Lift Kodla

The film follows Krishna (Jaggesh) and how he prevents a group of ten bus passengers (including Ring Road Gowda played by Komal) travelling from Bangalore to Kodachadri Hills from committing suicide.

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• Jaggesh as Krishna
• Komal as Ring Road Gowda{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/81504/shades-chaplin.html|title=Shades of Chaplin|date=15 July 2010|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=19 July 2023|archive-date=18 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718221430/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/81504/shades-chaplin.html|url-status=live}}
• Shashi Kumar as a police officer
• Archanna Guptaa
• Srinivasa Murthy
• Sadhu Kokila as Bogananda Swamy
• Raju Talikote
• Shobaraj
• R. N. Sudarshan
• Bullet Prakash
• Sangamesh Upase
• Rekha Kumar
• Brahmavar
• Jeevan
• Kruthika
• Mimicry Dayanand
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Bank Janardhan
• Katta Subramanya Naidu as the chief minister (cameo appearance)

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After the success of Manmatha (2007), brothers Jaggesh and Komal starred together in this film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2009/nov/21/jaggesh-and-brother-komal-get-together-again-106071.html|title=Jaggesh and brother Komal get together again|date=21 November 2009|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=19 July 2023|archive-date=19 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719222131/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2009/nov/21/jaggesh-and-brother-komal-get-together-again-106071.html|url-status=live}} Archanna Guptaa plays a rich girl who softens out in the end.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/79892/shes-going-places.html|title=She's going places|date=7 July 2010|last=Hegde|first=Sudha|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=19 July 2023|archive-date=18 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718221427/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/79892/shes-going-places.html|url-status=live}}

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| released = 2010

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The music was composed by V. Manohar.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3TCzs6sianQeT6ATsvi471|title=Lift Kodla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|date=2010|work=Spotify|access-date=2023-07-19|archive-date=2023-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719223643/https://open.spotify.com/album/3TCzs6sianQeT6ATsvi471|url-status=live}} The song "Ondu Maathu" is plagiarised/translated from the song "Oru Vaarthai Solla" from the Tamil film Ayyaa (2005). The song "Chirunavvulatho Brathakali" from Mee Sreyobhilashi was reused as "Manasondu Iddare Marga" with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam singing both versions.

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| title1 = Ondu Maathu

| lyrics1 = Ram Narayan

| extra1 = Rajesh Krishnan, Anuradha Bhat

| length1 = 5:01

| title2 = Happy Happy Birthday

| lyrics2 = V. Manohar

| extra2 = Kunal Ganjawala

| length2 = 4:36

| title3 = Suriviya Maleyalli

| lyrics3 = V. Manohar

| extra3 = Rajesh Krishnan

| length3 = 4:31

| title4 = Manasondu Iddare Marga

| lyrics4 = Ram Narayan

| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

| length4 = 7:23

| total_length= 21:33

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A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Director Ashok Kashyap has faithfully followed the original version. Had this film released a few years earlier, some of the people who had committed suicide might have changed their minds".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2010/jul/16/liftu-kodla-170422.html|title=Liftu Kodla|date=16 July 2010|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=19 July 2023|archive-date=18 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718221249/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2010/jul/16/liftu-kodla-170422.html|url-status=live}} V. S. Rajapur from IANS rated the film {{fraction|2|1|2}} out of 5 stars and wrote that "Lift Kodla is a well made film - it has a good story, content, technical values and neat performances". A critic from Filmibeat wrote that "The movie is a mirror to reality. Don't miss the movie".{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/reviews/2010/lift-kodla-review-190710.html|title=Lift Kodla - Review|work=Filmibeat|date=19 July 2010|first=Prakash|last=Upadhyaya|access-date=19 July 2023|archive-date=18 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718221426/https://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/reviews/2010/lift-kodla-review-190710.html|url-status=live}} A critic from Indiaglitz rated the film {{Fraction|7|1|2}} out of 10 and wrote that "This is a must watch film for those who are planning to end their life. Live your life full and for the deep neck problems suicide is not the answer". A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "Lift Kodla is a film that no self-respecting Kannada film goers would want to miss".{{Cite web|url=https://chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/667-lift-kodla-review.html|title=Lift Kodla Movie Review|work=Chitraloka.com|date=16 July 2010|access-date=19 July 2023|archive-date=18 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718221732/https://chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/667-lift-kodla-review.html|url-status=live}}

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Category:Films about suicide

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