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{{Short description|2007 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Hudugaata
| image = Hudugaata.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Sanjay. K
| producer = B.G. Babu Reddy
| screenplay = Sanjay. K
| starring = [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br /> [[Rekha Vedavyas]]<br /> [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]]<br /> [[Komal Kumar]]
| music = [[Jassie Gift]]
| cinematography = [[Satya Hegde]]
| editing = K. M. Prakash
| studio = Nitin Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2007|06|08|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Kannada
}}
'''''Hudugaata''''' ({{audio|Kn-ಹುಡುಗಾಟ.ogg|pronunciation}} {{Translation|Childish}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Kannada]]-language film. It features [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] and [[Rekha Vedavyas]] in the lead roles. It is based on the 1934 American film ''[[It Happened One Night]]''.

== Plot ==
Priya Rao is the daughter of a Bangalore-based [[business tycoon]], S. K. Ananth Rao. She is head-over-heels in love with [[tennis player]] Rahul, but Ananth Rao strongly disapproves of their courtship. One night, Priya escapes from her home and hops onto a bus to Kanyakumari to be with Rahul. Meanwhile, Ananth Rao, realizing his daughter has run away, dispatches [[private detective]]s to locate her.
Aboard the bus, Priya meets Balu Mahendar aka Balu, a loud-mouthed journalist who has just secured a job as a sports reporter. He heads to Kanyakumari to interview Rahul and offers to help Priya in exchange for an exclusive story on her. Priya is forced to agree to his demands, as he threatens to let her father know of her whereabouts should she not comply. After both of them happen to miss the bus, Balu and Priya go through various adventures together and find themselves falling in love with one another.

Balu falls for Priya, but knows that financially he is in no shape to do so. Priya also falls for Balu and decides to go with him, but a misunderstanding leads her to believe that Balu was just looking for a story and not her love. She quits on Balu, returns home and agrees to marry Rahul. However, Ananth Rao learns about Balu when he comes to him to take back the money, spent by Balu on Priya on his way to Kanyakumari. He realizes how Balu has taken care of Priya during the trip. Priya misunderstands Balu and believes that he might have arrived for the reward announced by Ananth Rao. Ananth Rao tells Priya that Balu is the right man for her and that he has not arrived for the reward. On the wedding day she realizes that Balu really loves her and then runs away from the [[Banquet hall|marriage hall]] to Balu with Ananth Rao's support.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] as Balu Mahendar
* [[Rekha Vedavyas]] as Priya Rao
* [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as S. K. Ananth Rao
* [[Komal (actor)|Komal]] as "Mathi" Madesha
* [[Karibasavaiah]] as Krishnappa, bus conductor
* [[Shobaraj]] as a goon who is in search of Priya.
* [[Sathyajith (Kannada actor)|Sathyajith]] as Subra Shastry
* Santhosh as Rahul, tennis player
* Vishwa
* Sunil
* Tumkur Mohan as truck driver
}}

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Jassie Gift]], marking his Kannada debut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hudugaata |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/hudugaata/iEQHZSoSJS4_ |access-date=18 March 2021 |website=[[JioSaavn]] |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120043809/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/hudugaata/iEQHZSoSJS4_ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song "Mandakiniye" was the same composition as "Lajjavathiye" from the Malayalam film ''[[4 the People]]''.<ref name=rediff/> The song "Stylo Stylo" was the same composition as "Bomma Bomma" from the Malayalam film ''[[Shambu (2004 film)|Shambhu]]''.<ref name=rediff/> After the success of this film, Gift went on to do more Kannada films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/140118/jazz-it-up-jassie.html|title=Jazz it up, Jessie|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=14 January 2018|last=Manu|first=Meera|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224801/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/140118/jazz-it-up-jassie.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Infobox album
| name = Hudugaata
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Jassie Gift]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">13 April 2007</div>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=32}}
| label = Anand Audio
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Balram vs. Tharadas]]
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Thee Nagar]]
| next_year = 2007
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 34:32
| title1 = Stylo Stylo
| lyrics1 = [[Kaviraj (lyricist)|Kaviraj]]
| extra1 = [[Jassie Gift]], George Peter, [[Emil Mohammed|Emil]], Prasanna
| length1 = 4:39
| title2 = Mandakiniye
| lyrics2 = Kaviraj
| extra2 = Jassie Gift, [[Vasundhara Das]]
| length2 = 4:35
| title3 = Are Are Saaguthide
| lyrics3 = [[Jayanth Kaikini]]
| extra3 = [[Naresh Iyer]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length3 = 5:28
| title4 = Ommomme Heegu
| lyrics4 = Kaviraj
| extra4 = [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Alisha Chinai]]
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = Ishtu Jana
| lyrics5 = Kaviraj
| extra5 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Saindhavi]], Jassie Gift, [[Chetan Sosca]]
| length5 = 5:00
| title6 = Yeno Onthara
| lyrics6 = Kaviraj
| extra6 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length6 = 4:57
| title7 = Nenapagade
| lyrics7 = Kaviraj
| extra7 = [[Vijay Yesudas]], Rajalakshmi
| length7 = 5:36
}}

== Reception ==
A critic from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' wrote that "If you want to see the film for Ganesh, then you will not be disappointed. But if you have seen the original, the film is sure to disappoint you".<ref name=rediff>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/sshudu/20070611.htm|title=Hudugaata: Only for Ganesh fans|date=11 June 2007|work=[[Rediff]]|first=R. G.|last=Vijayasarathy|author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy|access-date=25 January 2022|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125065806/https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/sshudu/20070611.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' wrote that "The redeeming features of this film are less characters, excellent cinematography and editing. On the downside there are few unwanted scenes which come as speed breakers".<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2007 |title=Hudugaata |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/hudugaata-review-kannada-pclwq2ehfedig.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809015957/https://www.sify.com/movies/hudugaata-review-kannada-pclwq2ehfedig.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=8 March 2021 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=3171674}}

[[Category:2007 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:2007 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:2007 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian road movies]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Indian screwball comedy films]]
[[Category:Films about buses]]
[[Category:Comedy of remarriage films]]
[[Category:Films about interclass romance]]
[[Category:Films about journalists]]
[[Category:Films about runaways]]
[[Category:Films set in country houses]]
[[Category:Films about hitchhiking]]
[[Category:Films set in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Films based on American short stories]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Samuel Hopkins Adams]]
[[Category:Films based on adaptations]]
[[Category:Films shot in Bengaluru]]

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