Budhivanta is a 2008 Kannada language blockbuster film starring Superstar Upendra

Upendra

Upendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...

 in the lead role. It was directed by Ramnath Rigvedhi. It is a remake of the Tamil

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 film Naan Avanillai

Naan Avanillai

Naan Avanillai is a Tamil film directed by Selva. It is a remake of K. Balachander's classic of the same title, starring matinee idol Gemini Ganesan, which was a remake of 1962 Marathi language film To Mee Navhech , written by Pralhad K. Atre and acted by Prabhakar Panashikar...

. It was released on 26 September 2008. The film was supposed to be released on Upendra's birthday, 18 September 2008, but because of the delay in censor certification, the release date got postponed to 26 September 2008. The film was a huge blockbuster and became the highest grossing kannada film of the year 2008. Upendra's performance in 7 different roles and his dilogue delivery was praised by the critics and the audience..

Cast

Actor	Role	Description
Upendra Upendra Upendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...	Panchamrutha, Joseph Fernandez, Zakir Hussain, Vijay Mithal, Samarasimha Reddy, Sri Sri Sri Bhagavan Ranjaneesh Swamy, Shyam Prasad	Seven roles
Pooja Gandhi Pooja Gandhi Pooja Gandhi , also known as Sanjana Gandhi, is an Indian actress predominantly working in the Kannada film industry.She went on to appear in commercially successful films like mungaru male, taj mahal, buddhivanta, thus establishing herself as a leading contemporary actress of kannada cinema.-Early...	Pooja	Law student and daughter of chief justice
Brinda Parekh Brinda Parekh Brinda Parekh is an Indian film actress and model. She has acted in South Indian films and has also done item numbers in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films...	Rekha Mithal	Model
Saloni Aswani Saloni Aswani Saloni Aswani is an Indian film actress and model. After finishing her her education, Saloni ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements...	Shanthi (Bangaaru)	Telugu girl
Natanya Singh Natanya Singh Natanya Singh, also known as Netanya Singh, is an Indian actress, who has acted in Indian films in Hindi and Kannada languages.-Filmography:*Surya*Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century*Kutumba*Tum – A Dangerous Obsession...	Rani (Radhe)	Devotee of Lord Krishna
Suman Ranganath	Monika	Industrialist
Lakshmi Lakshmi (actress) Lakshmi Narayan is an Indian National Film Award winning actress who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Lakshmi has acted in more than 300 films in all south Indian languages apart from few in Bollywood. She has won a Filmfare Best Actress Award and eight Filmfare Awards South.-Early...	Judge	Mother of Pooja
Sridhar Sridhar (Kannada actor) Sridhar is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry, and also a dance scholar, performer and choreographer, trained in Bharatanatyam. He also holds a degree in Engineering...	David Fernandez	Brother of Joseph Fernandez
Dharma		Brother of Rekha
Chidanand	Jony Walker
Bank Janardhan Bank Janardhan Bank Janardhan is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry, known for the comedy roles and drama roles in films and television. He has acted in movies such as News, Sshh, Tharle Nan Maga and many others. He has also acted in many Kannada television serials like Paapa Pandu and others. He is...		Police constable
Hema Chowdhary	Chandrabhai	Rani's mother

Music

The official soundtrack contains seven songs composed by Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

 with the lyrics primarily penned by Kaviraj and Upendra. The audio of the film was released on 18 June 2008, three months before the release of the film. The album was released by Times Music.

Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Lyrics
"Naan Avanalla"	Vijay Antony, Vinay, Charulatha Mani Charulatha Mani Charulatha Mani is a popular young Carnatic singer. Charulatha has been performing Carnatic concerts for more than 10 years. She has also sung for movies. Charulatha has appeared in numerous TV shows and radio programmes, in India, and overseas. She has recorded many, CD and DVD albums... , Maaya, Megha	05:07	Kaviraj
"Raa Raa Raa Raaja"	Jayadevan, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran Sangeetha Rajeshwaran Sangeetha Rajeshwaran is a playback singer in the Tamil film industry. She lives in Chennai with her husband and two sons. Seetal Iyer, former World Space RJ is her cousin sister...	05:36	Kaviraj
"Chitranna Chitranna"	Vijay Antony, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran	04:50	Upendra
"Harinanda Harinanda"	Prasanna, Maaya, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran	05:14	Kaviraj
"Ravivarmana"	Hariharan, Kaushik, Vinaya	04:24	R. N. Jayagopal
"Nee Nanage Beku"	Krish, Megha	04:40	Kaviraj
"Chitranna Chitranna" (remix)	Upendra, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran	04:48	Upendra

Box Office

The film was a blockbuster hit at the box office and went on to become the highest grossing kannada film of the year 2008.