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and Deepu. The film's script was reportedly inspired by a Marathi story.

Cast

* Jaggesh as Jaggi *

as Nani *

as Soumya *Deepu as Ramya * Komal * Srinath * Sharan * Karibasavaiah *

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*Saurav *Manjunath

Production

The film was shot at the

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and

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. A song was shot on

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. A scene with

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was shot at the Bangalore Heart Hospital.

Release and reception

The film released on 16 June 2006. RG Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five stars and said that "''Honeymoon Express'' is a wasted effort because of a weak script and haphazard narration". A critic from ''

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'' said that "this

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is engaging in the first half and intricacy in the second half makes the proceedings very interesting. The misconception is the concept of the second half sends the audience in peels of laughter". A critic from ''Indiaglitz'' rated the film 8 out of 10 and said that "Jaggesh and Narayan are at ease" and called them the "perfect duo".

Box office

The film had a good opening with several days of houseful shows in Belgaum and

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. The film also ran well in

. Despite starting of well, collections started to decline. After the success of this film, the director went on to make another comedy film titled ''

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'' (2006) with several of the same cast and crew members.

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