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| nameĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = Hudugaata | | nameĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = Hudugaata | ||
| imageĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = Hudugaata.jpg | | imageĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = Hudugaata.jpg | ||
| captionĀ Ā Ā Ā = Theatrical release poster | | captionĀ Ā Ā Ā = Theatrical release poster | ||
| directorĀ Ā Ā = Sanjay. K | | directorĀ Ā Ā = Sanjay. K | ||
| producerĀ Ā Ā = B.G. Babu Reddy | | producerĀ Ā Ā = B.G. Babu Reddy | ||
| screenplayĀ Ā = Sanjay. K | | screenplayĀ Ā = Sanjay. K | ||
| starringĀ Ā Ā = [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br /> [[Rekha Vedavyas]]<br /> [[Avinash]]<br /> [[Komal Kumar]] | | starringĀ Ā Ā = [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br /> [[Rekha Vedavyas]]<br /> [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]]<br /> [[Komal Kumar]] | ||
| musicĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = [[Jassie Gift]] | | musicĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = [[Jassie Gift]] | ||
| cinematography = [[Satya Hegde]] | | cinematography = [[Satya Hegde]] | ||
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| studioĀ Ā Ā Ā = Nitin Productions | | studioĀ Ā Ā Ā = Nitin Productions | ||
| distributorĀ Ā = Ā | | distributorĀ Ā = Ā | ||
| releasedĀ Ā Ā = | | releasedĀ Ā Ā = {{Film date|2007|06|08|df=yes}} | ||
| runtimeĀ Ā Ā Ā = Ā | | runtimeĀ Ā Ā Ā = Ā | ||
| countryĀ Ā Ā Ā = India | | countryĀ Ā Ā Ā = India | ||
| languageĀ Ā Ā = Kannada | | languageĀ Ā Ā = Kannada | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Hudugaata''''' ({{Translation|Childish}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Kannada]]-language film. It features [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] and [[Rekha Vedavyas]] in the lead roles. It is based on the 1934 American film ''[[It Happened One Night]]''. | '''''Hudugaata''''' ({{audio|Kn-ą²¹ą³ą²”ą³ą²ą²¾ą².ogg|pronunciation}} {{Translation|Childish}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Kannada]]-language film. It features [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] and [[Rekha Vedavyas]] in the lead roles. It is based on the 1934 American film ''[[It Happened One Night]]''. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Priya Rao is the daughter of a Bangalore-basedĀ [[business tycoon]], S. K. Ananth Rao. She is head-over-heels in love with [[tennis player]] Rahul, but Ananth Rao strongly disapproves of their courtship. One night, Priya escapes from her home and hops onto a bus toĀ KanyakumariĀ to be with Rahul. Meanwhile, Ananth Rao, realizing his daughter has run away, dispatches [[private detective]]s to locate her. | Priya Rao is the daughter of a Bangalore-basedĀ [[business tycoon]], S. K. Ananth Rao. She is head-over-heels in love with [[tennis player]] Rahul, but Ananth Rao strongly disapproves of their courtship. One night, Priya escapes from her home and hops onto a bus toĀ KanyakumariĀ to be with Rahul. Meanwhile, Ananth Rao, realizing his daughter has run away, dispatches [[private detective]]s to locate her. | ||
Aboard the bus, Priya meets Balu Mahendar aka Balu, a loud- | Aboard the bus, Priya meets Balu Mahendar aka Balu, a loud-mouthed journalist who has just secured a job as a sports reporter. He heads to Kanyakumari to interview Rahul and offers to help Priya in exchange for an exclusive story on her. Priya is forced to agree to his demands, as he threatens to let her father know of her whereabouts should she not comply. After both of them happen to miss the bus, Balu and Priya go through various adventures together and find themselves falling in love with one another. | ||
Balu falls for Priya, but knows that financially he is in no shape to do so. Priya also falls for Balu and decides to go with him, but a misunderstanding leads her to believe that Balu was just looking for a story and not her love. She quits | Balu falls for Priya, but knows that financially he is in no shape to do so. Priya also falls for Balu and decides to go with him, but a misunderstanding leads her to believe that Balu was just looking for a story and not her love. She quits on Balu, returns home and agrees to marry Rahul. However, Ananth Rao learns about Balu when he comes to him to take back the money, spent by Balu on Priya on his way to Kanyakumari. He realizes how Balu has taken care of Priya during the trip. Priya misunderstands Balu and believes that he might have arrived for the reward announced by Ananth Rao. Ananth Rao tells Priya that Balu is the right man for her and that he has not arrived for the reward. On the wedding day she realizes that Balu really loves her and then runs away from the [[Banquet hall|marriage hall]] to Balu with Ananth Rao's support. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] as Balu Mahendar | * [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] as Balu Mahendar | ||
* [[Rekha Vedavyas]] as Priya Rao | * [[Rekha Vedavyas]] as Priya Rao | ||
* [[Avinash]] as S. K. Ananth Rao | * [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as S. K. Ananth Rao | ||
* [[Komal (actor)|Komal]] as "Mathi" Madesha | * [[Komal (actor)|Komal]] as "Mathi" Madesha | ||
* [[Karibasavaiah]] as Krishnappa, bus conductor | * [[Karibasavaiah]] as Krishnappa, bus conductor | ||
* [[Shobaraj]] as a goon who is in search of Priya. | * [[Shobaraj]] as a goon who is in search of Priya. | ||
