Topiwala

Basak wants to steal black money of corrupt politicians kept in a Swiss bank. He needs a secret code for that, which is with a mentally infirm man, who names himself as Mr. India but has lost his memory due to an accident. How Basak recovers the code and whether he will be successful in developing the country's economy with the black money form the crux of the plot.

• Upendra as Basak
• Bhavana as Suman Bedi
• Rangayana Raghu as Ramanayana Raghu
• Maithreyi as Malashri
• P. Ravi Shankar as Sarkar
• Vijanath Biradar as Mr India
• Raju Talikote
• Achyuth Kumar as Lokayuktha Loki
• Mithra
• Mukti Mohan as an Item number

Topiwala went on floors on 14 March 2012.^[3] The script and screenplay of the film were written by Upendra and radio jockey M. G. Srinivas was selected to direct the film. Actress Bhavana of Jackie fame was cast in the female lead. The film was produced by Kanakapura Sreenivas, who produced Upendra's Omkara in 2004. The film also stars debutante actress Maithreyi, Rangayana Raghu, and Raju Talikote in supporting roles while Ravishankar plays the antagonist. Vijanath Biradar has a surprise cameo. Mukti Mohan, a participant of Star One's dance reality show, Zara Nachke Dikha, was brought in for an item song.^[4] The film was successfully wrapped on 20 December 2012.^[5]

At the first press meet of the film, held in December 2012, producer Kanakapura Srinivas said that a younger team was brought in for the film to try to generate fresh thoughts in presentation. "Now, we have Topiwala with a young team which is sure to create new bench marks", said Sreenivas. Upendra described the film as a political satire based on current affairs and corruption. "The film is based on incidents that happen in contemporary times. Political incidents are part of the script. It is a humorous commentary on every distortion that we see in our society", said Upendra.^{[citation needed]}

The film's music was composed by V. Harikrishna. Audio CDs were released into the market on 13 February 2013^[6] and an official audio launch was held at the Windsor Manor Hotel in Bangalore on 23 February 2013. All three brothers of the Rajkumar family, Shivrajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, and Puneeth Rajkumar attended the audio launch along with the cast and crew of the film and other film personalities.^[7]