Godfather is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action-drama film directed by cinematographer-turned-director Sethu Sriram starring Upendra in a triple role as a father and his two sons, alongside Soundarya Jayamala and Catherine Tresa.

The film is remake of the 2006 Tamil hit Varalaru that starred Ajith Kumar, Asin Thottumkal and Kanika Subramaniam in the lead roles.

The film was released on 27 July 2012 and opened to a large number of highly positive reviews from the critics.

A large building is reserved for him and the girls are asked to stay in the poor families' houses.

Vijay and his friends arrive and start to woo the girls, whom they mistake for Bhamapura's prostitutes.

Vijay tells Divya to leave her profession and offers to save her honour by marrying her in the village temple the next day.

Divya doesn't come, but Vijay and his friends happen to see her leaving on a bus bearing the name of the girls' college, revealing that they have been duped.

She leaves and shortly afterwards, Ajay appears, smuggles and dumps Vijay out of the hospital, takes over his identity and goes to kill Shivasagar.

Another budding actress, Catherine Tresa was also brought in to reprise the role originally played by Kanika Subramaniam in the Tamil version.

Sethu Sriram, who had apprenticed under the veteran cinematographer and independently shot films like Dil Se.., Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Desires of the Heart, Shakti: The Power, Tere Naam, Thanmathra, Annavaram, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai, Tere Sang, Wanted, Milenge Milenge, Samurai, The Terrorist, Halo, Priyasakhi andOh My God!, directed the film.

[10] The audio launch was held in a grand manner in Chancery Hotel, Bengaluru on 13 June 2012.

[13] The producer of the film stated the production to be continuing for over 12 months and naturally wanted Godfather to release before Katari Veera Surasundarangi.

However, after several rounds of discussions, avoiding clashes with Upendra's other films, the release was confirmed for the second week of June 2012 as censoring was pending.

Godfather opened to a large number of highly positive reviews from the critics upon release.

"[16] The Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "A brilliant piece of directorial work by S Sriram who has chosen a serious family sentimental story and given it an excellent dramatic treatment which caters to all age groups.

"[18] A Sharadhaa from The New Indian Express wrote "Director Sriram taking the cameraman's role has done a good job at the editing desk, not giving much room to find faults.

This is definitely a treat for family goers as Godfather does not have any dialogues with ‘double meaning’, which is otherwise the case with most of the movies starring Upendra".

[20] Vijayasarathy Rajapur from News18 India wrote "Overall 'Godfather' is a clear winner because of Upendra's striking performance.

[23][24] According to distributor Prasad, the film recovered more than half of its budget by collecting almost ₹ 30 million during its opening weekend.

[27] The film completed 50 days in release and did moderate business overall, bringing sufficient returns for the distributor through satellite rights[28] and fetched a profit of ₹ 30 million for the producer.