Dubai Babu is a 2009 Kannada-language

Cinema of Karnataka

The cinema of Karnataka , sometimes colloquially referred to as Sandalwood and as Chandanavana in Kannada, encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka based in Bangalore. Most of the movies are made in Kannada, with a handful of them in Konkani or Tulu. Today more than 100 films are...

 film directed by Naganna, and Produced by Shailendra Babu under Shri Shailendra Productions. It stars Superstar Upendra

Upendra

Upendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...

, Nikitha

Nikita Thukral

Nikita Thukral is an Indian film actress and model, who has acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is best known for her item number "Kodana Kodi" in Saroja.-Early life:...

 and Saloni Aswani

Saloni Aswani

Saloni Aswani is an Indian film actress and model. After finishing her her education, Saloni ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements...

 in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Telugu film Dubai Seenu

Dubai Seenu

Dubai Seenu is a 2007 Telugu film starring Ravi Teja in the lead role and Nayantara as Teja's love interest. The film is directed by Srinu Vaitla, who directed two other films of Ravi Teja, Nee Kosam and Venky. D.V.V. Danayya produces this film after the box office success of his maiden film,...

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Story

Dubai Babu revolves around Babu (Upendra) whose only aim is to fly to Dubai and earn lots of money. He takes the help of a broker to fulfill this ambition and promptly gets duped by him. Stranded in Mumbai, he and his friends open a Pav Stall to keep things going. While in Mumbai, he runs into Vasundhara (Nikitha) and instantly falls for her. After a few meetings, Vasundhara disappears from Mumbai. Babu then heads to Bangalore in search of Vasundhara, who has now become a radio jockey. Trouble crops up in the form of her uncle Inspector Kalaiah, who has evil designs to marry her and constantly terrorises Vasundhara and her father. How Babu hoodwinks Kalaiah to get close to Vasundhara forms the rest of the film.

Cast

• Upendra
  Upendra
  Upendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...
  
   as Babu
• Nikita Thukral
  Nikita Thukral
  Nikita Thukral is an Indian film actress and model, who has acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is best known for her item number "Kodana Kodi" in Saroja.-Early life:...
  
   as Vasundhara
• Saloni Aswani
  Saloni Aswani
  Saloni Aswani is an Indian film actress and model. After finishing her her education, Saloni ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements...
  
  
• Kumar Govind
  Kumar Govind
  Kumar Govind is an Indian actor and director in the Kannada film industry, known for starring in a few hit films. He has acted in movies such as Shhh! and Anuraaga sangama with Ramesh Aravind and Sudha Rani. He is well known for the role of innocent Govindu in Anuraaga Sangama...
  
  

The film also stars top comedy artistes like Dwarakish, M S Umesh, Sathyajith, Tennis Krishna and Sihi Kahi Chandru, as well as young comedians like Zee TV Raghu and Kurigalu saar Prakaash.