Masti (2007 film)

Not to be confused with Masti (film series).

Masti is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Shivamani and starring Upendra and Jennifer Kotwal. The film gathered some controversy for its title from fringe Kannada groups, who felt it was an insult to Masti Venkatesha Iyengar.^[1]

Masti
Directed by	Shivamani
Written by	Upendra Jennifer Kotwal
Produced by	Ramu
Cinematography	Giri
Edited by	Shashi Kumar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Ramu Enterprises
Release date	May 7, 2007 (2007-05-07)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Upendra as Siddappaji aka Masti
• Jennifer Kotwal
• Shashi Kumar
• Kota Srinivasa Rao
• Ramesh Bhat
• Umashree
• Ponnambalam
• Kishore
• Pavithra Lokesh
• Mico Nagaraj
• Satya Prakash
• Kote Prabhakar
• Sathyajith
• Mansoor Ali Khan
• Sadashiva Brahmavar
• Sadhu Kokila
• Bullet Prakash
• Pavithra Lokesh
• Chitra Shenoy
• Honnavalli Krishna
• M. S. Umesh
• Malavalli Saikrishna
• Mohan Juneja
• Killer Venkatesh

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Gurukiran and released by Jhankar Music.

Masti
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	May 4, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	29:49
Label	Jhankar Music
Producer	Gurukiran
Gurukiran chronology
Pallakki (2007) Masti (2007) Santha (2007)

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kannalide"	K. Kalyan	Udit Narayan, Shamitha Malnad	5:26
2.	"Kolumande"	Goturi	Shankar Mahadevan, B. Jayashree	4:31
3.	"Raviye Vandane"	K. Kalyan	K. S. Chithra	3:33
4.	"Ingyake"	Goturi	L. N. Shastri, Nanditha	2:02
5.	"Kamsale Taalke"	Goturi	L. N. Shastri, Sunitha Upadrashta	2:15
6.	"Masti Banda"	V. Nagendra Prasad	J. Anoop Seelin, B. Jayashree, Chaitra Ambadipudi, Gurukiran, Rangaswamy	4:13
7.	"Rama Lakshmana"	Goturi	Baby Hiranmayi, Nanditha	1:52
8.	"Mastire"	K. Kalyan	Malgudi Subha, Sukhwinder Singh	4:44
9.	"Roudravthara"	Hrudaya Shiva	Ravindra Prabhu	1:13
Total length:				29:49

Reception

Critical response

R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Masti is a better offering which may be remembered for Upendra's performance and high technical values".^[2] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "The film marks a new innings in Upendra's career. While OM remains one of his best directed films, Masti certainly can be termed as one of his best performances".^[3]