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Venkata In Sankata
Venkata In Sankata
Soundtrack album by Ricky Kej
Released	January 2009
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio
Ricky Kej chronology

Venkata In Sankata
Venkata In Sankata
	VCD cover
Directed by	Ramesh Arvind
Written by	Madhu Thotapalli
Produced by	Naren A Manglani ; Ashok V Mittal ; Prakash N Amarnani
Starring	Ramesh Aravind; Sharmiela Mandre; Anusha ; Devadas Kapikad
Cinematography	PKH Das ; G. S. Bhaskar
Edited by	P. R. Soundar Rajan
Music by	Ricky Kej
Production; company	Sinema House
Release date	20 February 2009;
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Venkata In Sankata (Kannada: ವೆಂಕಟ ಇನ್ ಸಂಕಟ) is a 2009 Kannada comedy film directed by Ramesh Aravind and produced by "Sinema House" banner. The story is written by Telugu film writer, Madhu Thotapalli. This is the fourth directorial venture of actor Ramesh Aravind.^[1]

Besides Ramesh playing the title role of a traffic cop, the film cast includes Sharmiela Mandre, Anusha, Meghana Mudiyan, and Tulu theatre artist Devadas Kapikad amongst others. The film made its theatrical release on 20 February 2009 and received favorable reviews from the critics.

Plot

The film is all about a traffic constable Venkata (Ramesh) who dreams big to become a commissioner. Situations provoke him to become a target for all the troubles that happen around him. Later he is sent as an undercover cop to a college. His duty is to bust the terrorist who are stealing the chemicals from that college to prepare bombs. How he comes out of the trouble and reaches his aim forms the rest of the plot told in a hilarious manner.

Cast

Ramesh Aravind as Venkata
Devadas Kapikad as Rajaram Laddoo
Sharmiela Mandre
Meghana Mudiyam
Anusha
M. S. Umesh as "Gundamma"
Mukhyamantri Chandru
H. G. Dattatreya
Rajendra Karanth as Iqbal
Umashree
Bank Janardhan
Karibasavaiah
Kashi
Dingri Nagaraj
Rajinikanth S. as Punga

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ricky Kej for Anand Audio company. The audio was launched and released to the market on 20 January 2009.^[2]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Venkata"	Avinash Chebbi	Avinash Chebbi
2.	"Yedeya Olage"	Kaviraj	M. D. Pallavi Arun
3.	"Koogi Kuniyona"	Kaviraj	Avinash Chebbi, Chaitra H. G.
4.	"Nodutha"	Jayanth Kaikini	Naresh Iyer, Chaitra H. G.
5.	"Venkata (English)"	Avinash Chebbi, Devan	Avinash Chebbi

Review

Upon release, the film met with positive critical reviews for its comical content and character portrayals. The Times of India reviewed with four out of five stars lauding the film to be a "brilliant family entertainer with an excellent script, neat narration and slick placement of sequences".^[3] Rediff.com reviewed that the film is "worth a watch" giving it a 3+1⁄2 out of 5 star rating.^[4] Bangalore Mirror wrote "Then there are the made-to-make you-laugh characters like the gluttonous old woman played by Umesh, a fake godman, a group of naughty students and fumbling lecturers who in perfect sync with the story. The highlights of the film are the quirky dialogues and the swift narrative".^[5]

References

^ "First Look: Ramesh Arvind's Venkata In Sankata". Rediff.com. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Fun-filled 'Venkata in Sankata'". The Hindu. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011.
^ "Venkata In Sankata movie review". The Times Of India. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Venkata In Sankata: Worth a watch". Rediff.com. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Venkata In Sankata: The fun starts now". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2009.