''Bindaas'' () is a

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directed by D. Rajendra Babu from a story written by Janardhan Maharshi, and produced by M.Chandrashekar. The film stars

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, Suman and Komal. This is Hansika's only Kannada film. ''Bindaas'' was released on 15 February 2008 and became a commercial success at the box office. It was dubbed in

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as ''Pandugadu'', in

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as ''Be Happy Bindaas,'' and in

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as ''Baazi''. It was also reported to have been dubbed in Malayalam. The film was remade in Bhojpuri in 2012 as ''Hero'' making it the first Kannada movie to be remade in Bhojpuri.

Plot

Shiva is a former pickpocketeer in

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, who gets caught selling black tickets and creating a disturbance at a

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. He meets ACP Vikram Rathod. who ask him to infiltrate a crime boss named Saleem Bhai's gang as a police informer. Shiva joins Saleem Bhai's trusted man D and his gang, where he eliminates Saleem Bhai's gang under Vikram Rathod's orders. During a shootout, Shiva's girlfriend Preeti mistakes Shiva as a gangster, where she breaksup with him. After capturing and bringing Saleem Bhai, Shiva is held at gunpoint by Vikram Rathod, who reveals that Preeti is his daughter and is enraged to learn about his relationship with Preethi. Due to political pressure to nab Saleem Bhai, Vikram Rathod makes Shiva as the informer while making Preeti believe that he is a gangster. Shiva escapes with Saleem Bhai and kidnaps Preeti, who reveals her father's treachery. D frees Saleem Bhai, leading to a shootout where Shiva kills D and Saleem Bhai. Vikram Rathod tries to shoot Shiva, but is stopped by Preeti, who makes her father realize his mistakes and reunites with Shiva.

Cast

as Shiva *

as Preethi *

as ACP Vikram Rathod, Preethi's father * Suman as Saleem Bhai *

Rahul Dev Rahul Dev (born 27 September 1968) is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films and few Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and Odia flims. Early life Ra ...

as D * Komal as Shiva's friend *

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as a priest * Prithviraj *

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in a cameo in song "Kallu Mama"

Soundtrack

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composed the

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and the

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, while the lyrics were penned by

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and

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. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks. It was released on 2 January 2008 in

. "Thara Thara Onthara" samples the post-chorus of the song "

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References

External links

* * (archived) {{D. Rajendra Babu 2000s Kannada-language films 2008 romantic comedy films 2008 action comedy films 2008 films Indian action comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Indian romantic action films Films scored by Gurukiran Films about terrorism in India Films shot in Bangalore Indian gangster films Films set in Bangalore 2000s masala films Films shot in Switzerland Indian police films Kannada films remade in other languages Fictional portrayals of the Karnataka Police Films directed by D. Rajendra Babu 2000s romantic action films