Kotigobba 2 Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada Tamil |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Romance |
| Release date | 11 August 2016 (Bangalore) 12 August 2016 (India, Malaysia and Singapore) |
| Running time | 162 minutes (Kannada version) 156 minutes (Tamil version) |
| Certificate | U |
| Starring | Sudeepa Nithya Menen |
| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Written by | K. S. Ravikumar T. Sivakumar |
| Produced by | M. B. Babu |
| Cinematography by | Raja Rathinam |
| Edited by | Praveen Antony |
| Music by | D. Imman |
| Production Company | Rockline Entertainments (Kannada) Rambabu Productions (Tamil) |
| Distributor | Rockline Entertainments |
Kotigobba 2 Movie Cast & Characters:
| Cast (Kannada) | Cast (Tamil) | Role (Kannada) | Role (Tamil) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudeepa | Sathya/Shiva | Sathyam/Shivam | Sathyam/Shivam |
| Nithya Menen | Subha/Subhashini | Subha/Subhashini | Subha/Subhashini |
| Ravi Shankar | ACP Kishore | ACP Kishore | ACP Kishore |
| Nassar | DCP Sharathkumar | DCP Sharathkumar | DCP Sharathkumar |
| Prakash Raj | Sathya’s father | Sathyam’s father | Sathyam’s father |
| Mukesh Tiwari | Rich Businessman | Rich Businessman | Rich Businessman |
| Sharath Lohitashwa | Rich Businessman | Rich Businessman | Rich Businessman |
| Chikkanna | Chikkanna | Saravana | Saravana |
| Sathish | Sathya’s friend | Sathish | Sathish |
| Avinash | Land Owner | Land Owner | Land Owner |
| Tabla Nani | Bus passenger | Bus passenger | Bus passenger |
| Imman Annachi | Bus passenger | Bus passenger | Bus passenger |
| Devaraj | Delhi Ganesh | Orphanage Owner | Orphanage Owner |
| Achyuth Kumar | Subha’s brother | Subha’s brother | Subha’s brother |
| Latha Rao | Subha’s sister-in-law | Subha’s sister-in-law | Subha’s sister-in-law |
| Sadhu Kokila | Bus passenger | Bus passenger | Bus passenger |
| C. Ranganathan | Bus passenger | Bus passenger | Bus passenger |
| Veena Sundar | Bus passenger | Bus passenger | Bus passenger |
| Ravi Chethan | Siva Narayana Murthy | Police officer | Police officer |
| Kuri Prathap | Shop owner | Shop owner | Shop owner |
| Vadivelu | Ajay Rathnam | Police officer | Police officer |
| Kovai Senthil | Shop owner | Shop owner | Shop owner |
| Scissor Manohar | Shop owner | Shop owner | Shop owner |
| K. S. Ravikumar | special appearance | special appearance | special appearance |
Storyline:
In the film, Sathya, a real estate agent, disguises himself as a professional robber and loots wealthy people. When the police begin their investigation, he tries to convince them that his identical twin brother Shiva is the culprit.
Kotigobba 2 Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Worldwide Collection | ₹35−38 crore |
Kotigobba 2 Movie tracklist:
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Kotigobba” | V. Nagendra Prasad | Vijay Prakash | 04:17 |
| 2. | “Saaluthillave” | V. Nagendra Prasad | Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal | 04:10 |
| 3. | “Hunna Hunna” | V. Nagendra Prasad | Sudeepa, Shashaa Tirupati, Mc Rude | 04:23 |
| 4. | “Hello Mister” | V. Nagendra Prasad | Neeti Mohan, Snigdha Chandra | 04:25 |
| 5. | “Parapanche Nene” | V. Nagendra Prasad | Shankar Mahadevan | 04:08 |
About Kotigobba 2 Movie:
The film title is Kotigobba 2 in Kannada and Mudinja Ivana Pudi in Tamil.
The film was simultaneously produced by Rockline Venkatesh and M. Babu in Kannada and Tamil languages. Despite the title, the film is not a sequel to the 2001 film, Kotigobba.
Kotigobba 2 was released on 12 August 2016. The distribution rights of the movie were sold for 16 crores, the highest for any Kannada movie at that time. The Tamil version was dubbed into Telugu as Kotikokkadu (transl. One in a crore) and in Hindi under the same title as the Tamil version. Telugu version will be presented by Lagadapati Srinivas.
The satellite rights of the Kannada version were sold to Udaya TV, while the Tamil and Telugu versions were sold to Colors Tamil and Zee Telugu.
The film Kannada-Tamil versions of the film were released on 12 August 2016 coinciding with the 2016 Varalakshmi Vrata, where it received positive reviews from critics and audience. The film was a commercial success at the box office.
Awards and nominations
- 64th Filmfare Awards South:
- Best Actor In A Leading Role – Kannada – Nominated – Sudeepa
- 6th SIIMA:
- Best Film – Kannada – Won
- Best Comedian – Kannada – Nominated – Chikkanna
- 2nd IIFA Utsavam:
- Best Actor in a Comic Role – Won – Chikkanna
- 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival:
- Best Popular Film – Won
- Edison Awards (India) 2017:
- Best Female Playback Singer – Won – Shreya Ghoshal for the song Pothavillaye
- Mirchi Music Awards South 2017:
- Song of the Year – Won for the song Saaluthillave
- Mirchi Music Awards South 2021:
- Song of the Decade – Won for the song Saaluthuillave
