''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

Chethan Kumar Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...

. The film stars

Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...

Rachita Ram Bindhya Ram , known by her stage name Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Kannada films. Rachita made her film debut with the 2013 film ''Bulbul (2013 film), Bulbul'' as the lead opposite Darshan (actor), D ...

and

Haripriya Shruthi Chandrasena, known professionally as Haripriya, is an Indian actress and model who chiefly works in Kannada films, in addition to a few Tamil and Telugu films. Haripriya is currently engaged to Kannada actor Vasista.N. Simha. Early life ...

. It also features

Sudharani Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films.she also acted in a few Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam films. At the age of three, Rani was chosen as ...

Srinivasa Murthy Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy (born 15 May 1949), known popularly as Srinivasa Murthy, is an Indian actor and television director. He is mostly known for his work as a director having made many television series in Kannada, be ...

and Sai Kumar in the supporting roles. The movie completed 100 days in one theater of its theatrical run and was blockbuster at the box office. It was dubbed in Tamil as ''Soorya the Soldier''.

Plot

Surya, an orphan youth get a chance to join military. But he decide to help a girl and her family. In the process he will learn about his biological parents and his grandparents. How he will reconcile with his family and the hurdles he faces forms the story.

Cast

as Surya Rudraprathap *

as Gowri *

as Haasini * Vaishali Deepak as Lakshmi * Sudha Rani * Tara *

* Sai Kumar * Bharath Gowda *

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* Raghav Uday *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

* Anil Kumar *

Jai Jagadish Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as an actor in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. In 1998, he turned produce ...

Kuri Prathap Prathap (also known as ''Kuri Prathap'') is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He made his debut in the movie Sixer (2007), and went on to cast in many commercial films. Some films Prathap worked as an actor include ''Mylari'' (2010 ...

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

* Raju Thalikote * Suchendra Prasad * Sangeetha * Chiranjeevi Sarja as a soldier (Cameo appearance) * Sumithra * Jahangir M. S. *

Raj Deepak Shetty Raj Deepak Shetty (born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actor, predominantly working in Kannada and Telugu film industry. Early life Deepak Shetty was born to Prem Shetty and Sarala Shetty in Mangalore, Karnataka. Deepak finished his schooling ...

* Arasu Maharaj * Madhugiri Prakash * Ashok Sharma * Narayana Swamy * Veena Ponnappa * Yamuna murthy * Malathi Shekhar * Shruthi raj * Suresh Rai * Petrol Prasanna * Patre Nagaraj * Lakshman Rao

Production

''Bharjari'' was announced in April 2015 with Chethan Kumar directing it and writing its screenplay, and produced by R. Srinivas and Sreekanth K. P. under the production house RS Productions.

and was signed to play the male lead in the film. Sooraj S is signing to play antagonist role. Sarja had previously collaborated with the team in ''

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'' (2014).

's signing to play the female lead and supporting role by

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was confirmed in the same month.

also joined the cast to play an important supporting role. The

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was taken on 12 June and filming began on 25 June 2015. Prior to it, in line with promoting the film, a first look teaser was released by the makers on

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in the form

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on 11 June. Calling it a 'look test', the director said it was a first in

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Soundtrack

The original soundtrack for the film is composed by

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt8016262 2017 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2017 action comedy films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2017 masala films Films shot in Slovenia Films shot in Bangalore Films directed by Chethan Kumar