Kotigobba

Kotigobba (transl. One in a crore) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Vishnuvardhan,[1] Priyanka Upendra and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film was a remake of Rajinikanth's 1995 Tamil film, Baashha which itself was based on the 1991 Hindi movie Hum. This movie was directed by Naganna and features soundtrack from Deva who also composed the music for the Tamil version.

Kotigobba
Theatrical release poster
Kannadaಕೋಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ
Directed byNaganna
Written bySuresh Krissna
Based onBaashha (1995)
Produced byD.Kamalakar
M. B. Babu
Starring
CinematographyRamesh Babu
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byDeva
Production
company
Superhit Films
Release date
  • 16 November 2001 (2001-11-16)
Running time
167 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Released on 16 November 2001, the film met with very good reviews and was declared as one of the biggest blockbusters completing a successful 30 weeks at the box office and the success function was held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru on Saturday, 16 March 2002.[2][3] In 2012, director Suresh Krissna who made the original version announced that he would be making a sequel to this film in Kannada language.[4] Vishnuvardhan was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor category. A spiritual successor, Kotigobba 2, starring Sudeep and directed by K. S. Ravikumar was released in 2016.

Cast

Soundtrack
Kotigobba
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Released5 October 2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelJhankar Music

All the songs are composed and scored by Deva. The song "Annayya Thammayya" is a direct reused song of composer's own "Athaanda Ithaanda" from the Tamil film Arunachalam.[5] The album has six soundtracks and an instrumental number.[6] The songs "Sahasa Simha" and "Are Tai Tandana" were retained from the original Tamil film also composed by Deva.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Annayya Tammayya"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam6:00
2."Are Tai Tai Tandana"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam6:38
3."Kaverige Kalungara"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra6:04
4."Sahasa Simha"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam5:15
5."Tingala Belakina Angaladalli"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra4:06
6."Vardhana Vishnuvardhana"K. KalyanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra3:40
7."Annayya Tammayya" Instrumental 

References
  1. "Movies List". www.vishnuvardhan.com.
  2. "Kotigobba Completes 100 Days Of Screening". www.vishnuvardhan.com.
  3. "No age bar in Bollywood - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "A sequel for 'Kotigobba' - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 23 February 2012.
  5. "Kotigobba (2001) songs".
  6. "Kotigobba (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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