Porki
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| Directed by | M D Sridhar |
| Produced by | Dattatreya Bachhegowda |
| Story by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Starring |
Darshan Pranitha Subhash Ashish Vidyarthi |
| Music by | V. Harikrishna , Mani Sharma |
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Release date
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2010 |
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Running time
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154 minutes (A) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Porki (English: Rogue) is a 2010 Kannada gangster film directed by M. D. Shridhar, starring Darshan, Pranitha Subhash and Ashish Vidyarthi in the lead roles.
It is a remake of the 2006 Telugu film Pokiri. The film completed a 100-day run in theatres.
The film got an A Certificate from Censor Board before its release, with its runtime being 154 minutes. Later the film was recertified to get a U/A certificate, for video release, with a total of 109 cuts and the runtime being 128 minutes. The film's violence was toned down, and the film's heroine Praneetha's glamour show was completely deleted, since it was too bold for young viewers.
The Times of India rated it 3/5 Nowrunning rated it 2.5/5 Rediff.com rated 2.5/5 Filmibeat rated it 3/5. The Deccan Herald gave a positive review, stating that "The director has remained faithful to the original story byPuri Jagannath, thereby giving unalloyed joy to both action buffs and the sentimental ones." Indiaglitz rated the film 3.5/5, stating that "For action lovers there cannot be any thing better than Porki".
The film was released on DVD and VCD by Anand Audio. The film's TV screening rights were sold to Asianet Suvarna. The film was recertified U/A by the Indian Censor Board, for video release.
The film was dubbed and released in Hindi as "Main Hoon Wanted" and in Bhojpuri as "Hamar Bhai Dabbang" by Goldmines Telefilms.
The original Telugu film Pokiri, directed by Puri Jagannadh, was remade in several other languages and still found success in the respective regional cinemas. Pokkiri is the first remake. The second one was Wanted, the Hindi version in 2009 which was also directed by Prabhu Deva, Like the two other versions, Wanted had Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead and has also Prakash Raj as the villain.Porki is a remake of the Telugu movie Pokiri with Mahesh Babu, and was released in 2010. Below is a map of the lead actors in the story of Pokiri and its remakes.
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