Hollywood (2002 film)
Hollywood is a 2002 Indian Kannada science fiction film written by Upendra and directed by Dinesh Babu. It starred Upendra in a triple role as Surendra, Upendra and US 47 (a robot) along with the Australian actress Felicity Mason as Manisha and Ananth Nag. The movie was shot entirely in Gold Coast, Australia with few supporting actors and a monkey called "Lakshmi", voiced by Ramesh Bhat. The movie was also dubbed into Telugu in 2003, retaining the same title. Upendra became the first Indian actor to portray the role of an android robot in a lead role . Upendra had revealed that while he was working on this film, he had heard that S. Shankar was also planning a film themed on robots. According to Upendra it was only when Shankar told him that his film would be delayed that Upendra continued with this project - about a scientist who creates an android resembling himself to help him win over a girl. But, the android falls in love with the girl and tries to eliminate his creator. However, eight years later, Shankar directed "Enthiran" which had a similar theme - about a lookalike robot rebelling against his creator after falling  in love with the creator's girlfriend. Box office. "Hollywood" had not a good opening at the box office across Karnataka and set the box office on average during its initial weeks, but the film received just mixed response among the audience. The film collected at the box office after completing 75 days of run and was declared as a Hit.