''Damru'' is a 2018

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-language action drama film directed by

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and produced by Pradeep K Sharma under banner of "Baba Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd". It stars

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and Yashika Kapoor, while

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, Padam Singh, Anand Mohan, Rohit Singh "Matru", Subodh Seth, Devendra Singh and Kiran Yadav play supporting roles. Director of this film

and lyricist Pawan Pandey make a special appearance in song "Tohra Karam Se Maula".

Cast

as Bhola *Yashika Kapoor as Gauri *

as Shankar/ Lord Shiv *Padam Singh as Padam Pratap Singh *Dev Singh as Vidhayak *Anand Mohan as Pandit * Rohit Singh "Matru" * Subodh Seth *Kiran Yadav as Bhola's mother *

as special appearance in the song "Tohre Karam Se Maula" *Pawan Pandey as special appearance in the song "Tohre Karam Se Maula"

Production

Filming of ''Damru'' was done mostly in the village of Chaubepur in

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, with some scenes shot in China Creak and Vrindavan Studio (Malad) in

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. The script of "Damru" has been written and music was composed by

while cinematography is by Surya Mishra. Kanu Mukharjee have choreographed the dance numbers. Heera Lal Yadav has directed the action and stunts in the film. Art direction done by Mahesh Shirke. Sound design and effect done by Kailash Singh while background music scored by Chandrashekhar. Komal Verma is editor and trailer and promos edited by Umesh Mishra. VFX done by Amar Das (AD Studio). Costume and publicity designer are Neetu and Narsu Bahera (Shakti Art) respectively.

Release

The film was originally scheduled to release on 6 April 2018 but film has been postponed. The film was released in theatres on 13 April 2018. Technical issues have been cited for the delay.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for "Damru" was composed by

with lyrics written by Pyare Lal Yadav, Ashok Kumar Deep, Shyam Dehati and Swati Sharma. The soundtrack included eight songs. It was produced under "Venus Bhojpuri" Label. His song "Tar Tar Pasina" released on 16 June 2018 on

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official channel of "Venus Bhojpuri" and gots 118 million views.

Marketing

First and second look poster of this film was released on 23 January 2018 and teaser released on 30 January 2018 on YouTube. The trailer of "Damru" was released on 19 February 2018 at

official channel of "Venus Bhojpuri". The film online streams at the

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at official channel of "Venus Bhojpuri" and its garnered 30 million views.

References

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