Lift Kodla

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Lift Kodla
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Directed byAshok Kashyap
Written byRama Narayan (dialogue)
Screenplay byAshok Kashyap
Based onMee Sreyobhilashi
by Ramesh Cheppala
Produced byShankar Reddy
StarringJaggesh
Komal
CinematographyAshok Kashyap
Edited byUdayaravi Hegde
Music byV. Manohar
Production
company
Sri CMR Productions
Release date
  • 16 July 2010 (2010-07-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget3.5 crore (US$440,000)[1]

Lift Kodla (transl. Shall I drop you off?) is a 2010 Indian

drama film directed by Ashok Kashyap and starring Jaggesh and Komal. It is a remake of the Telugu-language film Mee Sreyobhilashi (2007),[2] which itself is based on the Japanese film Ikinai (1998).[3][4] The film deals with the topic of suicides and was released a day after television actors Indudhar and Hema committed suicide.[5] The film was a box office success and ran for more than four weeks in theatres.[1]

Plot

The film follows Krishna (Jaggesh) and how he prevents a group of ten bus passengers (including Ring Road Gowda played by Komal) travelling from Bangalore to Kodachadri Hills from committing suicide.

Cast

Production

After the success of Manmatha (2007), brothers Jaggesh and Komal starred together in this film.[7] Archanna Guptaa plays a rich girl who softens out in the end.[8]

Soundtrack

Lift Kodla
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The music was composed by V. Manohar.[9] The song "Ondu Maathu" is plagiarised/translated from the song "Oru Vaarthai Solla" from the Tamil film Ayyaa (2005). The song "Chirunavvulatho Brathakali" from Mee Sreyobhilashi was reused as "Manasondu Iddare Marga" with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam singing both versions.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ondu Maathu"Ram NarayanRajesh Krishnan, Anuradha Bhat5:01
2."Happy Happy Birthday"V. ManoharKunal Ganjawala4:36
3."Suriviya Maleyalli"V. ManoharRajesh Krishnan4:31
4."Manasondu Iddare Marga"Ram NarayanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam7:23
Total length:21:33

Reception

A critic from

Chitraloka wrote that "Lift Kodla is a film that no self-respecting Kannada film goers would want to miss".[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "On the sets of Khaleeja". South Scope. September 2010 – via issuu.com.
  2. ^ Reddy, Maheswara (14 July 2010). "Spotlight on suicides". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/300117/copycats-in-tollywood.html
  4. ^
    IANS. Archived
    from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via Nowrunning.
  5. ^ a b "Lift Kodla Swargakke Moore Ghenu Review". Indiaglitz. 17 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Shades of Chaplin". Deccan Herald. 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Jaggesh and brother Komal get together again". The New Indian Express. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  8. ^ Hegde, Sudha (7 July 2010). "She's going places". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Lift Kodla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Liftu Kodla". The New Indian Express. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  11. ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash (19 July 2010). "Lift Kodla - Review". Filmibeat. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Lift Kodla Movie Review". Chitraloka.com. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

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