Jackie (2010 film)
Jackie is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Soori and stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Sumithra, Harshika Poonacha, Rangayana Raghu and Bhavana in lead roles. It was released in Kannada on 14 October 2010 to a critical acclaim and was adjudged the Best Film of 2010 at the South Filmfare Awards. The Telugu dubbed version was released on 6 May 2011

The film is noted for its technical prowess, witty dialogues and lyrics, combined with an art that has become a trademark of Soori's rustic feel cinema. It is also considered one of the trend-setter films of the Kannada film industry. One of the landmark movies in Puneeth Rajkumar's career, the movie was especially noted for its music by V. Harikrishna. Yograj Bhat was the lyricist for all the songs of the movie. The album, which celebrated its platinum disc, is also available as a 5.1 audio DVD disc. After successful screening in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany, Jackie was released in the US and Singapore in February 2011. A portion of the song Kannalle Eno from Rajkumar's 1980 movie Vasantha Geetha was re-used in the title track of this movie. Plot
Janakirama aka Jackie  is an 8th standard school dropout, who is living with his mother Jayamma and operates a flour mill in a village with his mother. Jackie dreams of making it big; but not by hard work and also is an expert card player and thinks he can repay all his debts with earnings from it. He does every job and hopes that he would one day make it big as a real estate dealer. He is talkative and uses the opportunities around him to eke out a living. In the locality where he lives, his friend Yashodha, who is a priest's daughter reveals that she is in love with a photo studio owner Parangi Seena  who is actually a conduit for a human trafficker and asks Jackie to help her get married. Jackie initially tries to help, but when the priest questions him regarding his responsibilities of a brother. He decides to cop out of the issue, respecting the aged father's feelings. Losing all hope, Yashodha elopes with Seena, along with a blind girl Puttavva. The priest is under the impression that Jackie is the mediator in this case. So Jackie takes responsibility to trace Yashodha and bring her back. Meanwhile, Jackie is followed by a CBI officer and his team as he has sheltered a friend Tulasi, who has escaped from prison, and a constable is killed in an accident during the escapade. The CBI officer tracks them down and kills Thulasi, but Jackie escapes from the police and reaches a dense forest. He also averts a ritual of human sacrifice where Lakshmi is the intended victim. The trouble shoots up for Jackie again as even the CBI officer and his team are chasing him now. As he lands up in Bengaluru, he finds out that Puttavva who went with Yashodha is dead. He gets a clue of Prasanna aka Jooli, when he becomes friendly to constable Bheemanna which leads to suspicious activities of a gang transporting girls to abroad in oil tankers, headed by Mithai Rama. Jackie is on the hunt for the dangerous team, and as the CBI officer catches him, where he explains the situation by tracking them with the help of Lakshmi. Not trusting the CID officers, Jackie escapes and saves Mithai Rama, where they reach the hideout, Mittai Rama, having guessed that Jackie is with the CID confronts him where he divulges the truth and is taken to see Yashoda, where a fight erupts and Jackie is knocked out and is partially buried with Yashoda and leave with the girls in oil tankers. However, Jackie awakes from the site along with Yashoda. He tracks down Mithai Rama and Seena where he thrashes them and saves the girls. The CBI officer arrives with his team and realize the situation where he congratulates him for solving the case and kills Seena and Mithai Rama in an encounter. Jackie tells Yashoda to phone her father and Lakshmi, who has fallen for Jackie proposes him in a comical fashion by having him held point-blank. Jackie takes his mother to see Yashoda and also introduces Lakshmi. 