''Govindaya Namaha'' ( ''Hail Govinda'') is a 2012 Indian

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

comedy drama film directed by debutante Pawan Wadeyar. The film was released on 30 March 2012 across cinema halls. It stars

Komal Kumar Komal Kumar (born 4 July 1973), known mononymously as Komal, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut with ''Super Nan Maga'' in 1992. Since his debut, Komal has acted in over 100 films, ...

, Anna Georgia, Madhulika,

Rekha Vedavyas Rekha, also known as Akshara, is an Indian actress, who predominantly acts in Kannada films and also appears in Telugu and Tamil films. While pursuing modelling, she made her acting debut in the 2001 Kannada film '' Chitra'' and has since starre ...

and

Parul Yadav Parul Yadav is an Indian actress and producer who works primarily in Kannada films along with a few Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film '' Dreams'', starring Dhanush and Diya. Early life and career She ma ...

in the lead roles. The music is composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ...

. This film is remade as '' Potugadu'' in Telugu. The movie was accused to be a copy of 2006 Kannada movie ''Avnandre Avne''. However Karnataka Film Directors Association writer's wing set aside the allegations as far from truth. Music of this film has been received well and the song

Pyarge Aagbittaite "Pyarge Aagbittaite" is a Kannada-Urdu song from the 2012 Kannada film '' Govindaya Namaha''. It was composed by Gurukiran and sung by Chetan Sosca, Indu Nagaraj, with lyrics written by Pawan Wadeyar. The music video of the track features Koma ...

written by Pawan in Kannada and Urdu language mixture recorded an amazing hit in YouTube by hitting more than 1500000 views in less than a week of its release. This song is performed by Chethan and Indu Nagaraj and music by Gurukiran song was picturized on Komal Kumar and Parul at Bijapur Fort and Ibrahim Roza.

Plot

Govinda pretends to be in love with three women later cheats and abandons them. However, he realises his mistake when the woman he loves cheats on him.

Cast

as Govinda *

as Mumtaz * Madhulika as Vydehi *

* Anna Georgia * H G Dattatreya *

Mukhyamantri Chandru Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chandrashekar (born 28 August 1953), known popularly as Mukhyamantri Chandru, is an Indian actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his work in Kannada theatre and cinema. The sobriquet ''Mukhyamantri'' (Chief ...

as Vydehi's father *

Harish Raj Harish Raj is an Indian actor and director based in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in the television serial ''Hosa Chiguru Hale Beru'' in 1996 and his debut in feature films was with ''Doni Saagali'' in 1998. After featuring in a stri ...

as Harsha * Vinayak Joshi * Chandru *Tabla Nani as Nataraj *Dattatreya H. G. *Chikkanna as Gopal *Sandeep Gowda as Pids Pokesh *Kirloskar Sathya *Raju Thalikote *Jayasheela Gowda

Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics penned by Pawan Wadeyar, Santhosh Nayak, Shivananje Gowda and

Jayant Kaikini Jayanth Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collecti ...

. The album consists of five tracks.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "Don't miss the popular number Pyar ke Aagbuttaithe sung by Chethan and Indu Nagaraj to the lyric penned by Pavan Wadeyar, and excellent costume designing by Shachina Heggar, and the dance choreographed by Murali. A critic from

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wrote "'Govindaya Namaha' is an entertainer which should be watched for its entertaining values and it carries the message about futility of committing suicide". A critic from

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wrote "Govindaya Namaha is an entertainer which should be watched for its entertaining values and it carries the message about futility of committing suicide". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "One thing that bugged audience on Day 1 was the dull look of the film which can be blamed on the satellite broadcast. More than 90 per cent of theatres screening the film are through satellite broadcast rather than the stock reel". A critic from

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote "The only consolation are the four duets that are shot well with good editing. Gurukiran’s music has added popularity to the film. Parul Yadav makes for a gorgeous nurse and can be commended for her acting".

Box office

The film was a surprise box office success and ran for a hundred days.

Awards

References

External links

* {{Pavan Wadeyar 2012 films 2012 comedy-drama films Films scored by Gurukiran Kannada films remade in other languages 2010s Kannada-language films Films shot in Bijapur, Karnataka Films directed by Pavan Wadeyar 2012 directorial debut films 2012 comedy films Indian comedy-drama films