The
Kannada
film
industry
is
growing
bigger
from
strength
to
strength
of
late.
The
industry
made
heads
turn
by
producing
blockbuster
films
starting
with
KGF,
which
put
Kannada
films
on
a
pedestal
for
the
people
and
movie
lovers
all
over
the
world.
Followed
by
KGF
are
777
Charlie,
Vikrant
Rona,
and
Kantara
among
others,
which
have
echoed
the
success
of
their
industry
by
minting
huge
money
gaining
global
recognition.
Trying
to
add
to
these
Rs
100
Crore
grossing
movies
is
veteran
actor
Upendra's
star-studded
periodic
action
drama,
another
pan-India
film
titled
Kabzaa.The
movie,
which
stars
other
superstars
of
the
Kannada
industry-
Kichcha
Sudeep
and
Shiva
Rajkumar
is
set
to
hit
over
4,000
screens
worldwide
in
different
languages
on
March
17.
The
film
will
release
in
five
Indian
languages
including
Kannada,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Malayalam,
and
Hindi.
The
movie's
powerful
trailer
that
was
released
recently
met
with
a
positive
response
from
the
fans
of
the
actors
involved
in
the
film,
as
well
as
the
critics.
The
production
values,
rich
visuals
and
costumes
etc
have
been
applauded,
from
whatever
was
disclosed
through
the
trailer.
The
film's
screenplay
and
visualization
also
appear
to
be
similar
to
that
of
KGF,
noted
a
few
fans.
However,
the
trailer
adequately
fulfilled
the
fans
and
created
a
great
pre-release
buzz.
With
the
trailer
setting
expectations
high,
bookings
have
opened
to
good
response
from
movie
buffs
on
March
15.
According
to
reports,
the
movie
was
made
on
a
whopping
budget
of
about
Rs
200
Crore.
The
star
cast
was
also
heftily
paid
for
their
roles
in
the
film.
Reports
suggest
that
the
lead
actor
Upendra
was
paid
Rs
7
Crore
as
remuneration.
He
is
the
highest-paid
actor
in
the
film,
as
the
protagonist.
Followed
by
Upendra,
actor
Kicha
Sudeep
has
been
reportedly
paid
Rs
5
Crore.
Sudeep
played
an
important
cameo
in
the
film.
Actress
Shriya
Saran
who
was
part
of
the
worldwide
hit
and
Oscar
winning
RRR,
will
be
seen
playing
a
key
role
in
Kabzaa.
She
was
paid
a
sum
of
Rs
3
Crore
for
her
role.
Versatile
actor
Prakash
Raj
was
paid
Rs
1.25
Crore
while
Murali
Sharma
was
paid
Rs
75
Lakh.
Veteran
Telugu
actor
Kota
Srinivasa
Rao
was
paid
Rs
35
Lakh
for
his
portion
in
the
film,
and
director
cum
actor
Samuthirakani
was
paid
Rs
25
Lakh.
Kabzaa
is
written
and
directed
by
R
Chandru,
who
also
co-produced
the
movie
along
with
Anand
Pandit
and
Alankar
Pandian.
Ravi
Basrur
is
the
music
director
for
Kabzaa.
Meanwhile,
reports
suggest
that
the
runtime
of
the
movie
is
just
136
minutes
which
is
against
the
trend
of
having
more
than
150
minutes
runtime
for
a
pan-India
movie
or
a
gangster
movie.