Dattha

Datta and his friend, Tingu, are small-time crooks. They get in the wrong books of drug peddler, Basha. During one of their thefts, Datta sees Ramya and falls for her. In order to woo her, he returns what has been stolen from her house, pretends to be a well-educated person, and also acts as a SI. However, she finds out and breaks up with him, insulting him in the process.

Later, Datta is persuaded by a businessman Shanti Veerappa who requests him to act as his son Raju, so that his wife, Meenakshi, would recover from a bedridden sickness. However, Shanti Veerappa plots to eliminate Datta. Once his rivals finish Datta who is acting as his son, he can bring back Raju and be assured of his safety.

Datta, not knowing Shanti Veerappa's ploy, goes out along with Shanti Veerappa's family to his village, but is surprised that he is being constantly followed and attacked by Mallikarjuna's goons who he feels are henchmen of Basha. Ramya, who is the daughter of Shanti Veerappa's rival, also tries to eliminate Datta, thinking that he is Raju, but realizes her mistake and reconciles with him. Datta manages to stop Mallikarjuna and Shanti Veerappa's enmity. The families apologize to each other and accept Datta.

{{Cast listing|

• Darshan as Dattha
• Ramya
• Keerthi Chawla
• Komal as Tingu
• Srinath as Shanti Veerapa
• Avinash
• Vinaya Prakash
• Chitra Shenoy
• Bullet Prakash as Gandhinagar Ghouse
• Besant Ravi as Henchman
• Rajashekhar Kotian as Baasha Bhai
• Shanthamma
• Preethi Rao
• Vatara Mallesh
• Vishwas Bharadwaj
• Dr. Nagesh Kaveti
• O. A. K. Sundar
• M. N. Suresh
• Mohan Juneja as Police Officer
• Vaijanath Biradar

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The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.[http://music.raag.fm/Kannada/songs-8586-Datta_Kannada-Various Dattha songs] A part of the song "Valamenukkum" from Chithiram Pesuthadi was reused in "Baare Baare".

{{track listing

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| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Escape Mamu

| extra1 = Karthik

| lyrics1 = V. Nagendra Prasad

| length1 =

| title2 = Manasa Manasa

| extra2 = Kunal Ganjawala, Shreya Ghoshal

| lyrics2 = K. Kalyan

| length2 =

| title3 = Ee Soundaryakke

| extra3 = Kunal Ganjawala, Nanditha

| lyrics3 = K. Kalyan

| length3 =

| title4 = Kannige Kaanisuva

| extra4 = Madhu Balakrishnan

| lyrics4 = K. Kalyan

| length4 =

| title5 = Baare Baare

| extra5 = Shankar Mahadevan, Malathi

| lyrics5 = V. Nagendra Prasad

| length5 =

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R. G. Vijayasarathy from Rediff.com wrote that "All in all, an above average effort".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jun/12datta.htm|title=Datta: Darshan all the way!|date=12 June 2006|work=Rediff.com|author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy|first=R. G.|last= Vijayasarathy}} A critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that "This is a good entertainer and worth your money".{{Cite web|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/sections/how_is_it/2006/datta_2006.shtml|title=DELECTABLE 'DATHA': Dutt is diligent: Film Review : Udayaravi Cinemaz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504144632/http://www.chitraloka.com/sections/how_is_it/2006/datta_2006.shtml|work=Chitraloka.com|archive-date=4 May 2007|author=CNB|date=10 June 2006}} Deccan Herald wrote "Debutante director Gurudatt’s Datta is an action packed entertainer. Catchy dialogues, rib tickling comedy, sentiment and beautiful picturisation in foreign locales make it watchable".{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun112006/movies1838312006610.asp|date=11 June 2006|website=Deccan Herald|title=Datta|access-date=9 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709192334/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun112006/movies1838312006610.asp|archive-date=9 July 2006|first=S. N.|last=Deepak}}

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