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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Heegu Unte<br />
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| director = [[Madan Patel]]<br />
| writer = Madan Patel <br />
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| producer = Madan Patel <br />
| starring = Madan Patel<br />[[Jai Akash]]<br />
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| cinematography = R. D. Ravi<br />
| editing = J. G. Krishna<br />
| music = Adi (Mahesh Patel)<br />
| studio = Media International<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|10|24}} <br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
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'''''Heegu Unte''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Madan Patel]] and starring himself and [[Jai Akash]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is about the problems faced by women in the garment industry.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Madan Patel]] as Annaiah<br />
*[[Jai Akash]]<br />
*Sushil Kumar<br />
*Madhu Goumathi<br />
*Ravi Teja<br />
*Harshita<br />
*Vanitha<br />
*[[Satya Prakash (actor)|Satya Prakash]]<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
The film was released on 24 October 2008 coinciding with ''[[Sangama (film)|Sangama]]'' to negative reviews.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}<br />
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A critic from ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'' rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that "It is doubtful if the audience will watch this film even at gunpoint. They will either doze off or run away disregarding the gun pointed by Madan Patel, who is the film’s leading man, director, script writer and a host of other things combined".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/heegu-unte-nonsense/articleshow/22374891.cms|title=Heegu Unte: Nonsense|date=25 October 2008|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> [[R. G. Vijayasarathy]] of ''[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]'' wrote that "''Heegu Unte'' is a film that should be avoided at any cost".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaforums.com/article/heegu-unte-fails-on-all-countskannada-film-review_9010|title='Heegu Unte' fails on all counts|work=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]|via=India Forums|date=28 October 2008|first=R. G.|last=Vijayasarathy|author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy|access-date=22 June 2024|archive-date=10 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210104012/https://www.indiaforums.com/article/heegu-unte-fails-on-all-countskannada-film-review_9010|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Controversy == <br />
[[Madan Patel]] pointed his gun at a senior news photographer KN Nageshkumar for badmouthing the film and Nageshkumar subsequently filed a police complaint.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/film-director-patches-up-with-photojournalist/articleshow/22369371.cms|title=Film director patches up with photojournalist|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|date=31 October 2008|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/badmouth-a-film-face-a-gun/articleshow/22373854.cms|title=Badmouth a film, face a gun!|date=27 October 2008|work=Bangalore Mirror|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chitratara.com/show-content.php?id=370&ptype=News&title=PISTOLS%20AND%20WAR%20OF%20WORDS:%20CONTROVERSIES%20IN%202008|title=PISTOLS AND WAR OF WORDS: CONTROVERSIES IN 2008|date=25 December 2008|work=Chitratara.com|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|14252674}}<br />
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[[Category:2008 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2008 Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2008 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about prostitution]]<br />
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