Pungi Daasa Explained

Pungi Daasa
Director:	M. S. Sreenath
Producer:	S. B. Bhagyamma Sadashiva D. Sadashiva
Story:	M. S. Sreenath
Screenplay:	M. S. Srinath
Starring:	Komal Kumar Asma
Music:	Farhan Roshan
Cinematography:	K. Arul
Editing:	Suresh D. H.
Studio:	SSV Productions
Runtime:	153 minutes
Language:	Kannada
Country:	India

Pungi Daasa is a 2014 Indian Kannada comedy drama directed by M. S. Sreenath and starring Komal Kumar and Asma. It is a comedy about how the Pungi Daasa tries to recover the money his grandfather had lent to various people after his grandfather goes into a coma.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Komal Kumar as Ramadasa
• Asma as Nandini
• Sowcar Janaki as Gayatri Devi
• B. C. Patil as elder son of Devadasa's first wife
• R. N. Sudarshan as Devadasa
• Tabla Nani as Ramadasa's uncle
• Rajendra Karanth as Kalidasa
• Padmaja Rao as Kalidasa's mother
• Asif as younger son of Devadasa's first wife
• Bullet Prakash
• Kuri Prathap as Ramadasa's friend
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Chikkanna as Ramadasa's friend
• M. S. Umesh
• Rockline Sudhakar
• Mukhyamantri Chandru as judge and Kalidasa's close friend
• H. G. Dattatreya as Devadasa's close friend
• Akki Channabasappa

Reception

A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Komal has failed to exercise his witty side in Pungi Daasa and has ended up making an unappealing family drama".^[4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "Fans of Komal should not mind going to the theatres to watch it. For others, there is TV.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pungi Dasa' shooting complete . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107182129/http://www.sify.com/movies/pungi-dasa-shooting-complete-news-kannada-nhtmI5baahhsi.html . dead . 7 November 2014 . . 19 July 2013 . 27 October 2014.
2. Web site: Komal Kumar is a busy man. . Taniya Talukdar . 14 June 2013 . 27 October 2014.
3. Web site: Pungi Dasa shoot nearly complete. The Times of India. 20 July 2013. Anjali. Muthanna.
4. Web site: Pungi Daasa is Bumpy and Overdone . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220162008/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Pungi-Daasa-is-Bumpy-and-Overdone/2014/05/31/article2255550.ece1 . dead . 20 December 2014 . The New Indian Express . A.. Sharadhaa . 31 May 2014 . 27 October 2014.
5. Web site: Film Review: Pungidasa. 30 May 2014. Bangalore Mirror. Shyam Prasad. S..