Vishnuvardhana (film)

Vishnuvardhana
Vishnuvardhana Poster
Directed by	P. Kumar
Produced by	Dwarakish
Screenplay by	P. Kumar
Story by	P. Kumar
Starring	Sudeep bhavana Priyamani Sonu Sood Dwarakish Arun Sagar
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Cinematography	Rajarathnam
Edited by	Mohan Pandit
Production company	Dwarkish Studios
Release date	8 December 2011 (2011-12-08) (India)
Running time	169 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada Hindi
Box office	16 Crores

Kannada

Vishnuvardhana is a 2011 Kannada comedy thriller film starring Sudeep, Bhavana and Priyamani. The film was directed and written by P. Kumar, in his debut, and produced by actor Dwarakish. The film is supposedly a tribute to south superstar, Kannada Matinee idol Dr. Vishnuvardhan who was a friend of Dwarakish. The film's music was composed by V. Harikrishna. The film was released on 8 December 2011. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Mr. Mobile 2. The film was officially remade in Bengali as Bachchan. The movie was reported to be inspired by the 2009 South Korean movie Handphone which the director had vehemently denied.

The Bangalore Mirror gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half stars. It also lauded the first-time director P. Kumar and praised the screenplay. It added that the movie had all the ingredients of a commercial success. The Chitraloka website said it was a comedy thriller and lauded the film, saying it had a terrific script which sustains the interest of audience added to these plus-point powerful performances by Sudeep and Priyamani. The Times of India gave four stars and praised the performance of Sudeep

The movie was released in around 140 theatres all over Karnataka. The satellite rights of the film were sold for ₹20 million (US$300,000). The distributor, Kumar MN, said that the collection was ₹60 million (US$890,000) in one week. The collection made by the movie had crossed ₹120 million (US$1.8 million) before the completion of second week. It was mostly the huge fan following of Vishnuvardhan who had watched the film initially, but was later followed by the Sudeep fans and Vishnuvardhan fans together, pouring in to watch the film repeatedly. Finally the movie was declared a blockbuster hit of the year and collected over ₹160 million (US$2.4 million).