- Kotigobba was a remake of Rajinikanth’s 1995 Tamil film Baashha which itself was inspired from the 1991 Hindi movie Hum.
- The film was directed by Naganna and features a soundtrack from Deva who also composed the music for the Tamil version.
- Kotigobba was theatrically released on 16 November 2001, met with very good reviews, and was declared as one of the biggest blockbusters completing a successful 30 weeks at the box office and the success function was held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru on Saturday, 16 March 2002. In 2012, director Suresh Krissna who made the original version announced that he would be making a sequel to this film in Kannada language. Vishnuvardhan was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor category.
- The film met with very good reviews and was declared as one of the biggest blockbusters completing a successful 30 weeks at the box office and the success function was held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru on Saturday, 16 March 2002.
- In 2012, director Suresh Krissna who made the original version announced that he would be making a sequel to this film in the Kannada language.
- Vishnuvardhan was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor category.
- A spiritual successor, Kotigobba 2, starring Sudeep and directed by K. S. Ravikumar was released in 2016.
Kotigobba Movie Traclist
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Annayya Tammayya” | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 6:00 |
| 2. | “Are Tai Tai Tandana” | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 6:38 |
| 3. | “Kaverige Kalungara” | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 6:04 |
| 4. | “Sahasa Simha” | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:15 |
| 5. | “Tingala Belakina Angaladalli” | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | 4:06 |
| 6. | “Vardhana Vishnuvardhana” | K. Kalyan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | 3:40 |
| 7. | “Annayya Tammayya” | Instrumental |
