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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bettanagere<br />
| image = Bettanagere.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Mohan Gowda Bettanagere<br />
| producer = B. N. Swamy<br />
| story = Mohan Gowda Bettanagere<br />
| screenplay = Mohan Gowda Bettanagere<br />
| starring = [[Sumanth Shailendra]]<br/>Akshay<br/>[[Vinod Kambli]]<br />
| music = [[Rajesh Ramanath]]<br />
| cinematography = Venu H. C.<br />
| editing = Jo. Ni. Harsha<br />
| distributor = <br />
| studio = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|10|30}}<br />
| runtime = 125 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
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'''''Bettanagere''''' is a 2015 [[Indian film|Indian]] [[Kannada language|Kannada]] [[crime]]-[[thriller film|thriller]] [[film]] written and directed by Mohan Gowda Bettanagere. It is a fictional exposé of the underworld cousin goons Bethanagere Seena and Bethanagere Shankara who are based in the North Bangalore region called ''Bethanagere''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chitraloka.com/news/4095-bettanagere-launched.html|title=Bettanagere Launched|publisher=Chitraloka|date=31 October 2013|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> The film is produced by B. N. Swamy and the music is composed by [[Rajesh Ramanath]]. The film stars [[Sumanth Shailendra]] and Akshay as the goon brothers along with former cricketer [[Vinod Kambli]] in a special supporting role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chitraloka.com/news/4080-vinod-kambli-to-act-in-bettanagere.html|title=Vinod Kambli to Act in Bettanagere!|publisher=Chitraloka|date=28 October 2013|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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Although the film went on floors in October 2013, it had to face many legal troubles and halts during the making.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Bettanagere-gets-into-trouble/2014/06/19/article2288215.ece|title=Bettanagere gets into trouble |publisher=The New Indian Express|date=19 June 2014|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> The filming had to be halted and it was reported that the film was dropped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Film-on-Bettanagere-Seena-dropped/articleshow/33903123.cms|title=Film on Bettanagere Seena dropped?|work=The Times of India|date=18 April 2014|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> The film eventually underwent a revival and resumed the shoot towards the completion in early 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ytalkies.com/sandalwood-film-news/bettanagere-movie-gets-a-makeover|title=Bettanagere movie gets a 'makeover'|publisher=Ytalkies|date=21 June 2015|accessdate=24 August 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, the film had to settle for a record 139 edits from the censor board making it the first Kannada film with such large cuts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Bettanageres-139-cuts-is-a-record-in-Sandalwood/articleshow/48285606.cms|title=Bettanagere's 139 cuts is a record in Sandalwood|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=30 July 2015|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* Akshay as Shekara<br />
* [[Sumanth Shailendra]] as Shiva<br />
* [[Naina Sarwar]]<br />
* [[Vinod Kambli]]<br />
* Muniraj<br />
* Shobhraj<br />
* [[Avinash]]<br />
* [[Achyuth Kumar]]<br />
* [[Bullet Prakash]]<br />
* Yathiraj<br />
* Killer Venkatesh<br />
* Veena Sundar<br />
* Ramanithu Chaudhary as item number "Bandi Bandi"<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The soundtrack is composed by [[Rajesh Ramanath]]. The audio was launched by director [[Ram Gopal Varma]] in Bangalore's [[Chamundeshwari Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/12163-rgv-releases-bettanagere-audio.html|title=RGV Releases Bettanagere Audio|publisher=Chitraloka|date=28 July 2015|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> Varma was in town for shooting his film ''[[Killing Veerappan]]''. The lyrics of the song "Bandi Bandi" came under the scrutiny of the censor board and the entire lyrics had to be changed for the final approval.<br />
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===Track listing===<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Bandi Bandi<br />
| extra1 = [[Mamta Sharma]]<br />
| lyrics1 = [[V. Nagendra Prasad]]<br />
| length1 = <br />
| title2 = Neeli Neeli<br />
| extra2 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[Anuradha Bhat]]<br />
| lyrics2 = <br />
| length2 = <br />
| title3 = Harakeya Thandevamma<br />
| extra3 = [[Kailash Kher]]<br />
| lyrics3 = <br />
| length3 = <br />
| title4= Neeli Neeli<br />
| extra4 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]], Anuradha Bhat<br />
| lyrics4 = <br />
| length4 = <br />
| title5 = Bethanagere Theme<br />
| extra5 = [[Santhosh Venky]]<br />
| lyrics5 = <br />
| length5 = <br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Film-on-Rowdy-Cousins-Suffers-103-Cuts/2015/06/20/article2875708.ece Film on Rowdy Cousins Suffers 103 Cuts]<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt5170264}}<br />
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