Avane Srimannarayana

Avane Srimannarayana
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Directed bySachin B. Ravi
Written byRakshit Shetty
Chandrajith Belliappa
Anirudh Kodgi
Abhijith Mahesh
Nagarjuna Sharma
Abhilash
Produced byPushkara Mallikarjunaiah
H.K.Prakash
Rakshit Shetty Sudarshan D S, Hemant Kumar (Executive Producers)
Starring
CinematographyKarm Chawla
Edited bySachin B. Ravi
Music byB. Ajaneesh Loknath
Charan Raj
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • 27 December 2019 (2019-12-27)
Running time
184 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹20–24 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹56 crore[3]

Avane Srimannarayana (pronunciationⓘ; transl. He is Srimannarayana) is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language western fantasy adventure comedy film[a][4][5] directed and edited by Sachin B. Ravi in his directorial debut. Jointly produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah and H.K.Prakash,[6][7] the film features Rakshit Shetty and Shanvi Srivastava in lead roles.[8] B. Ajaneesh Loknath and Charan Raj composed the soundtrack, with the former composing the score, whereas Karm Chawla handled the cinematography. Described by Shetty as "Southern Odd Fiction",[9] the film follows a corrupt police officer who takes on a bandit chief in order to recover a missing treasure in the 1980s.[10]

The film's script was written by Rakshit Shetty, Chandrajith Belliappa, Anirudh Kodgi, Abhijith Mahesh, Nagarjuna Sharma, and Abhilash. Originally announced in February 2017, the scriptwriting took 18 months to complete, with filming eventually began in March 2018 and ended in June 2019. It was filmed in portions across North Karnataka region, and a huge set was erected at Bengaluru, where 90% of the film's shoot took place. The film was shot for 200 days, thus becoming the longest Kannada film to be shot, and also the only Kannada film with the highest number of call sheets.[11] The film was compiled with 2000 VFX shots.[12][13]

Produced on a budget of ₹200–240 million,[2] Avane Srimannarayana was released in Kannada on 27 December 2019[14] and grossed ₹560 million worldwide.[3] It was simultaneously dubbed and released into different languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The Telugu version released on 1 January 2020. Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi versions released on Amazon Prime Video on 3 January 2020.[15]

  1. ^ "ASN on BMS", BookMyShow
  2. ^ a b Kumar, Hemanth (30 December 2019). "Rakshit Shetty on the new wave of Kannada cinema, making Avane Srimannarayana, and why his career is a work in progress". Firstpost. Retrieved 30 May 2021. Although the film was made with a budget of Rs 20-24 crores, it will look like a Rs 40-50 crores budget film.
  3. ^ a b "'K.G.F.: Chapter 1' to 'Avane Srinamnarayana': Top 5 highest-grossing films in the history Sandalwood". The Times of India. 21 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Avane Srimannarayana Press Release (Page 1)", Twitter, 28 November 2019
  5. ^ "Avane Srimannarayana has a universal appeal: Rakshit Shetty", Deccan Chronicle, 1 December 2019
  6. ^ "Pushkar Films to distribute Avane Srimannarayana in Karnataka". The New Indian Express. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Kirik Party's editor Sachin to direct Rakshit in a purely romantic subject". The Times of India. 24 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Rakshit Shetty's Next Film Titled As Avane Srimannarayana". Filmibeat.com. 28 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Avane Srimannarayana has a universal appeal: Rakshit Shetty". Deccan Chronicle. December 2019.
  10. ^ "Avane Srimannarayana Set In 1980s". Chitraloka. 10 November 2018.
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  13. ^ "Exclusive! Producer Pushkar Mallikarjunaiah on 'Avane Srimannarayana': The film will have good visual effects". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Avane Srimannarayana to get multiple release dates". The New Indian Express.
  15. ^ "From 'Pattas' to 'Avane Srimannarayana', here are the latest south films now online". The News Minute. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.


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