Aake (film)

Aake
Official poster
Directed byK. M. Chaitanya
Written bySunanda Murali Manohar
Carl Austin
Story byAshwin Saravanan
Based onMaya
by Ashwin Saravanan
Produced bySunanda Murali Manohar
Kalai
Surya
StarringSharmiela Mandre
Chiranjeevi Sarja
Edited byHaridoss KGF
Music byGurukiran
Production
company
Nakshatra Production
Distributed byEros International
Mysore Talkies
Release date
  • 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)[1]
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Aake is a 2017 Indian Kannada language neo noir horror film directed by K. M. Chaitanya.[2] It features Sharmiela Mandre and Chiranjeevi Sarja in the lead.[3] Achyuth Kumar and Prakash Belawadi play the supporting roles.Screenplay was written by Sunanda and Carl Austin.The movie is an official remake of the 2015 Tamil movie Maya.[4][5]

The project marks the Bollywood production and distribution company Eros International's entry into Kannada cinema.[6] The film is produced by Nakshatra Productions, United Kingdom for KS films.The original score and soundtrack for the film was composed by Gurukiran in London. The cinematography was done by UK based Ian Howes.

The film is a British production, made with the best of technicians from United Kingdom and Karnataka.[7]

It is the second collaboration of executive producer Yogish Dwarakish -director Chaitanya- hero Chiranjeevi trio after Aatagara. The movie marked the entry of Eros International in Kannada film industry.[8] This was also the last Kannada movie to be released before the implementation of GST.[9]

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  8. ^ "Chiru loves roles with shades of grey". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. ^ "GST jitters for three films". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.