Power
Star
Puneeth
Rajkumar's
posthumous
release
James
hit
the
theatres
on
March
17
and
took
the
box
office
by
storm.
Written
and
directed
by
Chethan
Kumar,
the
action
entertainer
grossed
Rs
100
Crore
within
a
time
span
of
4
days
and
emerged
as
the
fastest
Kannada
film
to
achieve
the
coveted
mark.
The
Puneeth-starrer
also
broke
the
record
for
the
biggest
opening
day
collection
for
any
Kannada
film
by
grossing
nearly
Rs
27
Crore.
For
the
unversed,
KGF:
Chapter
1
had
minted
Rs
24
Crore
on
day
1
when
it
was
released
in
2018.
The
film
has
raked
in
more
than
Rs
150
Crore
from
its
worldwide
tickets
sales.
Well,
after
almost
three
weeks,
the
Puneeth-starrer
has
yet
again
made
headlines,
and
this
time
for
its
OTT
release.
Apparently,
the
popular
OTT
platform
SonyLIV
has
exclusively
acquired
the
digital
rights
of
the
film,
which
will
start
streaming
on
April
14.
Though
an
official
confirmation
is
awaited
regarding
the
release
timing
of
the
actioner,
rumour
suggests
that
the
film
will
stream
from
12
am
(IST).
Apart
from
Kannada,
the
film
will
be
streaming
in
Hindi,
Tamil,
Malayalam
and
Telugu.
Well,
with
the
streaming,
the
film
is
expected
to
garner
a
lot
of
attention
from
the
audiences,
given
its
huge
success
and
the
saddening
fact
that
it
is
Puneeth's
last
venture
as
the
lead
actor.
James
was
highly
praised
by
audiences
and
critics
alike.
The
action
sequences,
visuals,
production
values
and
of
course
performance
and
on-screen
presence
of
Puneeth
were
the
high
points
of
the
latest
release.
Produced
by
Kishore
Pathikonda
under
the
banner
Kishore
Productions,
James
features
Priya
Anand
as
the
leading
lady
while
Srikanth,
Nawab
Shah,
Sarathkumar,
Tarak
Ponnappa,
John
Kokken,
Chikkanna,
Shine
Shetty
and
Tilak
appear
in
supporting
roles.
Notably,
Shiva
and
Raghavendra
Rajkumar
made
cameo
appearances
in
the
film.