Mr. Putsami (Kannada: ಮಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಪುಟ್ಸಾಮಿ) is a 1998 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by V. Umakanth and produced by H. C. Srinivas. The film features Shivarajkumar, Laali and Suman in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by V. Manohar.
, 2h34 Directed byT. S. Nagabharana GenresDrama, Romance ActorsShiva Rajkumar, Avinash, Anant Nag, Vidhya Venkatesh, Raju Ananthaswamy, Pankaj Tripathi Rating80% B. Shankar (Shivaraj Kumar) is born and raised in Delhi. He will be studying Engineering at the Banaras Hindu University. He has a doting father B. Sundara Rao(Anant Nag) and a loud, annoying and a threatening mother. Shankar has a younger brother, a pilot. Shankar is content with his life, but something in his heart tells him this is not where he belongs. Shankar’s girlfriend (who lives in Delhi) Varalakshmi (Vidhya Venkatesh) is a Kannadati. His college friend Seetharam(Raju Ananthaswamy) from Karnataka, teaches him Kannada to talk with Varalakshmi. When Shankar returns to Delhi, his mother plans to marry him off and he reluctantly agrees to meet his bride-to-be. In the party, During the conversation he realizes the letter "B" in his name is for "Bangaadi". But he doesn't know whether Bangaadi is a person or a town, and is curious about its significance. When Shankar is speaking in Kannada with his brother over the phone for fun, his father hears it. And his father says, "Speak in Kannada, my son. It has been so long since I have heard that language". Then, Shankar discovers he is a Kannadiga and is happy that he's at least found his Origin. His father confesses that his father (Shankar's Grandfather) abandoned his native but he didn't try to go back even once. Shankar wants to discover his native.