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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Parodi<br />
| image = Parodi (film).jpg<br />
| caption = VCD cover<br />
| director = [[Om Sai Prakash]]<br />
| writer = Nanjunda (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Om Sai Prakash<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Krantiveer]]''|[[Mehul Kumar]]|[[K. K. Singh]]}}<br />
| producer = L Lingaraj<br />B P Thyagu<br />
| starring = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]<br />[[Neha Pendse|Neha]]<br />
| cinematography = Ramesh Babu<br />
| editing = S Manohar<br />
| music = [[Rajesh Ramanath]]<br />
| studio = LR Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|2007|2|27|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 122 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Parodi''''' ({{translation|Vagabond}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Om Sai Prakash]]. The film stars [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] and [[Neha Pendse|Neha]]. It is a remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Krantiveer]]'' (1994).<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=S. Shiva |date=23 March 2007 |title=Was it too street smart? |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/was-it-too-street-smart/article2271928.ece |url-status=live |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222231701/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/was-it-too-street-smart/article2271928.ece |archive-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> The film was released on 27 February 2007.<ref name="chiloka" /><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
*[[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] as Vijay<br />
*[[Neha Pendse|Neha]] as Bharathi<br />
*[[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]]<br />
*[[Umashree]]<br />
*[[Rangayana Raghu]] as a money lender<br />
*[[Sathyajith (Kannada actor)|Sathyajit]]<br />
* Mansi<ref name="Sify" /><br />
*[[Sadhu Kokila]]<br />
*[[Tennis Krishna]]<br />
*[[Joe Simon (director)|Joe Simon]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film had its final phase of shooting in Bangalore in December 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Veeresh |first=K.M. |date=15 December 2006 |title=Final schedule |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/gandhinagar-gossip/article3231727.ece |url-status=live |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223065105/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/gandhinagar-gossip/article3231727.ece |archive-date=23 December 2021}}</ref> [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] and Hindi actors [[Neha Pendse|Neha]] and [[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] were cast in the lead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vijayasarathy |first=R G |date=2 March 2007 |title=Upendra's Parodi |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/02slid1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223063404/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/02slid1.htm |archive-date=23 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Rajesh Ramanath]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parodi |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/parodi/8JSRWewaeS8_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223063405/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/parodi/8JSRWewaeS8_ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref> Upendra wrote the lyrics and sung for a song in the film.<ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web |last=Vijayasarathy |first=R G |date=2 March 2007 |title=Upendra's Parodi |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/02slid1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223063404/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/02slid1.htm |archive-date=23 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> The other songs were written by M. N. Vyasa Rao, Sriranga, and Rudramurthy Shastry.<ref name="chiloka">{{Cite web |title=Parodi (ಪರೋಡಿ) |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/parodi-2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505225757/https://chiloka.com/movie/parodi-2007 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021 |website=Chiloka}}</ref><br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Cool Drinksu<br />
| lyrics1 = Sri Ranga<br />
| extra1 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]<br />
| length1 = 5:00<br />
| title2 = Baare Baare<br />
| lyrics2 = M. N. Vyasa Rao<br />
| extra2 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]], Shashikala<br />
| length2 = 4:43<br />
| title3 = Parodi Parodi<br />
| lyrics3 = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]<br />
| extra3 = Upendra<br />
| length3 = 5:20<br />
| title4 = Yeddu Baaro<br />
| lyrics4 =<br />
| extra4 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<br />
| length4 = 5:16<br />
| title5 = Huttiruva Mannige<br />
| lyrics5 = <br />
| extra5 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
| length5 = 5:17<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
A critic from ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that "The director attempts to exercise his hold on the audience in a liberal fashion, undermining the latter's sensibility".<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 March 2007 |title=Undermining audiences' sensibility |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Undermining-audiences-sensibility/article14729291.ece |url-status=live |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629174124/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Undermining-audiences-sensibility/article14729291.ece |archive-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> R G Vijayasarathy of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and opined that "The ineptness of this film is, in short, such that even a popular star like Upendra can do nothing for its prospects at the box office".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vijayasarathy |first=R G |date=5 March 2007 |title=Upendra can't save Parodi |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/05ssparodi.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223194427/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/05ssparodi.htm |archive-date=23 February 2009 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' gave the film a verdict of below average and said that "This is a poorly made film with nothing new in the offering. Bizarre films with similar content seem to the order of the day in Kannada!"<ref name="Sify">{{Cite web |date=5 March 2007 |title=Parodi |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/parodi-review-kannada-pclwmpfbchhid.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222231707/https://www.sify.com/movies/parodi-review-kannada-pclwmpfbchhid.html |archive-date=22 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> The film was a box office failure.<ref name="The Hindu" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|14332052}}<br />
{{Om Sai Prakash}}<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada remakes of Hindi films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Rajesh Ramanath]]<br />
[[Category:2000s masala films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Om Sai Prakash]]</div>AlfonzoEsh