* [[Sathyajith (actor)|Sathyajith]] as Subra Shastry | * [[Sathyajith (Kannada actor)|Sathyajith]] as Subra Shastry | ||
* Santhosh as Rahul, tennis player | * Santhosh as Rahul, tennis player | ||
* Vishwa | * Vishwa | ||
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== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
The soundtrack was composed by [[ | The soundtrack was composed by [[Jassie Gift]], marking his Kannada debut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hudugaata |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/hudugaata/iEQHZSoSJS4_ |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=[[JioSaavn]] |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120043809/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/hudugaata/iEQHZSoSJS4_ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song "Mandakiniye" was the same composition as "Lajjavathiye" from the Malayalam film ''[[4 the People]]''.<ref name=rediff/> The song "Stylo Stylo" was the same composition as "Bomma Bomma" from the Malayalam film ''[[Shambu (2004 film)|Shambhu]]''.<ref name=rediff/> After the success of this film, Gift went on to do more Kannada films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/140118/jazz-it-up-jassie.html|title=Jazz it up, Jessie|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=14 January 2018|last=Manu|first=Meera|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224801/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/140118/jazz-it-up-jassie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| nameĀ Ā Ā Ā = Hudugaata | | nameĀ Ā Ā Ā = Hudugaata | ||
| typeĀ Ā Ā Ā = [[Soundtrack]] | | typeĀ Ā Ā Ā = [[Soundtrack]] | ||
| artistĀ Ā Ā = [[ | | artistĀ Ā Ā = [[Jassie Gift]] | ||
| coverĀ Ā Ā Ā = Ā | | coverĀ Ā Ā Ā = Ā | ||
| altĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = Ā | | altĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā = Ā | ||
| releasedĀ Ā = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">2007</div> | | releasedĀ Ā = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">13 April 2007</div> | ||
| recordedĀ Ā = Ā | | recordedĀ Ā = Ā | ||
| venueĀ Ā Ā Ā = Ā | | venueĀ Ā Ā Ā = Ā | ||
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| headline = Track list | | headline = Track list | ||
| extra_column = Singer(s) | | extra_column = Singer(s) | ||
| total_length = 34:32 | | total_length = 34:32 | ||
| title1 = Stylo Stylo | | title1 = Stylo Stylo | ||
| lyrics1 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]] | | lyrics1 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]] | ||
| extra1 = [[ | | extra1 = [[Jassie Gift]], George Peter, [[Emil Mohammed|Emil]], Prasanna | ||
| length1 = 4:39 | | length1 = 4:39 | ||
| title2 = Mandakiniye | | title2 = Mandakiniye | ||
| lyrics2 = Kaviraj | | lyrics2 = Kaviraj | ||
| extra2 = | | extra2 = Jassie Gift, [[Vasundhara Das]] | ||
| length2 = 4:35 | | length2 = 4:35 | ||
| title3 = Are Are Saaguthide | | title3 = Are Are Saaguthide | ||
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| title5 = Ishtu Jana | | title5 = Ishtu Jana | ||
| lyrics5 = Kaviraj | | lyrics5 = Kaviraj | ||
| extra5 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Saindhavi]], | | extra5 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Saindhavi]], Jassie Gift, [[Chetan Sosca]] | ||
| length5 = 5:00 | | length5 = 5:00 | ||
| title6 = Yeno Onthara | | title6 = Yeno Onthara | ||
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| length7 = 5:36 | | length7 = 5:36 | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Reception == | |||
A critic from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' wrote that "If you want to see the film for Ganesh, then you will not be disappointed. But if you have seen the original, the film is sure to disappoint you".<ref name=rediff>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/sshudu/20070611.htm|title=Hudugaata: Only for Ganesh fans|date=11 June 2007|work=[[Rediff]]|first=R. G.|last=Vijayasarathy|author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy|access-date=25 January 2022|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125065806/https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/sshudu/20070611.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>Ā A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' wrote that "The redeeming features of this film are less characters, excellent cinematography and editing. On the downside there are few unwanted scenes which come as speed breakers".<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2007 |title=Hudugaata |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/hudugaata-review-kannada-pclwq2ehfedig.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809015957/https://www.sify.com/movies/hudugaata-review-kannada-pclwq2ehfedig.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=8 March 2021 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* {{IMDb title|id=3171674}} | * {{IMDb title|id=3171674}} | ||
[[Category:2007 | [[Category:2007 romantic drama films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]] | [[Category:Indian remakes of American films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2007 Kannada-language films]] | ||
[[Category:2007 Indian films]] | |||
[[Category:Indian road movies]] | |||
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films]] | |||
[[Category:Indian screwball comedy films]] | |||
[[Category:Films about buses]] | |||
[[Category:Comedy of remarriage films]] | |||
[[Category:Films about interclass romance]] | |||
[[Category:Films about journalists]] | |||
