On The Sets

KANNADA

Poli Bhava
Ajay Kumar turns hero

To be different seems to be the motto of director P Sukumar. We have heard of celebrations when a girl reaches puberty. How about such a celebration for a boy? The director comes up with such a novel idea in Poli Bhava. A song sequence depicting the boy’s coming of age was picturised at Mysore by cameraman Mallikarjun. With this song, Nimishamba Devi Productions’ Poli Bhava is complete. Folk singer and lyricist Gururaj Hoskote has penned a song for the film. Maruti is the music director.

Writer Ajaykumar is making his debut as hero. Also in the cast are Archana, Reshma, Girija Lokesh, Ashalatha and Honnavalli Krishna.

Prathyartha
Hollywood `clone’ progresses

Kannada cinema’s talented director, Sunilkumar Desai, is shooting for his next movie, Prathyartha at a frentic pace in and around Mysore. The film, arguably similar to the recent titleless Telugu release, is said to be a carbon copy of The Nick of Time.

After initial hiccups of call sheet problems involving Raghuvaran, the film completed a hectic schedule at Lalith Mahal Palace, Mysore. Girish Karnad, who replaces thespian Sivaji Ganesan for the role of the Home Minister, Ramesh and Raghuvaran participated in the shoot.

Venugopal wielded the camera for the film which is produced by BK Manjunath and GV Srinivasa Reddy of Samyuktha Creations.

Jaggesh in Rasakutty remake

Jaggesh, the famous comedian of Kannada cinema, plays the role of K Bhagyaraj in the Kannada version of Rasakutty. Producer N Purushottam who recently announced this project, added that when he contacted K Bhagyaraj for the rights to make Rasakutty in Kannada, the response from the renowned actor-director was tremendous, especially when he was told that Jaggesh would play the key role. K Bhagyaraj has also agreed to attend the muhurat of Rasakutty in Kannada.

The Kannada version is yet to be titled. Victory Vasu of Putmalli, Rakshaka, Central Jail and Gunda Mattu Police fame will be directing his first remake. Hamsalekha will provide the music and lyrics, Sundernath Suvarna is the cameraman and Prakash Trishuli contributes the dialogues. The song recording of this film was held on January 18 and the muhurat of the film will be held soon.

Thimmaraya
Sadhu Kokila as hero

Director Shivaji Rao Singh Mane is directing a comedy, Thimmaraya, with which music director-comedian, Sadhu Kokila turns full-fledged hero.

Anjali Nagaraj cranks the camera for the film which stars Sindhura Gujjar, Nisha, Tennis Krishna, Pushpaswamy, Direndra Gopal, Umasri, Joe Simon and Satyabhama.

Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi
Final schedule
progresses

A hit is a must for hero Raghavendra Rajkumar, as his home banner production enters the final schedule of shooting. Only two songs are left to be completed for the Singeetham Srinivas Rao directed Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi. The film is slated for release soon.

The film has story, screenplay and dialogues by Richard Louis, music and lyrics by Hamselakha, action by Thriller Manju and cinematography by BC Gowrishanker.

The hilarious comedy also stars Charulatha, Mandya Ramesh, Vinayaprasad, CR Simha, Ashok Rao, Jayanthi and Doddanna.

Jai Bharatha Mata
Title changed

A film on the ill effects of casteism which is rampant in rural Karnataka, Jai Bharat Mata is now complete. The earlier title Jathiyo Jathi is now changed to Jai Bharatha Matha on the advice of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, according to producer Suresh Anchan. The socially relevant film is now in the dubbing stages. SB Ramachandra has penned the story, screenplay, dialogue besides directing the film. Gurukiran of A fame has provided the music. Vikas, Jyothi, Padmasri, Swathi, Sampritha, Babu Pooja, Ronald Gomes and Jayaram Rai are in the cast.

The former minister of Karnataka state Amarnath Shetty appears in a guest role.

Idhu Entha Premavayya
Ramesh, Shilpa teamed

A harsh war of words between husband and wife in the court hall relating to the divorce petition filed by the wife was recently canned by BS Basavaraj under the direction of Kodu Ramakrishna. Ramesh and Shilpa play husband and wife in the film, titled Iddhu Entha Premavayya.

Gurukiran has composed the music and Joe Simon has penned the screenplay. Jai Jagdeesh, Charulatha, Rajesh, Avinash and Padma Vasanthi and Pushpa Swamy are also in the cast.

