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Kotigobba 3


Kotigobba 3 is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Shiva Karthik.[7] The film features Sudeep and Madonna Sebastian marking the latter's debut in Kannada cinema, in lead roles along with Shraddha Das, Aftab Shivdasani and P. Ravi Shankar in prominent roles.[8][9][10] It is a sequel to the 2016 film Kotigobba 2, with Sudeep and Ravi Shankar reprising their roles from the previous film.[11] The film was released in theatres on October 15, 2021. In the sequel, Sathya has to deal with Interpol, who framed him as an international criminal and also deal with his old-nemesis ACP Kishore, who wants to avenge him for his treachery.

Kotigobba 3
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Promotional poster
Directed byShiva Karthik
Produced bySoorappa Babu[1]
Written byShiva Karthik
Story bySudeep[2]
StarringSudeep
Madonna Sebastian
Music byArjun Janya[3]
CinematographyShekhar Chandru[4]
Edited byGoran Ivanovic[5]
Production
company
Rambabu Productions
Distributed byRockline Entertainments
Release date
  • 15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹70 crore[2]
Box office₹45.32 crore[6]

PlotEdit

The plot follows the events after Kotigobba 2. Satya/Shiva helps the cops bust some criminals where he steals their accounted black money and also runs an orphanage for the downtrodden people.

A girl named Jaanu in his orphanage suffers from Brugada Syndrome, so they head to Warsaw for treatment. Satya meets Dr.Priya and through Jaanu, they become friends. In Warsaw, Devendra is a chairman of paramedics research and crime boss who wants to spread a virus and provide a cure to it at a high price to obtain profits. He had bought a Crown Jewel which is kept in the Aircraft Museum and would be delivered to him in a week. After consulting the doctor and scheduling a date for the operation, Satya and Jaanu visit the aircraft museum, after they are done visiting, A masked man Ghost carries out heist of the Crown Jewel. The Chase occurs between Interpol officers and Ghost where the former escapes. Satya and Jaanu fly back to Bengaluru. Interpol Officers Sharath and Kangana began their investigation, they check the CCTV footage and the photo of the masked man Ghost is a doppelganger of Satya, and he is seen reciting a Sanskrit mantra during the heists and explosions were in a bid to distract Interpol.

So they head to Bengaluru to investigate. ACP Kishore reveals about his and Satya's past. Devendra learns about Satya and assigns his top assassin Michael to finish him and bring the Jewel back, however Satya kills the henchman and Michael. Sharath and Kangana arrive and arrest Satya. They interrogate him and he fakingly accepts the blame but also lies that Kishore was the one who planned it. Priya is heartbroken to know about Satya's scams. She takes Jaanu along with her to Poland where she gets Jaanu treated in the hospital. Sharath and his team take Satya and Kishore to Poland where they are taken to the prison from the airport. However, they escape and reach the hospital where Jaanu was admitted. Anantha Krishna, a surgeon tries to inject chloroform into Satya, but Satya injects him back and convinces Priya and Kishore about his innocence and also reveals Anantha Krishna's involvement in Ghost's criminal activities. He also brings the doctor's phone which receive a message from Ghost telling him to meet him at the pub. They reach the pub where they realize the errors. The Interpol arrives to arrest them, but Ghost distracts them and takes the gang to his hideout where they meet Dr.Anantha Krishna and Ghost.

Dr.Anantha Krishna reveals that Ghost is actually Shiva and he is Satya's twin brother and Anantha Krishna is their uncle. He reveals that Devendra had killed their mother Durga, who is the Commissioned Health Department officer where she learned and objectify Devendra's methods of spreading the virus and inventing medicines to cure them for profits. Durga was the one who taught the mantra to her children (which was used by Ghost before). When both of them were born, Satya was healthy, but Shiva was wounded due to nerve damages, since he defended Satya in the womb from Devendra. Their father, who was abroad on a business trip arrives to take them. However, Anantha Krishna only gave Satya and he took Shiva to an ashram and was cured, then Anantha Krishna took him to Poland for higher studies. After that when Shiva learns of the incident and decide to avenge their mother's death and also learn about Satya. He operated a plan to bring him to Poland to divulge the truth.

Devendra's son Jeet kidnaps Jaanu from the hospital, but Shiva planted a tracker in Jaanu's hospital bed. Satya saves Jaanu and destroys the oxygen tank in the ambulance, causing the ambulance to explode, killing Jeet. Shiva a.k.a Ghost are taken by the Interpol. However, they are kidnapped by Devendra's henchmen. Shiva reveals himself to Devendra and kills him and his associates where he pins the murders on Kishore, who gets arrested. The Interpol officers release Sathya as he is proved innocent and tells the media they are in search of Ghost. Shiva sold the Crown Jewel and used the money by selling it for the uncured patients, who were affected by Devendra's medicine. Satya and Jaanu return to the orphanage. Sharath and Kangana accept the fact that Shiva a.k.a Ghost is not a demon but a saviour who killed the hidden demon for a definite purpose.

In the mid-credits scene The film ends with Shiva a.k.a Ghost resuming his vigilante activities in far-off place.

