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Veera Kannadiga
Veera Kannadiga
Soundtrack album by Chakri
Released	January 2004
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	28:48
Language	Kannada
Label	Akash Audio
Producer	Chakri
Chakri chronology
External audio
	Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Veera Kannadiga
Veera Kannadiga
	DVD cover
Directed by	Meher Ramesh
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	K.S. Rama Rao ; K. A. Vallabha
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar; Anitha Hassanandani
Edited by	Udayakumar
Music by	Chakri
Production; company	Creative Commercials
Release date	1 January 2004;
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Veera Kannadiga (transl. The Brave Kannadiga) is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by debutant Meher Ramesh from a story written by Puri Jagannadh who simultaneously shot the film in Telugu as Andhrawala starring Jr. NTR. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Anita Hassanandani in the lead roles.

Veera Kannadiga was released on 1 January 2004, where it became a commercial success at the box office despite the Telugu version tanked at the box office.^[1]

Plot

Munna is a slum dweller in Bangalore who learns from a person named Vishwa that his father is Shankar, a labourer who fought against a gangster named Bade Mia for the rights of Kannadigas in Mumbai. Shankar and Bade Mia's enmity rapidly developed due to Shankar and his men accidentally killed his son. During the naming ceremony of Munna, Bade Mia assassinated Shankar and his wife, but Shankar's subordinate Vishwa managed to escape with Munna where he places Munna on a footpath besides a beggar. Learning about this, Munna wages a war against Bade Mia, where he finally finishes Bade Mia and his empire, thus avenging Shankar's death.

Cast

Puneeth Rajkumar as Munna and Shankar (dual role)
Anita Hassanandani as Chitra^[1]
Kaushalya as Shankar's wife
Laya as Lakshmi
Sayaji Shinde as Bade Mia
Avinash as Vishwa
Riyaz Khan as Dhanraj
Kazan Khan
Bullet Prakash
Karthik Sharma
Besant Ravi

Production

Meher Ramesh who assisted Puri Jagannadh, made his directorial debut with this film. The film was started on 22 August 2003 and was completed by 25 December 2003.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakri who also composed for the Telugu version Andhrawala. The soundtrack was released by Akash Audio. The track "Naire Naire" was reused from Andhrawala.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Addadalli Kingu Naanu"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya	5:00
2.	"Jeeva Kannada Deha Kannada"	Hamsalekha	Shankar Mahadevan	4:36
3.	"Mastu Hudugiye"	K. Kalyan	Chakri, Kausalya	5:29
4.	"Naire Naire Nai Naire"	Bangiranga	Puneeth Rajkumar	4:44
5.	"Sai Sai Monaleesa"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Ravivarma, Kausalya	4:31
6.	"Sikku Sikku Sundari"	K. Kalyan	Chakri, Kausalya	4:45

Reception

Viggy wrote "Veera Kannadiga looks luxurious but for Kannadigas, is nothing but an Andhra Meal!".^[3] Deccan Herald wrote "Puneeth Rajkumar in a double role as father and son puts up a convincing show." He concluding writing, "The film’s main focus is on the gallantry of Kannadigas. Music by Chakri will appeal to the youngsters but there are too many songs. The movie will be an enjoyable fare for the lovers of comedy."^[4]