Kutumba

This article is about a film. For the musical group from Nepal, see Kutumba (band).

Kutumba (transl. Family) is a 2003 Kannada-language action film starring Upendra and Natanya Singh. The film was directed by Naganna and produced by Shailendra Babu. Music for the film was scored by Gurukiran. It is the first among a series of successful films under Upendra — Naganna combination. The film also starred Ashok, Gurukiran, Advani Lakshmi Devi, Shwetha in supporting roles and B.C. Patil and Sathya Raj played the negative roles. The film is a remake of the 1991 Telugu film Gang Leader starring Chiranjeevi. The success of the film led to the release of two other successful films under Upendra — Naganna combination, namely Gokarna in 2003 and Gowramma in 2005.

Kutumba
Directed by	Naganna
Written by	K. Nanjunda [Dialogues]
Screenplay by	Vijaya Bapineedu
Story by	Vijaya Bapineedu
Based on	Gang Leader (Telugu)
Produced by	Shailendra Babu
Starring	Upendra Natanya Singh Ashok Gurukiran Advani Lakshmi Devi B.C. Patil
Cinematography	Sai Sathish
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Sri Shailendra productions
Release date	27 March 2003 (2003-03-27)
Running time	158 mins
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Upendra as Vijay
• Natanya Singh as Kanyakumari
• Ashok as Vivek
• Gurukiran as Vidhyadhar
• M. N. Lakshmi Devi
• B. C. Patil as Shankar Patil
• Arjun (Firoz Khan) as Jayaraj Patil
• Nithin Gopi as Sagar
• Dr. Nagesh kavati
• Bank Suresh
• Shwetha as Menaka
• Sathyaraj as DCP Shekhar
• Thalapathi Dinesh
• Doddanna as Jailer
• Mysore Ramanand
• Mandeep Roy as House Broker
• Pailwaan Venu
• Pushpa Swamy as Chief Minister
• Hanumanthe Gowda
• R. G. Vijayasarathy as Home Minister
• Myna Chandru as Astrologer
• Stunt Siddu
• Ravi Varma
• Narasimha Moorthi
• Jayalakshmi Patil as Lakshmi, Vivek's Wife
• Sridhar Raj as Sub-inspector A. B. Gowda

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was released in Hubli in April 2003 by Police Commissioner of the city, K. V. Gagandeep, and Mayor, Prakash Kyarakatti.^[1] The music was composed by Gurukiran.^[2]

Kutumba
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	April 2003
Genre	Feature Film soundtrack
Length	22:28
Language	Kannada
Label	Anand Audio
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jai Ganesha"	Upendra	Manu	3:45
2.	"Mujhe Kuchu Kuchu"	Kaviraj	Udit Narayan, Nanditha	4:26
3.	"Hele Meenakshi"	Kaviraj	Gurukiran	5:14
4.	"Allukku Balikinalli"	Upendra	Udit Narayan	4:41
5.	"Nee Nanna Appikolalavva"	Kaviraj	Hemanth, Shamitha	4:19
Total length:				22:28

Reception

A critic from Viggy wrote that "In a nutshell, is a mass entertainer with a difference with Upendra's touch".^[3] Indiainfo wrote "This film is for everyone. It does not have the tag line " Budhivantharige Mathra'. Infact [sic] you need no intelligence to watch this movie. Two hours of entertainment and a total paisa vasool".^[4]

Box office

Kutumba ran for 50 days in more than 17 centres across Karnataka and recorded 100 days in many centres across the state like Bangalore, Mysore, Davanagere, Shimoga, Mangalore, Hubli. It also completed 125 days of run at its main center in Bangalore.^[5]