Mr. Painter
{{Short description|2009 Indian movie}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mr. Painter
| image = Mr. Painter poster.jpg
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| caption = VCD cover.jpg
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| director = Dinesh Baboo
| writer = Dinesh Baboo
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| producer = Umesh Banakar
A Ganesh
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| cinematography = Dinesh Baboo
| editing = Narahalli Jnanesh
| music = G R Shankar
| studio = Om Sri Chamundeshwari Films
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2009|7|17}}
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| country = India
| language = Kannada
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Mr. Painter is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Dinesh Baboo and starring Yogesh in a cameo, Rangayana Raghu and Sharan. The film was released to negative reviews and was a box office failure.{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/winners-and-losers/articleshow/22073131.cms|title=Winners and losers|work=Bangalore Mirror|date=10 August 2009|access-date=30 September 2024|archive-date=30 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930065606/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/stakes-get-bigger/articleshowajax/22073097.cms?version=18&enforceseoatarticle=0&lastarticle=22074148&photocount=6&photoexclude=3|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=16 November 2009 |title=Riding the new tiger |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/riding-the-new-tiger/articleshow/21993085.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930065618/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/new-taste-of-things/articleshowajax/21993072.cms?version=18&enforceseoatarticle=0&lastarticle=21993834&photocount=6&photoexclude=3 |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=Bangalore Mirror}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Yogesh (guest appearance)
- Rangayana Raghu
- Sharan
- Ravishankar Gowda
- Shivadhwaj
- Srinivasa Murthy
- Jai Jagadish
- Ramanithu Chaudhary
- Ashalatha
- Veena Sundar
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Production
Part of the film was shot in Sakleshpura. The film was shot in ten days.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2009 |title=Baboo's 10-day quickies |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/baboos-10-day-quickies/articleshow/22163047.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930065611/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/flower-biz-withering-in-this-poll/articleshowajax/22163029.cms?version=18&enforceseoatarticle=0&lastarticle=22162997&photocount=6&photoexclude=3 |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=Bangalore Mirror}}
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Orata I Love You-fame G R Shankar.
Reception
A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "There is too much effort to make the scenes comical which fails. Mr Painter is a wasted effort overall. The film seems like an effort to make quick money with the least usage of efforts".{{Cite web |date=17 June 2009 |title=Mr Painter: Window dressing |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/-mr-painter-window-dressing/articleshow/22096814.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930065606/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/articleshowajax/22103866.cms?version=18&enforceseoatarticle=0&lastarticle=22104921&photocount=6&photoexclude=3 |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=Bangalore Mirror}} R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Watch Mr. Painter for Sharan, but you should have lot of patience".{{Cite web |last=Vijaysarathy |first=R. G. |author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy |date=22 July 2009 |title=Mr Painter Kannada Movie |url=https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/6827/kannada/mr-painter/2251/review.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601222348/http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/6827/kannada/mr-painter/2251/review.htm |archive-date=1 June 2013 |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=Nowrunning |agency=IANS}}
References
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