''Vayuputra'' () is a 2009 Indian

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directed by

Kishore Sarja Kishore Sarja (died 27 June 2009) was an Indian film director who worked in Kannada-language films. Career Kishore Sarja started his career as an assistant director before making his directorial debut with '' Alimayya'' (1993) starring his bro ...

and produced by his brother, actor

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. The Sarja brothers launched their nephew Chiranjeevi Sarja through this film in the lead role. The rest of the cast includes

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted in ...

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, Ajay,

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and several others. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'' directed by N. Linguswamy. The original score and soundtrack for the film is composed by

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. The film released on 3 September 2009. This was Kishore's final film as director who passed away three months earlier before the release.

Cast

* Chiranjeevi Sarja as Balu *

as Divya *

* Ajay *

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* Shobha Raghavendra *

...Cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

and lyrics written by V. Nagendra Prasad and

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. The song "Ketta Kodukkura" from the original Tamil film was retained here as "Bhoomi Namma Jeeva". The song "Bhagavantha Bandha" was loosely inspired from Tamil song "Podhuvaaga En" from ''Murattu Kaalai'' (1980).

Reception

Critical response

R G Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "The songs have been stylishly picturised and so are the first fight sequences. Except for the Baa Baare Gopamma song, Hari Krishna's music is uninspiring. Camera work is not exceptional, either. In a nutshell, Vaayuputhra is just a timepass movie which could have been better". A critic from

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scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Chiranjeevi makes a grand debut and shows his talent in song and fight scenes. Rebel star Ambareesh's dialogue delivery is good. Aindrita is impressive. Hari Krishna's music is ordinary. Sundaranath Suvarna's camera work is above average".

References

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2009 films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian action films Kannada remakes of Tamil films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2000s masala films 2009 action films Films directed by Kishore Sarja {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub