




Upendra as Budhivantha
Popular director K. Balachander did a successful film Naan Avan Illai with Gemini Ganesan three decades ago, which was supposedly based on a popular Marathi play Mythunali of the fifties. It was about a guy who deceives five girls and escapes. But later all five join hands to teach him a lesson. Last year the film was remade in Tamil with the same title and had Jeevan in the lead with five heroines and it was successful. Now producers Mohan and Sankare Gowda have made Budhivantha, on the same lines in Kannada. The film is ready for release soon.
Starring Upendra, Pooja Gandhi, Saloni, Suman Ranganath, Lathanya and Brunda, it has music by Sadhu Kokila. Of the six songs, one was picturised in China, while two were shot in Kashmir.