Mudinja Ivana Pudi

''Kotigobba 2'' () in Kannada ''Mudinja Ivana Pudi'' () in Tamil is a 2016 Indian action film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Sudeepa and Nithya Menen in the lead roles. The film was simultaneously produced by Rockline Venkatesh and M. Babu in Kannada and Tamil languages. Despite the title, the film is not a sequel to the 2001 film, ''Kotigobba''. The film revolves around Sathya, a real estate agent, who disguises himself as a professional robber and loots wealthy people. When the police begins their investigation, he tries to convince them that his identical twin brother Shiva is the culprit.

The film's Kannada-Tamil versions of the film released on 12 August 2016 coinciding with the 2016 Varalakshmi Vrata. where it received positive reviews from critics and audience. The film was a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

Shiva is a profession burglar, who along his 5 accomplices loot from a rich businessman. Sathya is a doppelganger of Shiva, who works as a realtor and leads a quite life. He meets an upright girl Subha at an estate deal. who blackmails Sathya to hand over or will complain to the police, When the people who paid the money for the estate deal are cheated by a Land owner, but Subha had given the money to Sathya. Days pass by, Sathya handsover the money to Subha and the people (who were cheated) where Subha and Sathya fall for each other.

Meanwhile, The businessman appoints ACP Kishore, a no-nonsense corrupt officer to search for the robber. After a brief investigation, He interrogates Sathya, but is stopped by DCP Sarathkumar and reveals that Sathya lodged a complaint against his twin brother Shiva, who has been torturing him and is also behind several robberies. Kishore suspects foul play and believes that Sathya and Shiva are the same person, which is revealed to be true. Sathya, along with his accomplices rob from another rich businessman by sneaking into the police station as drain cleaners and digging a tunnel to a factory where the money is hidden.

The businessmen become partners and sends their henchmen to interrogate Sathya, only for Sathya to defeat them and Subha learns of his real identity and breaksup with him. Kishore tries to expose Sathya by a written complaint from the land owner (who was the one who cheated Sathya and Sathya had masquarde as Shiva and had blackmailed him to hand over the money), but to no avail. Sathya reveals his past and his desire for money to Subha, who understands his situation. Sathya tells that he decided to mend his ways for Subha, who reconciles with him. The businessmen kidnaps Sathya's accomplices and their families and calls Sathya to hand over their money.

Sathya disguises himself as Shiva calls the businessmen and saves the accomplices and their families by pretending to burn their money and tells the catchphrase ''Catch me if you can''. At the hideout, Kishore finds Sathya, who makes a deal with Kishore to call the businessmen to arrange an attack on him and fake his death in exchange for . As planned, Sathya fakes his death with Subha and Sarathkumar as the witness, and later double-crosses Kishore, in charges of killing Shiva and Kishore gets arrested. Sathya and Subha get married. However, Sathya continues his masquerade as Shiva to rob unaccounted stocks from corrupt businessmen, without Subha's knowledge.

Cast

Music

D. Imman scored the soundtrack and score for the film. It is reported that actors Sudeepa and Nithya Menen lent their voices for a song written by V. Nagendra Prasad. The audio was officially released on 5 August 2016 and Anand Audio procured the music rights of the film. The project marked Imman's debut in Kannada cinema.

Release

''Kotigobba 2'' was released on 12 August 2016. The distribution rights of the movie were sold for 16 crores, the highest for any Kannada movie at that time. The Tamil version was dubbed into Telugu as ''Kotikokkadu'' ( One in a crore) and in Hindi under the same title as the Tamil version. Telugu version will be presented by Lagadapati Srinivas.

Critical reception

Shyam Prasad S of '' Bangalore Mirror'' rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing, "This film will satisfy those looking to get entertained and keep a tab on getting back their money's worth." The reviewer described the second half of the film as slow and noted that the film "does not test Sudeep's acting capabilities and only draws on his image and popularity." Sunayana Suresh of ''The Times of India'' rated the film with 3.5/5 stars and stated, "Kotigobba 2 makes no bones of being the typical commercial entertainer, replete with multiple comedy tracks, romance, action and songs, with a soppy father-son sentiment track as a bonus." Shashiprasad SM of ''Deccan Chronicle'' gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Kotigobba 2 is a guaranteed fun filled experience, and is a must for Kiccha fans." Box office collection in about ₹65 crores.

Box office

The movie was reported to have a superb occupancy not only in main centres like Bangalore and Mysore, but also in centres like Udupi and Mangalore where the market for Kannada films had been a concern. It raked in close to 7 crore from the BTK centre (Bengalore, Tumkur and Kolar) and 15.5 crore from rest of Karnataka within 4 days of release. It went on to become the fastest 20 crore grosser in Kannada at that time beating the record of '' Masterpiece'' which had taken six days to reach the mark.

Awards and nominations

64th Filmfare Awards South:
* Best Actor In A Leading Role – Kannada – Nominated – Sudeepa

6th SIIMA:
* Best Film – Kannada – Won
* Best Comedian – Kannada – Nominated – Chikkanna

2nd IIFA Utsavam:
* Best Actor in a Comic Role - Won - Chikkanna

9th Bengaluru International Film Festival:
* Best Popular Film – Won

Edison Awards (India) 2017:
* Best Female Playback Singer - Won - Shreya Ghoshal for the song ''Pothavillaye''

Mirchi Music Awards South 2017:
* Song of the Year - Won for the song ''Saaluthillave''

Mirchi Music Awards South 2021:
* Song of the Decade – Won for the song ''Saaluthuillave''

References

External links

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{{K. S. Ravikumar

2016 films
2010s Kannada-language films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar
Films shot in Karnataka
Films shot in Tamil Nadu
Indian multilingual films
Indian action comedy films
Films scored by D. Imman
Indian heist films
2016 masala films
2016 action comedy films
2010s heist films
2016 multilingual films
2016 comedy films