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{{Infobox film
| name = Super Star
| image = Super Star DVD Cover.jpg
| caption = DVD Cover
| director = [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar]]
| screenplay = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]
| writer = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]
| producer = Hanumantha Inambar
| starring = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]<br />[[Keerthi Reddy]]
| music = [[Hamsalekha]]
| studio = Prince Productions
| cinematography = V R Krishna Kumar
| released = 2002
| country = India
| language = [[Kannada]]
| runtime = 130 minutes
}}
'''''Super Star''''' is a 2002 [[Kannada cinema|Kannada film]] written by [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] and directed by [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar]], starring [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] and [[Keerthi Reddy]]. Though it started as a remake of hindi film 'Agnisakshi' the story line was modified after the [[Nepalese royal massacre]] involving [[Dipendra of Nepal]], the tragedy that struck the family of the Nepal king. [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar]] had mentioned in an interview that, although he was credited as the director, he was not given much freedom on the sets and [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] was the one who directed most of the movie. The film had four climaxes that viewers could select on their own. It was dubbed into [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Stupid'', which was surprisingly a lot more successful than the Kannada version.<ref name="meetelugu1">{{cite web|url=http://www.meetelugu.com/movies/movies/card/Stupid%20Movie%20DVD%20Online.html |title=Stupid Movie DVD Online | Telugu Movies | Online Movies |publisher=MeeTelugu.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-11}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] as [[Dipendra of Nepal]] / rock star Ricky<ref name="viggy">{{cite web |title=Super Star - is it really superstar v/s real star? People say 'No'... |url=http://www.viggy.com/news/volume2/review_super.asp |website=viggy.com}}</ref>
* [[Keerthi Reddy]] as [[Devyani Rana]]<ref name="viggy"/>
* [[V. Manohar]] as Psychyatrist
* [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar]] Guest Apperance

==Soundtrack==
The music for the movie was composed and lyrics were penned by [[Hamsalekha]]. The track "Thagole Thagole" was a chartbuster.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Singers
|-
| "Bhakra Bhakra" || [[Hemanth Kumar]], Sweta Malviya
|-
| "Rajkumar Rajkumar" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
|-
| "Thagole Thagole" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
|-
| "Antu Antu" || [[Nanditha]], [[Sonu Nigam]]
|-
| "Thumba Thumba" || Hariharan
|-
| "Problem" || Hemanth Kumar
|-
| "Bittaku Bittaku" || [[Adnan Sami]]
|}

==Critical reception==
The reaction from the critics turned out to be mostly negative upon the film's release. While the performances of the lead artistes, unique story line of the film, soundtrack, background music and other technical aspects of the film were praised, the screenplay of the film was the most criticized by the critics as well as the audiences.

==Box office==
===Karnataka===
''Superstar'' had an extremely strong opening at the box office across [[Karnataka]] similar to the earlier record breaking openers of [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] and set the box office on fire during its opening weekend. The film continued to storm the box office during its initial weeks, but failed to live up to the expectations and most of the fans were disappointed by the movie. ''Superstar'' ended up becoming a below average grosser in [[Karnataka]] by running only for 6 weeks in its main centre in [[Bangalore]]. The film was sold to distributors at a very high distribution price and got an extraordinary opening in its initial weeks, thus returning investment for the producer. Compared to Upendra's earlier blockbuster movies like ''[[A (1998 Kannada film)|A]]'', ''[[Upendra (film)|Upendra]]'', ''[[Preethse]]'', ''[[H2O (2002 Indian film)|H2O]]'', this film was considered as average hit as it returned investment for the producer.

===Andhra Pradesh===
The [[Telugu language|Telugu]] version of ''Superstar'' which was released in [[Andhra Pradesh]] in 2003 (a year after its original [[Kannada]] release) was titled as '''''Stupid - O Pichi Vadi Prema Katha''''' and had a fantastic opening across [[Andhra Pradesh]], owing mainly to [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]'s loyal Telugu fan following which he had gained due to the large success of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] versions of his earlier blockbuster movies like ''[[A (1998 Kannada film)|A]]'' and ''[[Upendra (film)]]'' which not only starred him but were also directed by him, and a few straight Telugu movies like ''[[Raa (film)|Raa]]'' and ''[[Kanyadanam (1998 film)|Kanyadanam]]'' which were box office hits. Although ''Superstar'' was just an average grosser in [[Karnataka]], ''Stupid'' surprisingly turned out to be a hit in [[Andhra Pradesh]] by completing 100 days of run and its distributors in Andhra Pradesh earned fair profits from the movie.

==See also==
*[[Nepalese royal massacre]]
*[[Dipendra of Nepal]]
*[[Devyani Rana]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar}}
{{Upendra}}
[[Category:Films set in India]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:2000s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hamsalekha]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]

Super Star (2002 film) - Revision history

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