The
audio
of
Karanji,
an
ambitious
venture
by
producer
N.M.
Suresh,
was
released
by
noted
producer
S.A.
Chinne
Gowda
and
reputed
cameraman
Kabir
Lal
at
Greenhouse
Raj
Milan
on
Friday
evening.
During
the
audio
release,
music
director
Veera
Samarth
said
that
the
film,
directed
by
Sridhar,
focuses
on
folk,
rock
and
classical
music.
Amazingly,
there
are
14
songs
in
Karanji.
The
songs
were
penned
by
Santha
Shishunala
Sharief,
T.P.
Kailasm,
N.K.
Hanumanthaiah,
Dr.
H.S.
Venkateshamurthy,
Udayashanker,
Satish
Tiptur,
Raghavendra
Kamath,
Sridhar
and
S.S.
Kulkarni.
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
Kannada
films,
Karanji
is
promoted
by
two
multinational
companies;
Airtel
and
Pepsi.
Karanji
is
the
story
of
five
youngsters
who
are
passionate
about
music.
It
stars
Vijaya
Raghavendra
and
Bollywood
actress
Gauri
Karnik,
the
curly-haired
beauty
who
acted
in
Lucky
Ali's
Sur
(2002).
Vijaya
Raghavendra
plays
the
head
of
a
music
band,
while
Gauri
Karnik
is
a
dominant
singer
in
the
film.