The Kannada version of Marathi film Sairat, which will be directed by S Narayan, was launched recently. Find out more details here..
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oi-Staff
By Santhosh Kumar
Director
S
Narayan,
who
keeps
himself
busy
with
films,
has
started
shooting
for
his
next
film,
which
will
be
the
official
remake
of
Marathi
film
Sairat,
which
grossed
over
100
Crores
at
domestic
the
box
office.
Leading
producer
Rockline
Venkatesh
has
bought
the
remake
rights
for
all
the
South
Indian
languages.
He
has
planned
to
make
Kannada
version
first,
under
the
direction
of
Kala
Samrat
S
Narayan.
Recently,
team
had
a
simple
muhurtha
in
a
Ganesh
temple
near
Basaveshwarnagar.
MLA
and
Rockline
Venkatesh's
relative
Munirathna,
sounded
the
clapboard
for
the
first
shot,
which
was
picturized
on
Lord
Ganesha.
As
announced
earlier,
Rinku
Rajguru,
who
played
the
heroine
in
original
version,
is
playing
the
same
role
in
Kannada
version.
She
has
created
sensation
with
her
spell-bounding
performance
and
this
prompted
the
makers
to
retain
her
for
the
Kannada
version.
However,
team
decided
to
rope
in
a
new
face
to
play
the
hero.
The
team
conducted
auditions
with
hundreds
of
actors
over
the
last
few
weeks
and
they
finally
zeroed
in
on
actor
Sathyaprakash's
son,
who
was
also
a
part
of
the
audition.
If
you
still
wondering
who
Sathyaprakash
is,
he
was
a
popular
villain
in
South
Indian
film
industry,
a
decade
ago.
Sathyaprakash
became
famous
in
Kannada
industry
with
his
role
in
Police
Story.
The
team
will
just
shoot
for
three
to
four
days
before
month
ends.
The
main
schedule
will
start
from
November
and
film
will
be
shot
in
over
15
districts
of
Karnataka.
S
Narayan
has
already
zeroed
in
on
the
locations.
Ajay-Atul
who
composed
a
fantastic
music
for
the
original
version
has
been
assigned
the
task
of
recreating
the
magic
for
Kannada
version
as
well.
Manohar
Joshi
will
be
the
director
of
photography.
Joni
Harsha
will
be
editing
the
film.