Porki (2010)

Porki(English: Rogue) is a 2010 Kannada Action film directed by M. D. Shridhar, starring Darshan, Pranitha Subhash and Ashish Vidyarthi in the lead roles. It was also dubbed into Hindi as "Main Hoon Wanted" and in Bhojpuri as "Hamar Bhai Dabbang". It is actually a remake of the 2006 Telugu Blockbuster film Pokiri, starring Mahesh Babu. The film was also remade by Prabhu Deva in 2007, in Tamil as Pokkiri, starring Vijay in the lead role, and also in Hindi as Wanted, in 2009, starring Salman Khan in the lead role. And both these remakes emerged as blockbusters. Porki is the third remake of Pokiri. The film is about a cop who pretends to be a local rogue, in order to nab down the goons and criminals red handed, along with killing them. Ashish Vidyarthi, who played the role of the corrupt and evil policeman in the Telugu original, played the role of the villain Alibhai in this film, which was originally played by Prakash Raj in the Telugu original, along with both the remakes in Tamil and Hindi. The film was shot in 47 days and the film's climax fight took 20 days to be shot. The cinematography was done by A. V. Krishna Kumar and the editing was done by P. R. Soundar Raj. The action department was handled by K. Ravi Varma and Palaniraj, while the choreography was done by Chinni Prakash, Harsha A and Ramu. The art direction was done by Mohan B. Kere and costume design was done by Nelli. Costumes for Darshan were designed by Subbarao and Nagaraj, while the makeup for Darshan was done by Siddesh and Honne Gowda. The film was produced by Dattatreya Bachchegowda under his banner Datta films.

The film released on 28 January 2010 to mixed reviews from critics all over, with most critics comparing it to the Telugu original Pokiri. But despite of the mixed responses, the film managed to complete a 100 day run at the Box Office, thus emerging as a Box Office Success.

Synopsis

Alibhai (Ashish Vidyarthi) is a mafia don and Darshan is a rowdy ready to do any dirty task for money.He comes to Alibhai's gang. He killed many people in the mafia secretly. Anjali (Pranitha Subhash) loves Darshan who saves her from a policeman who intends to make her his wife. Alibhai comes from Dubai and kills the father and brother of Darshan,little knowing that Darshan is a cop. Finally, Dashan kills Alibhai and destroys his gang.

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