party-ott-release-date-diganth-and-loose-mada-yogi-led-comedy-will-stream-on-this-platform/07edd86dfa680 |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=OTTPlay |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512101842/https://www.ottplay.com/news/bachelor-party-ott-release-date-diganth-and-loose-mada-yogi-led-comedy-will-stream-on-this-platform/07edd86dfa680 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Controversies==
A [[Plagiarism|plagiarism controversy]] started when MRT Music, a music label, accused [[Rakshit Shetty]] and [[Paramvah Studios]] of using 2 songs "[[Nyaya Ellide]]" and "Omme Ninannu Kantumbha" from ''[[Nyaya Ellide]]'' (1982) and ''[[Gaali Maathu|Gaalimaathu]]'' (1981) films respectively in this movie without permission. Naveen Kumar, partner of MRT Music, filed a complaint, highlighting that the music was used without proper licence, leading to a [[Copyright infringement|copyright infringement case]] against Rakshit Shetty.

As per a report by ''[[Pinkvilla]]'' the [[Delhi High Court]] took note of the situation and issued a notice to Rakshit Shetty and Paramvah Studios after they failed to appear in court. The court also ordered the immediate removal of the social media post in which the production house had defended its actions. The court's ruling on 12 August 2024, was clear: Rakshit Shetty and Paramvah Studios must pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation to MRT Music for the unauthorized use of their songs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/delhi-high-court-orders-rakshit-shetty-and-his-paramvah-studios-to-pay-rs-20-lakh-in-copyright-dispute-1340309 |title=Delhi High Court orders Rakshit Shetty and his Paramvah Studios to pay Rs 20 lakh in copyright dispute |date=18 August 2024 |publisher=Pinkvilla |access-date=18 August 2024 |archive-date=18 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818133623/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/delhi-high-court-orders-rakshit-shetty-and-his-paramvah-studios-to-pay-rs-20-lakh-in-copyright-dispute-1340309 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt27424501}}

{{Paramvah Studios}}
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