CastEdit

ProductionEdit

Filming for Kotigobba 3 began in June 2018 in Belgrade.[14][15] Lead actor Sudeep rejoined the production in March 2019, after finishing his filming commitments for Pailwaan.[16] The female lead is Madonna Sebastian, marking her debut in Kannada cinema.[17]Kotigobba 3 continued to have a start-stop filming schedule due to Sudeep's other acting commitments such as the Telugu film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy,[18] as well as his injury on the film's sets in Hyderabad in August 2019.[19] Parts of the film were shot in other countries including Serbia, Malaysia, Thailand and Poland.[4][20] The filming was completed in January 2020,[21] after which shooting of song sequences was scheduled in Puducherry, Mumbai and Bangalore.[3]

Marketing and releaseEdit

The teaser trailer for the film was removed from YouTube in March 2020 because of a copyright infringement claim,[22] and restored a few days later after recording company Anand Audio filed a return complaint.[23] The film's 30 April 2020 release date was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24] The film is scheduled to be released in theaters on 14 October 2021.[25] The release of the film was delayed for a day, to 15 October 2021, due to a tiff between the producers and financiers.[26]

ReceptionEdit

Box officeEdit

The movie earned more than ₹12.5 crore (US$1.4 million) on its first day of release.[27][28] It was estimated to have collected ₹40.5 crore (US$4.7 million) in 4 days[29][30]

SoundtrackEdit

Music is composed by Arjun Janya.

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Akashane Adarisuva"  Vyasaraj Sosale 03:36
2. "Pataki Poriyo"  Vijay Prakash
Anuradha Bhat		 03:37
3. "Nee Kotiyali Obbane"  Shreya Ghoshal 03:43
4. "Kanda Kanda"  K. S. Chithra 03:53
Total length:
 14.09

The first track of the film, "Akashane Adarisuva", was released on 27 April 2020 and received more than one million views on YouTube within the first 3 hours 20 minutes.[31]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Want to continue 'Kotigobba' franchise with Sudeep till it lasts: Producer Soorappa Babu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "'Kotigobba 3' has potential to make Rs 150-200 crore if released in theatres: Surappa Babu". The New Indian Express. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kotigobba 3 talkie portions over, team prepares for song shoots". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Actor Sudeep sports his signature avatar for 'Kotigobba 3'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "OD INĐIJE DO INDIJE: Petar Milićević o svojim glumačkim poduhvatima". Espreso. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Year Ender 2021: Highest-grossing Kannada Movies of the Year". 29 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Grand sets built for Sudeep's 'Kotigobba 3'". The News Minute. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Kichcha Sudeep wraps up Kotigobba 3 shoot at Poland". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Sudeep and Ravishankar to reunite for 'Kotigobba-3'". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Pailwaan hero resumes shoot for Kotigobba 3". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Makers of 'Kotigobba 3' spend a whopping amount of Rs. 2 crores for an action sequence". Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Small-screen sensation from Bollywood Danish Akhtar Saifi joins team of Kotigobba 3". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "Kotigobba 3: Sudeep to set the screen on fire". New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Arriving today; first look of Kotigobba 3 starring Sudeep". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "Kotigobba 3 hero gets a warm welcome at Belgrade". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "Sudeep resumes shooting for Kotigobba 3". Indian Express. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "Madonna Sebastian joins cast of Sudeep's 'Kotigobba 3'". The News Minute. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "Third schedule of Sudeep's 'Kotigobba 3' wrapped up". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  19. ↑ "Kichcha Sudeep injured during shooting of Kotigobba 3". India Today. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  20. ↑ "Kichcha Sudeep wraps up Kotigobba 3 shoot at Poland". Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  21. ↑ "Kiccha Sudeep wraps up 'Kotigobba 3' shooting". Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  22. ↑ "Kichcha Sudeep's Kotigobba 3 teaser removed from YouTube due to copyright claim". India Today. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  23. ↑ "Kotigobba 3 teaser to be back online on Monday". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  24. ↑ "Title track of Kichcha Sudeep's 'Kotigobba 3' to be out on April 27". New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  25. ↑ "Kotigobba 3 and Salaga to clash on October 14, Bhajarangi 2 to hit theatres on October 29". The New Indian Express. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  26. ↑ Ratda, Kushboo (14 October 2021). "Kotigobba 3: Release of Kiccha Sudeep's film delayed for a day; Producer shares an update as fans go berserk". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  27. ↑ "Dussehra box office winners and losers: Doctor, Most Eligible Bachelor, Kotigobba 3". Indian Express. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  28. ↑ "ಬಾಕ್ಸ್ ಆಫೀಸ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ 'ಕಿಚ್ಚ' ಸುದೀಪ್ ಜಾದೂ; 'ಕೋಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ 3' ಕಲೆಕ್ಷನ್‌ ರಿಪೋರ್ಟ್‌ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ!". Vijaya Karnataka. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  29. ↑ "Kichcha Sudeep: ಗಲ್ಲಾಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಧೂಳೆಬ್ಬಿಸಿದ 'ಕೋಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ 3'; ನಾಲ್ಕು ದಿನದ ಕಲೆಕ್ಷನ್ ಎಷ್ಟು ಗೊತ್ತಾ?". TV9 Karnataka. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  30. ↑ "Telugu version of 'Kotigobba 3' to release in November". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  31. ↑ "Sudeep's 'Kotigobba 3' first single 'Aakashane Adarisuva' crosses 3.5 million views". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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