While Sandalwood is riding through the demonetisation storm, a few filmmakers are sure of cashing in on the Christmas holidays.
Three Kannada films - Ramesh Aravind’s Sundaranga Jaana, Preetham Gubbi’s Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi and Apoorva Kasaravarlli’s Niruttara will be competing with Aamir Khan’s Dangal from B-town, All to be out in theatres on December 23.
According to Ramesh Aravind, the film was initially slated for a December 9 release but that was when the industry hit the demonetisation nadir. “People were struggling to get money, waiting in long queues at banks, so we thought it’s best to wait till they are free. Holidays would be leisurely.
That why we shifted the release to Christmas,” he says. “We are hoping the cloud has finally passed and the queues will shift to the theatres.”
The film, from Rockline Venkatesh and Allu Aravind, features Ganesh and Shanvi Srivatsava and will be released in a good number of theatres across Karnataka. It is a remake of the 2015 Telugu film Bhale Bhale Mogadivoy.
“The original film’s makers, who watched the final copy, are extremely happy,” says Ramesh Aravind. “As mentioned by City Express, I remake a story and not a film, which has become a code now. I have kept to my style.”
Preetham is happy with Naanu...’s release date and says, “It will be out with my best friend Ganesh’s film and Nirrutara has Kiran, who was launched through my directorial. It is not at all about competition because each film is diffent. Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi is about race for love and our Christmas gift to the viewers.”
The film sees the launch of GK Venkatesh’s grandson, Prithvi, and is produced by the actor’s father K Manjunath. Naanu Mathu Varalakshmi also marks the debut of Malavika Mohanan. The film distributed under Jayanna Combines will be released in 150 theatres.