[[Category:Films about runaways]] | |||
[[Category:Films set in country houses]] | |||
[[Category:Films about hitchhiking]] | |||
[[Category:Films set in Bengaluru]] | |||
[[Category:Films based on American short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Films based on works by Samuel Hopkins Adams]] | |||
[[Category:Films based on adaptations]] | |||
[[Category:Films shot in Bengaluru]] | |||
{{2000s-Kannada-film-stub}} | {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub}} | ||
{{2000s-romantic-comedy-drama-film-stub}} | |||
Latest revision as of 13:00, 4 March 2026
| Hudugaata | |
|---|---|
| File:Hudugaata.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sanjay. K |
| Produced by | B.G. Babu Reddy |
| Screenplay by | Sanjay. K |
| Starring | Ganesh Rekha Vedavyas Avinash Komal Kumar |
| Music by | Jassie Gift |
| Cinematography | Satya Hegde |
| Edited by | K. M. Prakash |
Production company | Nitin Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Hudugaata (
pronunciation (helpĀ·info) transl.āChildish) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film. It features Ganesh and Rekha Vedavyas in the lead roles. It is based on the 1934 American film It Happened One Night.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Priya Rao is the daughter of a Bangalore-based business tycoon, S. K. Ananth Rao. She is head-over-heels in love with tennis player Rahul, but Ananth Rao strongly disapproves of their courtship. One night, Priya escapes from her home and hops onto a bus to Kanyakumari to be with Rahul. Meanwhile, Ananth Rao, realizing his daughter has run away, dispatches private detectives to locate her. Aboard the bus, Priya meets Balu Mahendar aka Balu, a loud-mouthed journalist who has just secured a job as a sports reporter. He heads to Kanyakumari to interview Rahul and offers to help Priya in exchange for an exclusive story on her. Priya is forced to agree to his demands, as he threatens to let her father know of her whereabouts should she not comply. After both of them happen to miss the bus, Balu and Priya go through various adventures together and find themselves falling in love with one another.
Balu falls for Priya, but knows that financially he is in no shape to do so. Priya also falls for Balu and decides to go with him, but a misunderstanding leads her to believe that Balu was just looking for a story and not her love. She quits on Balu, returns home and agrees to marry Rahul. However, Ananth Rao learns about Balu when he comes to him to take back the money, spent by Balu on Priya on his way to Kanyakumari. He realizes how Balu has taken care of Priya during the trip. Priya misunderstands Balu and believes that he might have arrived for the reward announced by Ananth Rao. Ananth Rao tells Priya that Balu is the right man for her and that he has not arrived for the reward. On the wedding day she realizes that Balu really loves her and then runs away from the marriage hall to Balu with Ananth Rao's support.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Ganesh as Balu Mahendar
- Rekha Vedavyas as Priya Rao
- Avinash as S. K. Ananth Rao
- Komal as "Mathi" Madesha
- Karibasavaiah as Krishnappa, bus conductor
- Shobaraj as a goon who is in search of Priya.
- Sathyajith as Subra Shastry
- Santhosh as Rahul, tennis player
- Vishwa
- Sunil
- Tumkur Mohan as truck driver
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
The soundtrack was composed by Jassie Gift, marking his Kannada debut.[1] The song "Mandakiniye" was the same composition as "Lajjavathiye" from the Malayalam film 4 the People.[2] The song "Stylo Stylo" was the same composition as "Bomma Bomma" from the Malayalam film Shambhu.[2] After the success of this film, Gift went on to do more Kannada films.[3]
| Hudugaata | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 13 April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 34:32 | |||
| Label | Anand Audio | |||
| Jassie Gift chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Track list | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Stylo Stylo" | Jassie Gift, George Peter, Emil, Prasanna | 4:39 | ||||||
| 2. | "Mandakiniye" | Jassie Gift, Vasundhara Das | 4:35 | ||||||
| 3. | "Are Are Saaguthide" | Naresh Iyer, K. S. Chithra | 5:28 | ||||||
| 4. | "Ommomme Heegu" | Zubeen Garg, Alisha Chinai | 5:28 | ||||||
| 5. | "Ishtu Jana" | Karthik, Saindhavi, Jassie Gift, Chetan Sosca | 5:00 | ||||||
| 6. | "Yeno Onthara" | Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:57 | ||||||
| 7. | "Nenapagade" | Vijay Yesudas, Rajalakshmi | 5:36 | ||||||
Total length: |
34:32 | ||||||||
Reception[edit | edit source]
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "If you want to see the film for Ganesh, then you will not be disappointed. But if you have seen the original, the film is sure to disappoint you".[2] A critic from Sify wrote that "The redeeming features of this film are less characters, excellent cinematography and editing. On the downside there are few unwanted scenes which come as speed breakers".[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "Hudugaata". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ā 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vijayasarathy, R. G. (11 June 2007). "Hudugaata: Only for Ganesh fans". Rediff. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ā Manu, Meera (14 January 2018). "Jazz it up, Jessie". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ā "Hudugaata". Sify. 10 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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