Mr X
Climax scenes filmed

The action packed film, Mr X is now complete. At the birthday party of the heroine (Charulatha), she is kidnapped. Raja who witnesses this scene chases the car on his motorbike. But he is soon surrounded by a Maruti 800, Sierra, Opel, Tempo Traveller and a few lorries. Keeping cool in the midst of the attack, Raja, a black belt Karate champ, shows his exemplary skills. This climax was picturised with the help of a steady camera and two routine cameras.

Directed by HS Rajasekhar, the film has action by Jolly Bastin, music by Sadhu Kokila and art by Ismail. Devraj, Raja, Swarna, Charulatha, Avinash, Shobaraj, Satyajit and Sunil Puranik are also in the cast.

Aryabhatta
Ready for release

Ambala Arts Mysore’s maiden venture produced by Sri Raman of Pittsburg has entered the re-recording stage at Prasad Recording Theatre. This film starring Ramesh and Soundarya is directed by Ramanath, a debutant. Sujatha Ranganath has provided the story and dialogue and Kitti Rangamancha is the associate director.

Also in the cast are Devraj, Ramya, Avinash, Sudhakar Patil, Bank Janardhan, Girish Shetty, Raghunath, Bhagirathi and Master Vinayak Joshi.

Rambhe Nee Vayyaradha Gombe
Kaushik, Akhila teamed

Reddy Creations maiden production Rambhe Nee... has been cleared by the censor board with a ‘U’ certificate after cutting a few scenes. A joint production of S Raja Reddy and MD Kaushik, the film has Sethu’s special effects and Kaurava Venkatesh’s stunts.

Rambhe Nee... starring Kaushik with his own direction slated for release soon has Akhila in the female lead. CR Simha, Shivaram, Indhudhar, Sampangi, Sriram and KV Manjayya are also in the cast.

Habba
Multi-starrer rolls

The Neeladri Amusement Park, the venue for the muhurat of Chinni Chitra’s Habba wore a festive look on January 5 as the artistes, industry bigwigs and film fans thronged to witness the proceedings.

Superstar Vishnuvardhan, actor and MP Ambarish, Devaraj, Sashikumar, Ramkumar, actress and TDP MP Jayapradha, Urvashi, Kasturi, Vijayalakshmi and Charulatha are all in the cast. Directed by D Rajendra Babu, the film has story by GK Bhairavi, dialogue by BA Madhu and music and lyrics by Hamsalekha.

BILINGUAL

Bharat 2000
Final schedule commences

A nine crore bilingual in Kannada and Telugu, Bharat 2000, produced by business magnate, Ramoji Rao, completed the climax shooting at Jakkur Airport, Bangalore recently.

Four helicopters, 40 jeeps, four Nissan cars and one Contessa were utilised by director SV Rajendrasingh Babu. Seven cameras were pressed into action for this eight-day action packed climax. Stunts were directed by Vikram Dharma.

The lead artistes of this bilingual (Mechanic Muddanna in Telugu), Dr Rajshekhar, Rambha, Jaijagdeesh, GK Govinda Rao, Brahmanandam, Anil, Vishwas, Priya and Ayusha took part in the climax shot. With this the film has entered the final schedule.Surendranath has penned the dialogue, Kamalakar Rao is the cinematographer, MM Keervani is the music director and Hamsalekha, the lyricist.

Nuvva Nena
KSR Doss returns

KSR Doss, known fpr his actioners, makes a comeback with Sri Swetha Vahana Films’ Nuvva Nena, a bilingual in Telugu and Kannada (Billa Ranga). Says producer Vempally Ramesh Reddy, “The film starring Suman, Napoleon and Devaraj is an action thriller. Ravali and Raksha are the heroines. The film is complete ready for release. Suman plays the role of an angry young man who takes revenge on the chief minister, while Ravali plays the chief minister’s daughter in love with Suman.” Napolean plays a security officer and Devaraj a Naxalite. Mohan Raj plays the villain and Sudarshan the chief minister.

The film is slated for release in February. Dialogue by Rajashekhar, music by Koti, camera by Ravinder and action by Dinesh are the main credits. Presented by Vempalli Kavitha Reddy, Nuvva Nena is co-produced by T Sambasiva Reddy and C Chaitanya Raju .