''Tirupathi'' is a 2006 Indian

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-language

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directed by Shivamani, starring Sudeep and

Pooja Kanwal Pooja Kanwal Mahtani is an Indian actress who has worked predominately in Kannada-language films and Hindi television. She played lead roles in the Kannada films '' Seven O' Clock'' and '' Tirupathi''. She appeared in ''Palampur Express'' where ...

. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Rajesh Ramanath and lyrics by Kaviraj, Shivamani and Krishna.

Plot

ACP Tirupathi decide to teach a lesson to Michael alias Dhanaraj. He is supported by the Home Minister and Ashok Rao. Dhanraj revealed to Tirupathi's father and cheats his mother. he decide to take revenge on him. Thirupathi makes his supporter turns to his rival. Dhanaraj kidnaps his mother and challenges him. Tirupathi saves his mother and kills him.

Cast

* Sudeep as Tirupathi *

as Nandini *

Sudha Rani Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films.she also acted in a few Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam films. At the age of three, Rani was chosen as ...

as District Commissioner Margaret *

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as Michael Raj * Rangayana Raghu as Home Minister *

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*P. N. Sathya as Gangster Onte Krishna

Production

Sudeep plays the role of police officer for the first time in his career. He earlier played a police officer for a comedy sequence in ''

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'' (2004). Deepu was initially considered to play the heroine. This is Pooja Kanwal's second Kannada film after ''

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'' (2006). This is Sudeep's second film with producer R. S. Gowda after ''

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'' (2005).

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and

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were considered to play Sudeep's mother.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Rajesh Ramanath.

Reception

R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' opined that "But it is Sudeep's film all the way. He oozes talent in every frame and it is really his spirited performance as Tirupati that saves the film". A critic from ''Chitraloka'' wrote that "Action lovers cannot miss this film". A critic from ''Nowrunning'' stated that "''Tirupati'' is an engaging entertainer which can be a tasty full meal for film fans of action flicks". The film had high collections initially but later dipped in collections.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2917786 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s masala films 2006 action films 2006 films Fictional portrayals of the Karnataka Police Films scored by Rajesh Ramnath Indian action films