Punda (film)

Punda (English:Naughty) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language action drama film directed by Sivashangkar Mohan. It stars Yogesh and Meghana Raj,^[1] making her Kannada Debut, in prominent roles. The film is presented by R. B. Choudary's Super Good Films and the music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. It is a remake of the Tamil film Polladhavan which starred Dhanush and Ramya in the lead roles.^[2]

Punda
Directed by	Sivashangkar Mohan
Written by	H. Vasudev
Based on	Polladhavan (Tamil) by Vetrimaaran
Produced by	Iniyan Apoorva Swamy Suresh Chowdhary
Starring	Yogesh Meghana Raj Sharath Lohitashwa
Cinematography	Shekar Chandra
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Music by	G.V.Prakash Kumar
Production company	Super Good Films
Release date	18 June 2010 (2010-06-18)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Yogi, an unemployed man, buys a Bajaj Pulsar bike and ultimately gets attached to it. However, Yogi's bike gets stolen by a thief who works for Bhoja's brother, Shiva, who is a goon. Yogi hands over the culprit to the police but couldn't find his bike. He clashes with Shiva who stole his bike and is transporting drugs in it. How Yogi saves his family from Shiva and retrieves his bike forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Yogesh as Yogi
• Meghana Raj as Megha
• Avinash as Yogi's father
• Petrol Prasanna as Shiva
• Sharath Lohitashwa as Bhoja, Shiva's elder brother
• Thulasi as Yogi's mother
• Asharani as Bhoja's wife
• Mohan Juneja as a man at the bar^{[3]: 1:14:16–1:14:40}

Soundtrack

Most of the film's songs are composed and scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The songs, except "Pakkadmane Hudugana", were reused from the original.

Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics
"Omomme Edurade"	Kunal Ganjawala, Nandini	V. Nagendra Prasad
"Ishtu Sanna Bottlenalli"	Hemanth Kumar	Kaviraj
"Pakkadmane Hudugana" (composed by Mathews Manu)	Kailash Kher, Usha	Mathews Manu
"Yaako Dil"	Shamitha Malnad, Mohammed Aslam	V. Nagendra Prasad
"Naa Mangalooru Meenu"	Suchitra	V. Nagendra Prasad

Reception

A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "H Vasu could have done a better job with a better narration which seems loose in the first half.^[4] Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of Rediff scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Punda is a time pass watch for Yogish's fans who haven't seen Polladhavan".^[5] BSS from Deccan Herald wrote "In the end, “Punda” will definitely endear himself to Yogesh fans".^[6] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote  "The credit for Punda being a good watch should go to the original makers. Despite some blood sport, Punda is worth a watch".^[7]