Porki

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Porki
File:Movie posterprki.jpg
Directed by M D Sridhar
Produced by Dattatreya Bachhegowda
Story by Puri Jagannadh
Starring Darshan
Pranitha Subhash
Ashish Vidyarthi
Music by V. Harikrishna , Mani Sharma
Release dates
 2010
Country India
Language Kannada

Porki (English: Rogue) is a 2010 Kannada Action film directed by M. D. Shridhar, starring Darshan, Pranitha Subhash and Ashish Vidyarthi in the lead roles.

It is a remake of the 2006 film Pokiri. Despite the mixed response, the film managed to complete a 100 day run at the Box Office.[1]

Cast

  • Darshan as Dattu , Surya Narayan IPS
  • Pranitha Subhash as Anjali
  • Devaraj as Police Commissioner
  • Avinash as Satya Narayan Pandey
  • Ashish Vidyarthi as Ali Bhai
  • Shobharaj As Inspector Surtan
  • Sadhu Kokila
  • Tennis Krishna
  • Sangeetha Shetty
  • Dharma
  • Manoj
  • Chitra Shenoy
  • Sharan
  • Srujan Lokesh
  • Sharat Lohitashva and others

Censor Ratings

The film got an A Certificate from Censor Board before its release, with its runtime being 154 minutes. Later the film was recertified to get a U/A certificate, for video release, with a total of 109 cuts and the runtime being 128 minutes. The film's violence was toned down, and the film's heroine Praneetha's glamour show was completely deleted, since it was too bold for young viewers.[2]

Soundtrack

  • Heegu Untaa = by Kunal Ganjawala, Chorus
  • Sakkathagavle Sumne Nagthale = by V Harikrishna, Chorus
  • Dheera Dheera Baa Sara Sara (Music : Mani Sharma)= by Karthik, Sowmya Mahadevan
  • Daane Daane Daiyya = by Tippu, Priya Himesh
  • Oorella Nanna Porki Andru = by Rahul Nambiyar, Priya Himesh

Critical Reception

The film received generally mixed reviews from critics. The Times of India rated it 3/5[3] Nowrunning rated it 2.5/5[4] Rediff.com rated 2.5/5[5] Filmibeat rated it 3/5.[6] The Deccan Herald gave a positive review, stating that "The director has remained faithful to the original story byPuri Jagannath, thereby giving unalloyed joy to both action buffs and the sentimental ones."[7] Indiaglitz rated the film 3.5/5, stating that "For action lovers there cannot be any thing better than Porki".[8]

Audience Rating

The IMDb site's average user rating is 5.1/10 from 50 users.[9]

Home Media

The film was released on DVD and VCD by Anand Audio. The film's TV screening rights were sold to Asianet Suvarna. The film was recertified U/A by the Indian Censor Board, for video release.[2]

Dubbed Versions

The film was dubbed and released in Hindi as "Main Hoon Wanted" and in Bhojpuri as "Hamar Bhai Dabbang" by Goldmines Telefilms.[10][11]

Remakes

The original Telugu film Pokiri, directed by Puri Jagannadh, was remade in several other languages and still found success in the respective regional cinemas. Pokkiri is the first remake. The second one was Wanted, the Hindi version in 2009 which was also directed by Prabhu Deva, Like the two other versions, Wanted had Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead and has also Prakash Raj as the villain.[12] Porki is a remake of the Telugu movie Pokiri with Mahesh Babu, and was released in 2010.[13] Below is a map of the lead actors in the story of Pokiri and its remakes.

Pokiri
(Telugu)
(2006)		 Pokkiri
(Tamil)
(2007)		 Wanted
(Hindi)
(2009)		 Porki
(Kannada)
(2010)		 Rajotto
(Bengali) (Bangladeshi)
(2014)
Mahesh Babu Vijay Salman Khan Darshan Shakib Khan
Ileana D'Cruz Asin Ayesha Takia Pranitha Boby
Prakash Raj Prakash Raj Prakash Raj Ashish Vidyarthi Ilish Kobra
Nassar Nassar Vinod Khanna Avinash Pribir Mitro
Sayaji Shinde Napoleon Govind Namdeo Devaraj Sanko Panja
Ashish Vidyarthi Mukesh Tiwari Mahesh Manjrekar Shobaraj Rothun
Jyothi Rana Brinda Parekh Mahek Chahal Sangeetha Shetty Arefin Iqbal

References

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