Though
attempts
of
casting
an
animal
in
movies
is
popular
in
Hollywood,
there
are
very
few
attempts
in
Indian
Cinema.
Now,
Masth
Maja
Maadi
fame
R
Anantha
Raju
and
Soundarya
Jagadish
are
all
set
to
create
a
history
in
Indian
Cinema
through
their
upcoming
film
Appu
Pappu.
For
the
first
time,
a
Chimpanzee
is
playing
a
lead
role
in
Kannada
Cinema.
The
story
revolves
around
a
boy
and
a
Chimpanzee.
Producer
Soundarya
Jagadish's
son
is
playing
another
lead
role
along
with
Chimpanzee
named
Varangataana.
The
shooting
of
the
film
Appu
Pappu
was
supposed
to
start
in
November.
But
movie
bosses
could
not
find
a
Chimpanzee.
Later,
they
visited
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Thailand
and
many
other
places
for
the
same.
Finally,
they
got
it
in
Cambodia,
says
the
producer.
Now,
the
Chimpanzee
has
been
trained
for
50
days.
The
shooting
of
the
movie
Appu
Pappu
was
started
on
December
19,
2009
and
presently,
it
is
being
shot
in
Cambodia.
Abbas
and
Rekha
are
back
to
Sandalwood
with
this
film.
Hamsalekha
is
scoring
the
music
and
Krishna
is
the
cameraman.
Palaniraj
is
choreographing
the
stunts
and
Ram
Naryan
has
written
the
dialogues.
This
film
also
features
Komal
Kumar,
Rangarayan
Raghu
in
the
supporting
roles.