Buddhivantha

Buddhivantha
Film poster
Kannadaಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ
Directed byRamnath Rugvedhi
Written by Upendra (dialogue)
Based onNaan Avanillai (Tamil)
Produced bySV Rajendra Singh Babu
A Mohan
StarringUpendra
Pooja Gandhi
Brinda Parekh
Saloni Aswani
Natanya Singh
Suman Ranganathan
CinematographyR. Giri
Edited byGovardhan
Music byVijay Antony
Release date
  • 26 September 2008 (2008-09-26)
Running time
2 hours 40 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹ 4.5 crore[1]
Box office₹ 15 crore[1][2]

Buddhivantha (transl. Genius) is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Ramnath Rigvedhi. starring Upendra in the lead role, while Pooja Gandhi, Brinda Parekh, Saloni Aswani, Natanya Singh, and Suman Ranganathan play the female leads. The film is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film Naan Avanillai, which was itself was a remake of 1974 Tamil movie Naan Avanillai which in turn was based on the 1962 Marathi play To Mee Navhech (transl. I Am Not Him) written by Pralhad K. Atre.[3] The music was composed by Vijay Antony.

The film was released on 26 September 2008. It was supposed to be released on Upendra's birthday, 18 September 2008, but because of the delay in censor certification, the date was postponed to 26 September 2008.[4] It became the highest grossing Kannada film of 2008 and turned out to be a much bigger hit than the original Naan Avanillai. It went on to complete over a 100-day theatrical run in the main centers of Karnataka.[5]

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  4. ^ "Buddhivanta' fails Uppi on his B'day!". MSN. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
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