Bindaas (2008 film)
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| Directed by | D. Rajendra Babu |
| Screenplay by | D. Rajendra Babu |
| Dialogues by | Malavalli Saikrishna |
| Story by | Janardhana Maharshi |
| Produced by | M. Chandrashekar |
| Starring | Puneeth Rajkumar Hansika Motwani |
| Cinematography | H. C. Venu |
| Edited by | T. Shashikumar |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | Udayachandra Productions |
| Distributed by | Jayanna Films |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Bindaas (transl. Independent) is a Kannada-language action comedy film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by M. Chandrashekar under Udayachandra Productions. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar, alongside Hansika Motwani (in her Kannada debut), Nassar, Suman and Rahul Dev. The soundtrack and score was composed by Gurukiran, while the cinematography and editing were handled by H. C. Venu and T. Shashikumar respectively.
Bindaas was released on 15 February 2008, received mixed-to-positive reviews, and became a box office success. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Pandugadu, in Hindi as Be Happy Bindaas and in Bhojpuri as Baazi. It was also reported to have been dubbed in Malayalam. Despite being dubbed in Bhojpuri, it was remade as Hero, making it the first Kannada film to be remade in that language.